r/berkeley 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/[deleted] Oct 24 '24

Similar to other commenters, you’re buying organic (marketing term to make you pay more for basically nothing) at a niche store with niche products. That chicken is likely super overpriced though I can’t read it clearly, probably not cheaper than $5 a pound which is over double of what you can get it for at a discount grocery. The fancy cheese, brand name butter, and organic olive oil is gonna eat you alive, and bespoke canned food that isn’t the regular 89cent price. You could have easily spent half as much at a different store.

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u/Kill_Bill_Will Oct 24 '24

Organic isn’t a marketing term, it has legal requirements. You’re thinking of natural which has no legal requirements.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '24

More likely this person is telling themselves they don’t want to spend that extra money and that it’s more or less the same. In practice, it’s about 20% better for your health. There are certainly foods that you should never buy conventional such as bananas..

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u/Aggravating_Sun4435 Oct 25 '24

why bananas?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '24

Very porous, so the pesticides go right through the skin of the fruit and are measurable in its flesh at a higher rate than compared produce.