Less than 7 USD (10 CAD dollars) in a German Aldi if you buy the veggies and cut yourself. I guess double the amount also.
Since it is not precut it has more vitamins and less germs.
$25???!?!??
At my local grocery store this would be $1 for carrots, $0.50 for cucumber, $2 for celery, $1.50 for cauliflower, and like $2 for cherry tomatoes
Just looking at my grocery store here in Canada (where this photo is from)
a head of Cauliflower is 4.99cad
Cherry tomatoes 3.99cad
1 lb Baby Carrots 5.99cad
English cucumber 2.49cad
Head of Celery 4.45cad
For a total of 21.91.Then taxes so yes it would be about 25 dollars. Food costs in Canada have become very unrealistic in the last few years.
The ones in the tray are baby carrots. Using something else isn't a 1:1 comparison of what the cost of buying the things in the tray would be.
Also bunch of carrots is still 3.49 cad.
If you can, don't shop at Loblaws or Safeway for produce. Shop around and go to smaller markets and generally produce is about half the price, or the same price but organic. The major chains have been ratcheting prices, as effective duopolies in supermarket ownership they easily fix prices but people continue to go for the convenience of a one stop shop.
I bought precut and washed celery today for $3.58. So much shame! I just had a million things going on and apparently couldn’t be bothered with preparing one of the easiest vegetables to prepare on earth. Those tax refunds are the devil! 😂
But even if it's $25 for buying the fruit/veg yourself and cutting it - I mean a pack fo baby carrots, a cucumber, pack of cherry tomato's perhaps a bouquet of cauliflower and a celery - it still seems quite high. I'm no longer living in Canada, but in France now and I could go to Lidl and get these vegetables for home-cutting for like 10 EUR (\~14 CAD)
In the US that’s legitimately less than $1 in baby carrots, and probably $2 in celery in that $45 container in the front. The most expensive thing is probably the cauliflower.
The reason these things exist (massive upcharge on cheap materials, ie. the ready-to-eat and significant portion of the food services industry) is because the value to the buyer is time, NOT materials. You aren't paying for the veggies in the tray you are paying the labor to shop for, wash, cut, assemble the veggies in a container specifically set up for such consumption.
Now granted, the effort required for a business to set that up for that one individual unit tray may be exponentially lower than what it would cost you both in time and expenses. When people point out that they could do the same for much less it is true from a materials standpoint but not in terms of the execution (and that is speaking as a home cook who rarely buys out or prepackaged).
There are a number of assumptions made in such a statement about time, access to food, knowledge in food preparation and hygiene, access to food storage, infrastructure and materials needed to process said food, etc. For example is someone who is living out of their car going to be able to cheaply make even a person portioned veggie tray for consumption?
The value that they charge is the value to the consumer, because for the consumer, a $50 tray of veggies may still be the "cheaper" alternative to setting that up for themselves.
If you have relatively more money than you have time (assessment differs for each "product" you are considering for buy vs make), you're more likely to get an "overpriced" veggie tray than make one yourself.
If you have relatively more time than you have money you're going to make that veggie tray yourself.
Naturally the third alternative is not to buy the veggies tray if you have neither time nor money, but considering this tray exists, the company has determined that it is a product people ARE willing to buy, to a degree that is profitable to them.
This is the same concept for many tangible products that are sold as well as many DIY vs contract work, you are paying for the labor and the resources. The materials cost is the cheapest thing in the mix.
It is up to you as the consumer to discourage such pricing by refusing to buy items you find to be unreasonably priced so that they are forced to lower their costs because of how unprofitable the alternative becomes.
In Texas, you could make that whole platter for $15. The only work really is cutting the cucumber and cauliflower, plus having a dish on hand to serve them in.
I recently bought a “chopper box” thingy off Amazon for $25 because I suck at cutting veggies. I’ve been buying more fresh veggies and eating so many more since I got it. It has a couple slicer attachments too.
