• OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
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    Cooking is expensive now too. I’m paying pre-covid eating out prices to cook food at home, and I shop cheap. $80/week if I really hit some savings to feed just myself.

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      Are you in Canada or the US? I moved from Canada (Toronto) to Germany, and it’s night and day how much less I spend on groceries.

      I went from shopping at No Frills in Canda to Lidl/Aldi in Germany, and I spend half as much as I used to. At least in Canada, it’s really disappointing to see how Loblaws has managed to get away with so much price gouging.

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          See if you have an Aldi near you. They are the cheapest grocery store I’ve been to in the US. I cook/prep 3 meals a day for only ~$40/week.

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        Yep part of why I’m moving to Germany next year is the cost of living is so much more reasonable. Groceries costed me just around $25/wk when I was studying abroad. Can’t beat that.

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        Yes please all come here and ruin the prices further /s

        Prices increased over the last year or so justified by energy prices but in reality it is the profit margins of the supermarkets. Thanks for the inflation Aldi!

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        I just got back from vacation there and yeah groceries in Germany are like half price of Canada. And salaries are higher too.