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What grocery items are always worth the extra $1-$5? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 90 points 1 year ago (10 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.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What grocery items are always worth the extra

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

    Hello, fellow Costco shopper.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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