you wouldn't last a week working on a farm. You don't know what hard work is. You are so embroiled in your self righteous angry white man rage that you can't see the forest for the trees.
I detest your fake moral outrage - you use it indiscriminately on everything to make your arguments. You don't know what facts are - they are immaterial to you -- all you need is something to wave and be angry with -- - and it is wholey misplaced, irrational anger, and tied to your naval and your rabid view on the world
Supermarket ads prove nothing - they do not bolster any factual argument whatsoever
you want cheap food -- go eat it --
you want to question why someone charges what they charge -- I want to know what justifies what you make before I answer that - your argument above proves that you think you are better than the man making the guacamole and that somehow your need for cheap food trumps his right to make a living
Lol I don't know hard work, says the lawyer who plants a few tomatoes a year. I did 14 years enlisted in the Navy, 8 at sea. I wouldn't last a week on a farm? My uncles had farms in Latrobe,PA and I worked them summers as a young boy. Then I worked a farm for three summers, aged 14-16. For a dollar an hour. Halas's Farm, Danbury CT. Look it up. In high school, I worked for an artesian well drilling company called Noris J Stone and sons in Danbury digging ditches. When I dropped out of college I did warehouse work and learned how to lay tile before joining the Navy. Don't talk about that which you do not know.
I especially love it when I go into Giant or Wegman's and get corn on the cob and other veggies with signs that all read "locally grown" at 1/4 the price of the farmer's market.
Yeah, this has been my experience as well. Growing up in NJ, I associated farmers markets with good deals on fresh produce, especially if you were interested in a whole bushel and/or didn't need every piece of fruit to look perfect. But the main farmers market in my area now is more a tourist destination and the farm products seem outnumbered by crafts, prepared foods, and other stands.
And the farm products are no better than what I get at Wegmans a much lower cost (and it's not even like Wegmans is especially cheap). As someone who doesn't buy into the whole "organic" thing, I appreciate the other choices at Wegmans - many of them also produced locally, but seemingly not welcome at the farmers market since they aren't organic.
the one reason I go to our farmers market is for this baker who doesn't have his own store, only shows up at the market, and makes a killer baguette and bialy (better than I can find anywhere else in town and reasonably priced to boot).
If you want to climb up on a cross over this, be my guest. I'm not making a moral argument here. The guys at Lakeside Market can get rich housewives to fork over twice as much for produce, then more power to them. That's free enterprise at work, and my hat's off to them. Me, I'm not interested in paying more. I've got two kids who I have to bankroll through softball, soccer, swim team, dive team, Boy Scout trips, summer camp, tae kwon do, an elderly diabetic dachshund who is putting a veterinarian' s kid through college with her vet bills, home repairs, a yard full of giant trees that I want removed so one doesn't eventually crush my house in a storm....I could go on but I've made my point. So, I'm frugal where I can be, and the grocery store is a prime example. I've practically made an art form out of feeding a family of 4 on about 120 bucks of groceries a week. Can't do that if I was paying for fancy farmers market vegetables, so I don't, simple as that.
If you want to climb up on a cross over this, be my guest. I'm not making a moral argument here. The guys at Lakeside Market can get rich housewives to fork over twice as much for produce, then more power to them. That's free enterprise at work, and my hat's off to them. Me, I'm not interested in paying more. I've got two kids who I have to bankroll through softball, soccer, swim team, dive team, Boy Scout trips, summer camp, tae kwon do, an elderly diabetic dachshund who is putting a veterinarian' s kid through college with her vet bills, home repairs, a yard full of giant trees that I want removed so one doesn't eventually crush my house in a storm....I could go on but I've made my point. So, I'm frugal where I can be, and the grocery store is a prime example. I've practically made an art form out of feeding a family of 4 on about 120 bucks of groceries a week. Can't do that if I was paying for fancy farmers market vegetables, so I don't, simple as that.
I'd love to see how you do this, so you can put together a video on it so my wife can stop spending $200-$250 per week for our family of 5. and that doesn't count the multiple trips per week for more produce (thankfully NOT from farmer's markets, LOL) or BJ's/Costco quarterly visit or Boxed.com.
