• JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social
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    22 days ago

    Are you in the US? If you are I hate to break it to you, but the cost of meat(yes cold cuts) alone will put you at close to $10. Cheese is right behind that.

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      22 days ago

      I pay about 3.50 a lb for turkey at costco. Another 3 a lb for cheese and a 3 dollar loaf of bread from a local bakery will make me about 6-10 sandwiches. I also use slices of onions which I always have around to cook with dinner. Maybe some lettuce and mayo… still talking like 4 bucks a sando

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        22 days ago

        The nearest Costco is 20 miles from me. Walmart would be the next cheapest thing. A lb of meat there is close to $7. Then there’s Shoprite which is usually around $8-$10 a lb. They’ve been sneaking up the last few times I’ve been there. Prices around me are cooked. With a family of 5, a lb of anything that isn’t frozen is gone in 3 days.

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          21 days ago

          yeesh, is the cost of living really high in general where you are? My wage is shit but at least I can (barely) afford groceries.

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            21 days ago

            I’m in A Philly suburb. Philly itself is cheaper than a lot of big cities but it’s still a big city. My area is solidly middle class. Houses aren’t that bad where I live but they’re starting to average 500k for 2 stories which is insane to me. CORRECTION: My parents paid 85k for the first house we lived in back in the beginning of the 90s. They sold it for 183k. The second house we rented was $1700 a month but is up to $2600 a month. Single story 3 bed 1 bath ranchers are going for 350k which is also insane.

            Oh and here’s a receipt from my shopping for today. Just the old cuts are marked. Cold cuts and cheese. 1lb cheese, 1/2lb meat.

    • Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works
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      22 days ago

      Technically, a half pound of shitty cold cuts and a half pound of low quality cheese and a loaf of basic ass bread, they could probably 3/4 it for sandwiches if they were degenerates and added no vegetables or condiments further than the packets that they guilt saved from their last visit to Arby’s/Taco Bell.