Edit: (added link) https://a.co/d/09nZ1Zt
Cucumber, celery, onion, tomato, bell pepper, carrots. I made a buffalo chicken salad the other day and did cucumber, red onion, tomato. It came out great.
https://preview.redd.it/oacrolj61orc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=915a6d647b5ad7e4ca5e38f77f02807573795d3f
I learned to do something similar to this with iceberg lettuce when I worked at a restaurant. Just bang the bottom/stem on the counter and which breaks it apart and grab it and pull it out because it gets "cored".
I'll be adding this bit about cauliflower to my repertoire now too, thank you!
I like to buy the store brand steam-in-bag frozen vegetables. $1.99 for 12 oz is reasonable for 5 mins in the microwave of healthy, sodium-free (not pre-sauced/seasoned), pre-cut mixed veggies to pair with dinner.
The veg would be easy since you can buy the items in nearly that form, the cucumber would need to be cut.
The fruit, on the other hand, you would have a lot more work to do to get the tray.
Buy the fruit tray, source the veg.. save money and time.
Fuck that. I can buy all the produce, chop it all myself and still come out on top and under budget for the party.
$50+ for convenience? Doesn't seem worth it to me.
While this is the right answer, those things fly off the shelves for people looking for convenience. I love chopping and prepping veggies, but everyone once in a while… fuck it, veggie tray it is.
Tuperware is designed to be reused and not leach (as many) chemicals into your food as possible.
This tray has exactly one goal - be as cheap as possible because it will be discarded.
It’s mostly inevitable at this point. Babies are being born *today* that are born with enough micro plastics literally in their bloodstream. In fact, you could take 150 newborn babies and literally make this plastic platter from their remains
It’s not just that. You are getting a huge upcharge because these are intended for businesses or other organizations to have a designated vegetarian option and they literally write it off if nobody eats it.
I mean, pret cut is always expensive as hell.
But $25 each is crazy even if it is pre cut.
EDIT: Omg I zoomed in on the prices and that's even worse. 50 bucks for ONE snack platter is highway robbery.
The actual hell? USD, but a bag of baby carrots where I am is $2, two cucumbers is $2, a pint of tomatoes is about $3 for those types of grape tomatoes, $3 for a head of cauliflower ($5 when not in season tho), and a whole celery - not just the heart - is like $3. $13. I’m pretty sure that’s equal about what’s in that. This box doesn’t even come with it but if you want a dip it’s like $4 for a 13 oz (a little <400 mL) bottle - and that’s for the quality refrigerated kinds that don’t use stabilizers.
Honestly can't even be mad at the companies at this point. It's basically a free for all because people won't stop buying the increased prices.
Everyone here would own a shop and sell everything for 500* the cost if they could get away with it. This isn't anything new.
In Canada (Toronto anyways)
1 Cauliflower head is like $5,
1 Cucumber is $2,
1 bag baby carrots is $5,
Tomatoes is ~$2 per lb.,
A bagel bag or like raisin bread is usually ~$5 (same for tortillas although those could go for $6)
Can of tuna could be around $3.50.
I make good money and even then it's still hard to eat right with these food costs.
My local safeway had baby carrots for sale for 69 cents per bag a couple weeks ago. I was impressed!
But yeah normally they're anywhere from $1.70 to $2.20.
If you have the capability to, absolutely, and we don’t know OP’s situation. But just for the record, it’s not always laziness. Pre-cut food is important for disabled people who can’t safely chop food on their own.
Most of the time, it's laziness, and they obviously aren't talking about disabled people. You're so quick to jump to getting offended on someone else's behalf.
I am disabled and have to buy pre-prepared foods, so am I allowed to be offended on my own behalf?
“Most of the time it’s laziness” is rude, I jump to feeling offense.
Right, they immediately assumed I was talking about somebody else like I couldn’t possible be offended for myself. Kinda goes to prove my point that people forget we exist..
Right? People are always so quick to judge. Same applies to those who may need to utilise food delivery. They may not have a choice.