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I've practically made an art form out of feeding a family of 4 on about 120 bucks of groceries a week
I buy generic store brands for almost everything. Off the top of my head, the only name brands I buy are Duke's mayo and Kraft Deli Deluxe American cheese.
I shop around. I can get better deals on certain things at different stores, so most weeks I'll go to at least two of Kroger, Publix, Aldi, and Lidl. The Christmas Tree store has a limited selection but some great deals on things like kids' snacks and canned soup. I get non-food kitchen items, like foil and ziplocks, at the dollar store.
I read the circulars and hit the sales hard. Publix has BOGO deals every week, and I'm all over those - pretty much the only reason I go there. It's a fantastic store with great customer service, but so expensive outside of the sales. I have a chest freezer, so after Thanksgiving I always pick up 3 or 4 turkeys when their price gets slashed to around 50 cents a pound.
And finally, I just avoid pricier stuff. I only get bacon when there's a good sale. Very rarely buy steaks or lamb. Lots and lots of chicken thighs, drumsticks, and bone-in pork chops.
you wouldn't last a week working on a farm. You don't know what hard work is. You are so embroiled in your self righteous angry white man rage that you can't see the forest for the trees.
I detest your fake moral outrage - you use it indiscriminately on everything to make your arguments. You don't know what facts are - they are immaterial to you -- all you need is something to wave and be angry with -- - and it is wholey misplaced, irrational anger, and tied to your naval and your rabid view on the world
Supermarket ads prove nothing - they do not bolster any factual argument whatsoever
you want cheap food -- go eat it --
you want to question why someone charges what they charge -- I want to know what justifies what you make before I answer that - your argument above proves that you think you are better than the man making the guacamole and that somehow your need for cheap food trumps his right to make a living
Interesting that you would accuse someone of self-righteousness and fake moral outrage in that humdinger of a post...
I should have kept my mouth shut. I didn't think complaining about the changes that have occured at these markets would cause a ruckus. I shouldn't have risen to the bait. Again, I apologize.
I should have kept my mouth shut. I didn't think complaining about the changes that have occured at these markets would cause a ruckus. I shouldn't have risen to the bait. Again, I apologize.
you didn't do anything wrong.
other than be white. you POS.
I just find it funny that this became some kind of moral argument
But probably one of the most asinine comments I have ever seen on here:
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you want to question why someone charges what they charge -- I want to know what justifies what you make before I answer that - your argument above proves that you think you are better than the man making the guacamole and that somehow your need for cheap food trumps his right to make a living
you wouldn't last a week working on a farm. You don't know what hard work is. You are so embroiled in your self righteous angry white man rage that you can't see the forest for the trees.
I detest your fake moral outrage - you use it indiscriminately on everything to make your arguments. You don't know what facts are - they are immaterial to you -- all you need is something to wave and be angry with -- - and it is wholey misplaced, irrational anger, and tied to your naval and your rabid view on the world
Supermarket ads prove nothing - they do not bolster any factual argument whatsoever
you want cheap food -- go eat it --
you want to question why someone charges what they charge -- I want to know what justifies what you make before I answer that - your argument above proves that you think you are better than the man making the guacamole and that somehow your need for cheap food trumps his right to make a living
Lol I don't know hard work, says the lawyer who plants a few tomatoes a year. I did 14 years enlisted in the Navy, 8 at sea. I wouldn't last a week on a farm? My uncles had farms in Latrobe,PA and I worked them summers as a young boy. Then I worked a farm for three summers, aged 14-16. For a dollar an hour. Halas's Farm, Danbury CT. Look it up. In high school, I worked for an artesian well drilling company called Noris J Stone and sons in Danbury digging ditches. When I dropped out of college I did warehouse work and learned how to lay tile before joining the Navy. Don't talk about that which you do not know.
I especially love it when I go into Giant or Wegman's and get corn on the cob and other veggies with signs that all read "locally grown" at 1/4 the price of the farmer's market.
Yeah, this has been my experience as well. Growing up in NJ, I associated farmers markets with good deals on fresh produce, especially if you were interested in a whole bushel and/or didn't need every piece of fruit to look perfect. But the main farmers market in my area now is more a tourist destination and the farm products seem outnumbered by crafts, prepared foods, and other stands.
