this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2025

124 points (95.6% liked)

Ask Lemmy

32645 readers

1174 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

6) No US Politics.

Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world

TheSaneWriter@lemm.ee

TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com

Asudox@lemmy.world

lemmy_bot@lemmy.world

beefbaby182@lemmy.world

ModeratorCan@lemmy.world

neidu3@sh.itjust.works

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev

candyman337@lemmy.world

candyman337@sh.itjust.works

124

What grocery items are always worth the extra $1-$5? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by awaysaway@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

145 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

top 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 10 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

some people at WF, will only go after certain honeys, even if they are more expensive. i will still buy different flavor sparkling waters, from different brands. but the key is to know which ones are shrinkflationed, some will only sell 8packs, while others will sell 12cans per box. stevia, i specifically only look for the ones that dont have sugar in it, more often than not most brands of stevia has sugar in it, in the form dextrose/maltodextrin. its pricier but worth it for a brand that has pure stevia powder, also one thats not mixed with ethyrthiol.

certain organic veggies are better , if you dont want to know which used the most chemicals, like org celeries.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Real parm instead of the canned stuff.

Chicken breasts - you can get massive pumped up chicken breast for the same price as "normal" chicken breasts. The problem is when you cook the big ones, they just leech out all their liquid.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 5 hours ago

Plus they're so inflated it's hard to cook them properly

[–] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago

150% on real parm.

I’d also argue for getting whole chickens (and spring for the nicer ones too). Roast it, pull off the breasts and eat those, eat the drumsticks if you enjoy them, or use the entire rest of the carcass for making really good stock.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

The huge ones are just gross.

I think "woody" is the technical term.

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly a lot of stuff I like to get the nice version. Most packaged products you can get away with cheaper, but paper products you wanna splurge on, and produce you wanna get from a local store with good stuff rather than your local megamart when possible. A farmer's market or even just a neighborhood grocery store is usually gonna have fresher, tastier veggies in my experience. A little more expensive, but worth it.

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 8 points 7 hours ago

The paper thing stopped being true in the past year around here. Name brand paper towels are now so thin, store brand is thicker at half the price. Q-Tips don't have the same cardboard in the middle, less cotton Kroger brand is closer to the old q-tips (but still a step down from what I grew up with).

Toilet paper is basically a toss-up, the nicer store brands are about comparable to the non-specialty name brands now. For the extra strong or extra soft, name brand still wins, but it's changing.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Fresh corn tortillas.

Tequila.

Haircare stuff

Husband bought "the good eggs" once and has not looked back since. I used to keep chickens and the bougie store eggs are much closer to those than they are to the factory farmed thin shelled light yolked ones.

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I got a tortilla press and masa harina. I will not buy premade corn torillas again. Masa isn't that expensive, add salt, water, mix, press, and cook on a dry pan (or super lightly oiled, i put a very light layer on mine since it's cast iron)

So much tastier than store bought and better texture.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

It's the curse of discovering good food, once you make it from scratch, you never want to eat the store trash again lol

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

The best eggs are eggs from a farm that are unwashed and you keep on the counter. They taste a zillion times better and last for a long time. I get 3 dozen for 15 dollars at the local farm. It's honestly better than the store.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Good ketchup Real butter, not reconstituted which should be illegal Good bread, fresh or at least not the cheapest stuff

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Real butter for things where you can taste it. Store brand for things where the other flavors are more overpowering and don't really notice the butter.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Having two butters to manage seems like a lot of work.

[–] ramsgrl909@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Paper Towels and Trash Bags - the cheap ones just don't hold up as well

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 3 minutes ago

trash bags, was very difficult to find, that isnt thin, they shrinkflation/cheapflation most of thier brands. Target had excellent trashbags, before they switched to dealworthy, which is more expensive if you notice the bags are now superthin and they sell the "up and up" ones at a markup. i went to Grocery outlet and got the same quality as the old trash bags with none of the bs of the shrinkflaiton on it.

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Toilet paper too! As someone who needs to use it for peeing, it likes to stick if you get the cheap stuff. Not fun!

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

4-ply toilet paper.

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

If the IBD folks don't unite under this answer they are probably living with bidets.

[–] kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

No, just perpetually constipated.

load more comments