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Prices keep climbing, so I’m trying to pick my battles in the supermarket. Which items do you refuse to cheap out on, and why? Taste, health, longevity, peace of mind… I’d love to hear what’s worth the few extra dollars for you.

For me, it’s honey from local beekeepers—supermarket brands locally are known to sell fake or adulterated sugar syrup as honey.

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[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Butter, life is too damn short to cook with and eat shitty butter.

Also anything that goes between me and the ground, my bed, my shoes, and my tires.

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I can say from personal experience this applies to vegan butter too. Get Miyoko's, or Violife if you absolutely have to, but for all that's good don't get shitty butter.

[–] doc@fedia.io 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What grocery items are always worth the extra

butter ... my bed, my shoes, and my tires

Hello, fellow Costco shopper.

[–] pikmeir@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Costco has sub par service at their tire center, but good prices. Recommend using their prices to price match at a regular store with better service to get the best of both worlds.

[–] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe your warehouse has issues but Costco tire center is top tier

Edit: also forgot to mention their tires come with warranties, free rotations, tps sensors are super cheap compares to the dealership, and they often have other incentives on top of all that.

[–] UberKitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it’s just a bit slow. i’ve waited 20 minutes just to buy a battery before

[–] awaysaway@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

have you done this? what did you think?

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Not grocery but my opinion is anything that interacts with the world around you. Glasses, shoes, gloves, headphones should all be top quality for comfort and their respective task

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree with every part of this.

A while back I was standing in the butter section, waiting for a couple to move so I could grab my pricey-but-worth-it butter, and overheard them talking about how butter is a scam and it all tastes the same no matter what. I had to hold back a chuckle. They of course grabbed the cheapest option and went about their lives in complete ignorance of the glory of high quality butter.

I still wonder if I should have said something to encourage them to try a better butter, but they talked about it with such blind confidence that I didn’t feel right about it at the time.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 day ago

Ever double blinded yourself with Kerrygold (or w/e) vs. regular stuff? Always try to do this and surprise myself with some products