And the farm products are no better than what I get at Wegmans a much lower cost (and it's not even like Wegmans is especially cheap). As someone who doesn't buy into the whole "organic" thing, I appreciate the other choices at Wegmans - many of them also produced locally, but seemingly not welcome at the farmers market since they aren't organic.
If you want to climb up on a cross over this, be my guest. I'm not making a moral argument here. The guys at Lakeside Market can get rich housewives to fork over twice as much for produce, then more power to them. That's free enterprise at work, and my hat's off to them. Me, I'm not interested in paying more. I've got two kids who I have to bankroll through softball, soccer, swim team, dive team, Boy Scout trips, summer camp, tae kwon do, an elderly diabetic dachshund who is putting a veterinarian' s kid through college with her vet bills, home repairs, a yard full of giant trees that I want removed so one doesn't eventually crush my house in a storm....I could go on but I've made my point. So, I'm frugal where I can be, and the grocery store is a prime example. I've practically made an art form out of feeding a family of 4 on about 120 bucks of groceries a week. Can't do that if I was paying for fancy farmers market vegetables, so I don't, simple as that.
If you want to climb up on a cross over this, be my guest. I'm not making a moral argument here. The guys at Lakeside Market can get rich housewives to fork over twice as much for produce, then more power to them. That's free enterprise at work, and my hat's off to them. Me, I'm not interested in paying more. I've got two kids who I have to bankroll through softball, soccer, swim team, dive team, Boy Scout trips, summer camp, tae kwon do, an elderly diabetic dachshund who is putting a veterinarian' s kid through college with her vet bills, home repairs, a yard full of giant trees that I want removed so one doesn't eventually crush my house in a storm....I could go on but I've made my point. So, I'm frugal where I can be, and the grocery store is a prime example. I've practically made an art form out of feeding a family of 4 on about 120 bucks of groceries a week. Can't do that if I was paying for fancy farmers market vegetables, so I don't, simple as that.
I'd love to see how you do this, so you can put together a video on it so my wife can stop spending $200-$250 per week for our family of 5. and that doesn't count the multiple trips per week for more produce (thankfully NOT from farmer's markets, LOL) or BJ's/Costco quarterly visit or Boxed.com.
I shop around. I can get better deals on certain things at different stores, so most weeks I'll go to at least two of Kroger, Publix, Aldi, and Lidl. The Christmas Tree store has a limited selection but some great deals on things like kids' snacks and canned soup. I get non-food kitchen items, like foil and ziplocks, at the dollar store.
I read the circulars and hit the sales hard. Publix has BOGO deals every week, and I'm all over those - pretty much the only reason I go there. It's a fantastic store with great customer service, but so expensive outside of the sales. I have a chest freezer, so after Thanksgiving I always pick up 3 or 4 turkeys when their price gets slashed to around 50 cents a pound.
And finally, I just avoid pricier stuff. I only get bacon when there's a good sale. Very rarely buy steaks or lamb. Lots and lots of chicken thighs, drumsticks, and bone-in pork chops.
But dollar store for aluminum foil, zip lock bags, saran wrap, etc. absolutely.
we also have two basement freezers and I load up with things are on sale.
We don't shop extravagantly IMO, but three kids, with three separate sports activities every season, we have a lot of meals on the run, etc.
you wouldn't last a week working on a farm. You don't know what hard work is. You are so embroiled in your self righteous angry white man rage that you can't see the forest for the trees.
I detest your fake moral outrage - you use it indiscriminately on everything to make your arguments. You don't know what facts are - they are immaterial to you -- all you need is something to wave and be angry with -- - and it is wholey misplaced, irrational anger, and tied to your naval and your rabid view on the world
Supermarket ads prove nothing - they do not bolster any factual argument whatsoever
you want cheap food -- go eat it --
you want to question why someone charges what they charge -- I want to know what justifies what you make before I answer that - your argument above proves that you think you are better than the man making the guacamole and that somehow your need for cheap food trumps his right to make a living
Interesting that you would accuse someone of self-righteousness and fake moral outrage in that humdinger of a post...
you didn't do anything wrong.
other than be white. you POS.