r/AskReddit • u/GoonerRelentless • 5h ago
What has become so expensive that you have quietly stopped buying it?
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u/Potential-Pop-1169 5h ago
Beef,It ain’t what’s for dinner anymore.
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u/reflectorvest1004 4h ago
I made my usual first batch of chili of the year this weekend and I used ground pork for the first time ever. I genuinely think it tastes better this time.
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u/Positive-Run-2411 4h ago
My wife turned me on to using ground turkey and I never looked back. The bowl is so much less greasy after too
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u/aasteveo 5h ago
I used to do a pay-day steak dinner every time I got a big check and finished a big project.
But due to cost of beef, I'm a chicken man now.
Currently perfecting my marry-me-chicken recipe & it's not too shabby.
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u/Harley297 3h ago
I was about to buy some on sale this weekend but remembered the recent shady mystery supplier to drive down beef prices. Im going to just start saving money and split a half cow from a local farmer with friends
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u/Megatanis 3h ago
I can't give up beef. I'd rather go homeless but have a goddamn steak when I feel like it.
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u/SubiKai81 5h ago
Eating out, and Starbucks
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u/ra246 5h ago
Fucking orange juice
£4 for a carton?! Fuck off.
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u/Physical_Spinach_337 5h ago
You’re paying just $4?
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u/Raiken201 5h ago
£4 is $5.41 USD and it's usually only 1L here, maybe 1.5L. Walmart is $4.34 for 1.35L Tropicana on their site.
Saying that it must be an expensive brand, I get 1L for £1.60.
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u/Long_Repair_8779 3h ago
The best orange juice in uk supermarkets imo is Sainsbury’s taste the difference, and I think it’s £4.20 for 1.5l? Not great but not terrible pricing for a premium product, and it really is very nice
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u/ItsNovak 5h ago
Ground beef. Switched to ground turkey and ground chicken
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u/Physical_Spinach_337 5h ago
With a grinder you can make your own cheaper. I wait for the sales
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u/scubajay2001 5h ago
How much is the grinder though? I'd imagine given prices, it'd take a while to offset the cost of investment...
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u/Physical_Spinach_337 2h ago
You can get a hand grinder for a few dollars at a yard sale if you have a good eye. New a manual is 20-30$
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u/The1Bonesaw 5h ago
I have a grinder attachment for my Kitchen Aid Blender. I paid $250 for the blender, and about $70 for the meat grinder.
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u/Positive-Run-2411 4h ago
Is there only one meat grinder attachment or is there a specific one you’d recommend? I have the mixer already
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u/octopornopus 4h ago
There are metal and plastic KitchenAid branded attachments. I got the cheaper plastic one, but if I had the choice I would have got the metal.
They come with different screen sizes, for different things. It's pretty versatile. I've used it to make burgers with the course screen, and sausages with the finer screen.
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u/Gone_cognito 5h ago
If you already have a KitchenAid, there are attachments for less than 100 dollars
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u/octopornopus 4h ago
A quick note, if you have the smaller Artisan like me, it may struggle and complain. But it does that with most thick dough recipes, already...
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u/Azeeti 5h ago
About 200 for a low end one but you would be saving around 4bucks per pound. Also if you buy straight from the farm instead of supermarket for example you can pay 600 for half a cow and get enough meat for the entire year.
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u/ItsNovak 5h ago
You show me where you get a half cow for $600. That's a 1/4 cow right now.
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u/Positive-Run-2411 4h ago
Yeah up here in the northeast it can be like 1400+ for a half cow sometimes depending on size and quality
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u/Flashy-Permission814 5h ago
Why does everything have to be quietly stopped these days? Can you loudly stop doing something too?
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u/omgaporksword 5h ago
Agreed! Simply stopping something is perfectly adequate...this whole "quietly" thing is nonsense.
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u/coldbose 4h ago
chatgpt-isms "quietly" eking their way into everyday speech
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u/Forever__Young 3h ago edited 3h ago
Agree with this. It reads as absolute nonsense to a normal person but the more you read and chat with chatGPT the more natural it becomes to you.
Now you've got people using it in sentences where it doesn't make any sense at all.
So where it makes sense in some circumstances ie 'X company has quietly cut Y product after laying off staff', people now just use it in places it's totally redundant.
