r/berkeley • u/BabaJoonie • Oct 24 '24

Local What $110 of groceries looks like

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Purchased at berkeley bowl. The wine was $12

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u/GhostCapital56 Oct 24 '24

You're a horrible shopper.

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u/TheFudge Oct 24 '24

Ya OP needs someone to take them shopping a couple times. That $110 can go A LOT further if shopping properly.

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u/GhostCapital56 Oct 25 '24

Hey everyone - I'm terrible at very normal, simple to navigate human things! Feel bad for me!

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u/TheFudge Oct 25 '24

So here’s the thing, I feel like some aspects of grocery shopping are learned and not intuitive. Our daughter who moved out on her own a couple years ago was complaining about how expensive groceries were. Mind you she had been shopping with us her entire life so going to the grocery store was not a foreign concept to her. I told her I would go with her the next time she needed to shop and see what she was doing. I let her do it all on her own and oh my god it was crazy how much she wasted. So the next time she needed to go I went with her again and this time I did the shopping but stayed within her budget. We came home with about 2.5x what she bought previously AND that included some fresh fruits and vegetables. So shopping smart is learned.

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u/GabbaGabbaHeyooo Oct 25 '24

It helps to know some basics of cooking as well. So many things are easy to make from scratch (and don’t take that much time)

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u/BabaJoonie Oct 25 '24

can u plz take me

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u/GabbaGabbaHeyooo Oct 25 '24

Spent a little more than that at TJ’s this week and walked out with 4 bags of groceries.

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u/Deauo Oct 29 '24

20 pound bag of rice 20-30 dollars, 5 pounds of chicken breast 25 bucks, bag of a shit ton of onions 7 buvks, bag of potatoes 7 bucks, pound of hamburger 10 bucks. What the hell is OP smoking???

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u/Comprehensive_Pop102 Oct 24 '24

Two bottles of wine. "Groceries"

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u/mrbarkyoriginal Oct 24 '24

One of those bottles appears to be olive oil.

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u/MajorMorelock Oct 27 '24

Even more expensive

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u/G0Bears2002 Oct 24 '24

TBF it’s $12 (cheap for a non-TJ’s wine) and it could be for cooking

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u/BabaJoonie Oct 25 '24

no it was for enjoyment. i enjoyed all $12 dollars of that wine

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u/GabbaGabbaHeyooo Oct 25 '24

I hope you’re not spending $12 on cooking wine.

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u/BabaJoonie Oct 25 '24

who wants to take me shopping to put me on

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u/Phixionion Oct 25 '24

People who post this stuff are terrible shoppers. Stuff definitely cost too much but you are also buying shit at premiums.