• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Costco is great… But not everything works best when bought in bulk, and not everything freezes well. Eggs for instance, most people probably aren’t going to go through 72 eggs in a reasonable timeframe. But it’s great for shelf stable items and things you use a lot of.

      Yes it is cheaper per unit because you’re buying a larger quantity, but nearly every item is going to be $20+. This also assumes that you can afford the membership cost and the up front budget to be able to start to build that bulk stock, and that you have room for holding that bulk stock at home,

      These are things that many people take for granted with so many more people living paycheck to paycheck now with increases in so many other costs now as well.

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      9 months ago

      After hearing so many people singing their praises, I finally got a membership.

      I used it precisely once. Their prices really were not very good on 90% of what I looked at. Plus they really encourage overconsumption.

      Aldi ends up being more convenient and generally cheaper for groceries for me.

      I’m not trying to yuck your yum, I just wanted to express an unimpressed opinion for other fencesitters.

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      9 months ago

      Also look for locally sourced eggs and meat, dairy, etc. You can probably find some small farms that sell direct to consumer.

      I have yet to find one that was not substantially more expensive than any local supermarket.

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        9 months ago

        Large farms have economies of scale the small ones can’t match. I raised four pigs and had to sell them for $5 a pound just to break even, which is a lot more than pork chops at the grocery store.

        Granted, they were an heirloom breed and at least 5x better than the dry pink things most hog farmers raise, but even if I had 40 pigs I don’t think I could match that price.

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          9 months ago

          Considering this is about eggs in supermarkets being too expensive for many people, I don’t know that telling people how to pay even more for eggs is the best advice.