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u/twodogsandakid 5h ago
Soda
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u/Teberoth 3h ago
Store brand goes on sale for $0.50/@L bottle and is usually about $1.50 when not on sale. An actual coca cola bottle is creeping up on $7, noooo thank you
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u/BearOfReddit 5h ago
Spam. It’s $5/lb whereas beef is $7/lb
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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 5h ago
Seriously I thought “ah fuck my Hawaiian buddy had us eating fried spam and rice for a weekly meat meal in college back when ramen was our staple, I can do that again.” And then I laughed because actually, I fucking cannot.
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u/BearOfReddit 5h ago
If I’m trying to keep it cheap as possible but still somewhat enjoyable I get a 48 pack of ramen for $12-$15, a couple bags of frozen veggies, eggs, and some sort of seasoning to cut back on salt intake
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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 5h ago
I ordered a big bag of freeze dried soup vegetables which was a boss move except it had seasonings in it I didn’t ask for and too much red pepper. It’s still good, though, and the next time I order it I’ll know what to check for. It was like $12 and there’s a ton of it. I have chronic low sodium so I just do the packet and a little sesame oil, and sometimes rice vinegar if I’m feeling it. Soft boiled egg, hell yes.
When I was younger all of that was way too expensive, it was “pay bills, go for walk, look for enough stray pennies to buy a pack of 10¢ ramen”
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u/BearOfReddit 5h ago
Freeze dried is still too expensive for my taste. $1.50-$2.50/oz vs 10¢/oz for frozen isn’t a difference I can ignore
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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 5h ago
It was like 2 pounds and all the moisture is gone so I think if we’re looking at just vegetable matter it comes pretty close to even, and I like the texture of it. I used to do frozen vegetables but they never have the right mix.
Sometimes I just do broccoli, though.
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u/knight714 5h ago
Streaming services. I've stuck with Criterion Channel and Apple TV because they're still good value (at least in the UK).
For the rest, I'm sailing the high seas on the odd occasion there's something I really want to watch.
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u/Raiken201 5h ago
I've just cancelled Netflix, it's £21/month now for the 4k version and there's not that much content I'm interested in.
Even the with ads 1080p version is £8.
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u/RubberKangaroo 5h ago
I just gave up on Netflix entirely, the amount of times they’ve just cancelled a show midway through or removed it from rotation means they don’t deserve my money.
Yet they’ll keep some of the shittest slop on for years somehow.
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u/OrangeHer 5h ago
pretty much any food without discount, i have to really crave something to actually buy it full price
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u/Think-Cold-6158 5h ago
Minor home repair work; better off watching YouTube how to’s or use ChatGPT and teach yourself how to do minor things around the house
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u/elly678 5h ago
And home services like housekeeping and gardening. I understand these are luxuries but they are no longer an option. Back to scrubbing my own floors and mowing my own lawn.
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u/Think-Cold-6158 5h ago
Agree. I enjoy the yard work stuff anyway.
Ask me to paint one wall though…
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u/Realistic_Patience67 5h ago
Taco Bell Chalupas. $8.00 ⁉️⁉️
I put in another $2 and get a fully loaded burrito from Qdoba OR Chipotle!!
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u/cwsjr2323 3h ago
When soda pop went over $2.99 a 12 pack, it stopped being a casual beverage. I still like an occasional Dr Pepper or Shasta Root Beer, but maybe one can, twice a month. Cold brewed or hot tea is under 2¢ a cup.
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u/Vgta-Bst 5h ago
Electric toothbrushes and their heads replacement.
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u/HogCrankage 5h ago
$4-5 every 3 months is def more expensive than a $1 toothbrush, but also cheaper than a big dentist bill. Is there anything you can cut out to save $5 /3 months?
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u/Vgta-Bst 5h ago
I live on an island where Amazon doesn't deliver, and all they sell is top brand stuff. 60$ brushes with 20 dollar replacement heads. I'll stick to manual brushes until I go back to the mainland.
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u/HogCrankage 5h ago
Right on. That wasn't mentioned in the OP. If you are intent on using electric, go to Costco where you get a 9 or 10 pack for about $40.
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u/FromMyTARDIS 5h ago
Taco Bell
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u/I_am_not_doing_this 5h ago
asian take out and döner. I used to get a box full of noodle and chicken finish in for 2 meals for 2 euro in a small town in germany 8 years ago. Now they are at least 8 euro with half of the size and barely chicken in it
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u/ElderBerry2020 5h ago
I stopped getting my nails done. I used to go to the nail salon every 2-3 weeks and it’s just an expense that no longer added value to my life.
