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Day to Day Food Choices
Try $8.49 in Food Emporium, groceries are up 50% in the past 6 months, this is real!
The decaf is more, WTF drinks decaf?
The decaf is more, WTF drinks decaf?
I guess the mob is running Food Emporium now. I was getting 2 for 5$ vacuum sealed bricks at walmart.com not even two years ago!
Also a bit off-topic, but in line with this comment. We've been buying Flora Margarine, and for the past few years, it's been around 300 pesos for a big 1.8kg (I think), and just the other day my wife came home and the bill said 490 pesos. I was in shock! That's almost a 50% increase just like that.
That was the same thing a couple of weeks ago, I sometimes enjoy some Bacon and eggs, and I've at least once or twice bought a half-pound pack of those frozen packs of Bacon that has cost around 200 pesos when I suddenly noticed 300+ pesos... I can just say that I've not eaten any Bacon since then... This is getting out of control.
But other than the food prices going straight to the sky, it's AWESOME living in a country without market competition
Finally a good topic I enjoy reading it... thank god no more comments on over staying
I try and stay away from pre-made food stuff.
For many reasons, in no particular order:
-more expensive than doing my own ( roast -chicken as a prime example ).
-never as good as home cooking.
-always, always, far too salty and/or sugary ( dont get me going on US pasta sauce brands..... special kind of stupid having a sugary sauce on pasta )
- zero confidence in the guys who prep it.
- zero confidence in the ingredients.
For many reasons, in no particular order:
-more expensive than doing my own ( roast -chicken as a prime example ).
-never as good as home cooking.
-always, always, far too salty and/or sugary ( dont get me going on US pasta sauce brands..... special kind of stupid having a sugary sauce on pasta )
- zero confidence in the guys who prep it.
- zero confidence in the ingredients.
I totally agree. My MIL likes to use Maggi and tomato paste but other than that everything is unprocessed, other than pasta Italian.
My diet is here is fairly simple, and I like to stick to making my own food most of the time so I can try and keep it somewhat healthy. I haven't noticed my grocery bill go up too much with inflation (perhaps because I don't buy a lot of meat?).
Breakfast I usually made a breakfast sandwich on a bagel with a fried egg (or folded scrambled egg), cheese, and two slices of bacon, or a bowl of Greek yoghurt with local honey, granola, and berries.
Snack Typically an avocado, a banana, some grapes or watermelon. Sometimes I'll make a salsa or cowboy caviar and keep it in the fridge in case I want a heartier snack.
Lunch/Dinner I typically only eat one meal later in the afternoon between lunch and dinner. Usually a salad (lots of caprese ones at the moment), or lettuce wraps with ground beef and cheese; egg salad; chicken salad; or coronation chicken. When it's rainy, I find I'm more inclined to make soups.
Breakfast I usually made a breakfast sandwich on a bagel with a fried egg (or folded scrambled egg), cheese, and two slices of bacon, or a bowl of Greek yoghurt with local honey, granola, and berries.
Snack Typically an avocado, a banana, some grapes or watermelon. Sometimes I'll make a salsa or cowboy caviar and keep it in the fridge in case I want a heartier snack.
Lunch/Dinner I typically only eat one meal later in the afternoon between lunch and dinner. Usually a salad (lots of caprese ones at the moment), or lettuce wraps with ground beef and cheese; egg salad; chicken salad; or coronation chicken. When it's rainy, I find I'm more inclined to make soups.
I know you posted this for the Bustelo…. But I fixated on the 10 platanos for $2.
How much are platanos in DR these days???
Here in sto. dgo. este. I get 8 platanos for 100 pesos from a truck which is similar to 10 for US$2. One thing of note is that markets in NYC usually take a lost on platanos to wheel in the patrons and get them on most other things. In Florida in Publix I get 2 smallish plantains for 0.99 to 1.19 and in Sedanos I've bought them at 4 per dollar.
If it makes you feel any better (it won't), the same chicken breast that cost $2..09/lb at Walmart a few months ago cost me $3.29/lb yesterday.
I feel for the Dominicans who have to deal with both higher prices and a devalued peso compared to several years ago.
Last time we bought them from a truck there, they were 15 pesos each (2020).
In NJ they are $.40-.60 each. Usually from Ecuador