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[pattypeep]

I don't buy organic. No one has convinced me that "standard" food is bad for you and I have no way of knowing if the "organic" is truly organic. Just my opinion. I find food prices at Wal Mart to be hard to beat.

[sidsmom]

Zucchini.

That's what makes me go 'huh?'.

It's sale price $1.30/lb.  Zucchini is one of the most prolific

vegetable on Earth, but e.v.e.r.y single gardener planting this

will have so much, they can't give it away. I guess I just have 

to find gardener friends. 👍👨‍🌾👩‍🌾

[homedecor1]

@Marp

This post made me laugh as I was in Sams today a nice lady my age was in front of me with a full cart of just about everything except paper products (chatting she told me it's just her & hubby).

We continued chatting as cashier was ringing her order & grand total $397.13🙄😳.  I said Holy crow she laughed and said and this is to eat healthy so I come here prices are better.

Geez, I saw a bag of 2 lbs lemons for $8.99 and then thought they our out of their minds!

So we both laughed at the same time "just think if we had to feed our kids too!"

[Stormygirl]

Another thing I refuse to buy now. I will not and cannot pay through the roof for food items that I can survive without. The price of everything from food to medication is culling some folks. Is sad to imagine having children to feed. Back to basics for us.

[gidgetgh]

Not knowing what the price is "supposed to be" I would have just put it in my cart. It wouldn't occur to me to look at the price. 

[Group 5 minus 1]

I read somewhere or other that if the grocery store has a salad bar just buy a little. You might save a few pennies that way. Depends on how much you need. The price is outrageous!!!

[tansy]

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@gidgetgh wrote:

Not knowing what the price is "supposed to be" I would have just put it in my cart. It wouldn't occur to me to look at the price. 

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I operate more like you, @gidgetgh.  It's funny though that my husband grocery shopped the other day and was upset by the price of celery.  

[QueenDanceALot]

Certain fruits and vegetables I just won't buy unless they're organic.

Celery is on that list as it's one of the Dirty Dozen again this year.  Strawberries is another, which I love.

If the price is too high on those I just don't buy.  I DO have a limit as to how much I will pay.

[Lipstickdiva]

The price of groceries in general is ridiculous.  I spend a crazy amount of money every week at the store.  Every week I moan and grumble that I need to find a new place to shop because the store I go to is so nuts with the pricing.

But every week I go there because I don't want to spend the time going from one side of town to the other, at 2 different stores.  

[sidsmom]

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@pattypeep wrote:

I don't buy organic. No one has convinced me that "standard" food is bad for you and I have no way of knowing if the "organic" is truly organic. Just my opinion. I find food prices at Wal Mart to be hard to beat.

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ITA

I think all the GMO-this & Organic-that is just monkey chatter.

A conventional plant based diet is hands-down so much healthier

than a diet of meat/dairy/eggs/processed oils w/ organic vegetables 

added in.   You can eat SOSOSOSO cheap with beans/rice/potatoes,

frozen vegetables, a minimal fruit.  

There are tons of Vegan-$20/week challenges out there...some even less.

Most of these are on YouTube...and they show what they make.  

Very filling, very satisfying.  It can be done.