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u/asiancutieex_o 4h ago
eating outside every day. Since I started taking care about me I started carrying pre-made meals with me if I know I will be somewhere. It saves me so much money once the time adds up
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u/RelativeCritical9980 4h ago
New clothes. The only thing I buy new is undergarments. Everything else is from thrift stores or secondhand markets.
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u/Exact_Masterpiece497 3h ago
Sporting events! Fuck all those millionaire players and billionaire owners
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u/Hot-Diggity_Dog 3h ago
Skirt steak. Used to be the cheapest back in the day. Then the rest of the world caught on and now people love it. Not paying $12.99 a pound when I used to get it for $3 a pound
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u/Patient_Exchange_399 5h ago
Name Brand soaps, trash bags, and storage bags also those little extra things like scent boosters.
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u/Epicporkchop79-7 5h ago
Brisket. It used to be significantly cheaper than steak at the cost of at least a day of smoking. Why would I pay steak prices for 10x the work?
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u/LunaVague 5h ago
Going out for decent coffee. $7 for a basic latte with oat milk is just pure madness at this point
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u/CaseLongjumping8537 4h ago
Some brands of chocolate are now 5 euros per piece, that’s a nope from me. Takeaway coffees
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u/ledow 4h ago
Pretty much everything related to going out. Driving around just for the fun of it. Eating out, whether restaurant or takeaway. Even buying a coffee on any kind of regular basis. Going to the theatre/cinema/etc.
Went to a wedding the other weekend and it cost me over £1000, all-in, for what I needed. Don't begrudge the couple that, but by the time you drive down, get a place to stay for a couple of nights, suit up, pay for drinks, drive back, etc. you're into silly-money, not to mention huge amounts of your holiday / weekend time, etc. I wouldn't be able to afford to go to a wedding like that more than once a year. And, again, I don't blame the couple - they must have spent a FORTUNE themselves on everything else.
Pretty much - if it involves something where a member of staff has to serve you, or you're watching professional people do something, it's too expensive to do with any kind of regularity.
Making a sandwich and eating it in a park or forest costs me basically nothing (I've already paid for the sandwich components, and I'd have to eat something anyway). Doing that in any other way could cost me £10-15 a time. I can't be paying £10 just to eat something and sit down for half an hour. And I'm not paying even more for an "experience" without something tangible behind it.
As I get older, more and more, I'm just spending that money on things for myself or my house instead.
When I went to the wedding, I decided to see what was on at the theatre the night before - so I could go do something in that little "safety time gap" I'd left myself in case the roads were bad, etc. It cost me £35 for a theatre ticket and £10 parking. That's actually not all that bad, and I deliberately didn't eat or drink anything (it was about £5 for a can of cola, more for an ice-cream). But still... not the kind of thing I can be doing even once a week. Instead, after going to that, I went to a big supermarket and bought several litres of cola for £2.
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u/Vyncent2 3h ago
Every food item that's from a big brand, even discounted it's way more expensive than store brands, and they're just as good
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u/DannyHewson 2h ago
In the UK, Heinz products. Beans. Ketchup. Stuff like that. All way too expensive now.
Also Branston beans are better.
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u/DACjr1953 1h ago
Any beef but ground beef. Gone is the pot roast on Sundays. Now I just windowshop.
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u/PloxNox65 5h ago
condoms
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u/Hungry-Demand-227 5h ago edited 5h ago
Nothing! Never really wasted money on things that were a waste of money. SeriousXM got cancelled when they x8 the monthly rate. But I still buy an occasional Porterhouse steak!
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u/Emotional-Prompt-444 4h ago
Bleach. Frickin bleach. I live in a hard water area that so I pretty much stopped buying white clothes like underwear and socks because they always turn ghastly gray. But I do buy bleach tablets and use those laundry when needed.
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u/Hinnorel 4h ago
Artisanal gelato here in Italy. I buy it once a month (twice if I am particularly inspired). 5 years ago I ate it almost everyday in summer. I understand that milk's price has raised a lot, but you can't ask 3.5/4 euros for a small cone. Come on!
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u/Public_Talks 5h ago
Cinema tickets. Two seats plus anything to eat is now the price of a small dinner out, and I noticed I'd stopped going before I ever decided to.🫡👏