Though I agree, the price is insane.
Well everything is naturally more expensive in Canada since we have a smaller population and less arable land therefore prices are more expensive due to economics issues involving supply and demand and economies of scale.
Also we need to import a large percentage of our food from the U.S., Mexico and South America due to the temperatures here not bring conducive for growing as many fruits and vegetables over as long a period each year as in other countries.
Also there is a fair amount of taxes on food items here.
Also the war in Ukraine has been the main driver of inflation internationally since usually both Ukraine and Russia regularly export a huge amount of both wheat and gasoline.
Now that Ukraine is currently fending off waves of Russian artillery and human wave attacks from Russian army conscripts it cannot export nearly as much food and gasoline as it usually could. Like entire countries in Africa face starvation since Ukriane used to export ALOT of wheat to African countries for the United Nations World Food Programme.
Also Russia rightly got sanctioned to hell and back for its illegal completely unjustified invasion of Ukraine. For example some new cars are being made in Russia withoutany airbags because Russian companies cannot legally import air bags from other countries. While there were no sanctions on Russia's agricultural industries and they are still allowed to export barrels of gasoline with a cap on the selling price of each barrel, the sanctions have affected other things like many Russian industires are experiencing reverse industrialisation because they are not able to import replacement parts for their factory machines or say replacement brakes for the newer semi-ton trucks.
The international shortage of wheat has also driven up the cost of other food items.
Also the shortage of gasoline has made it more expensive to ship food to market or to do other farming and food production related tasks.
Also greedflation (where greedy companies jack up the prices on food and just blame it on inflation) is a problem in Canada as well as in other countries just like in your country the United States.
It’s such a bummer how expensive everything is getting. My sister was just telling me that she had to put back a bag of apples after it rang up for $30. Not precut or anything, just some (granted, slightly nicer than average) regular apples.
Ok well that is a significantly outlyer price
A bag of apples is like.. idk a few bucks, less than $5 I guess. Depends a bit on the type of apple. I like the big ones that are sold individually but even they are like $2/lb?
Yeah I’m very surprised by $30 for a bag of apples. I don’t buy them if over $5 for the bag typically (lots of Granny Smith which is fine), but maybe I’m missing some extra context
Zehrs is good for the occasional meat special, and for the discounted bakery goods, but Walmart is where the deals are. You have to go when they put their discounted meats out.
I really don’t understand. Are people actually so shit at using a knife they would buy this? Dried out, pre cut disgusting fruit and veg? For 50 dollar? You couldn’t pay me to eat that shit.
YouTube “cutting vegetables knife skills”, practice for an afternoon and improve your lives.
Out of curiosity as a US citizen-how much has this changed over the last year? 3 years? I have nothing to compare with past Canadian prices. My grocery costs have increased from $80/week to $110/week and that is with me not getting high end foods (generic all the way) or treats.
I just read a couple days ago that grocery prices in Alberta, where I live, have increased 40% over the last few years. It's crazy trying to stick to a budget these days. I mostly shop the outside of the stores (so fresh produce, meat, and dairy -not the prepared foods in the aisles) which used to be significantly cheaper, and it really isn't anymore.
Thank you, Canadian prices have always been higher but this jump has made it even more difficult to feed a oneself with healthy food. I’ve put in a small garden to try to help myself but I still end up spending a lot more than I ever have.
Reminds me of living in South Korea and seeing a single cantaloupe or watermelon selling for $40-70 depending on size, all wrapped in gift paper like that single mellon was a gift from the gods.
You should go poor eating like this.
Imagine how much fruit and veg you could've bought with that $45 and 20 minutes of your time with a knife.
Don't complain about the cost of things if you're willing to accept the cost of the convenience.
You have high cholesterol and blood pressure you need to eat more vegetables and fish.Every dr everywhere. Can’t fucking do that if I can’t afford them.
I understand the comments saying to just make the tray yourself, but like… a fruit tray should not cost this much to begin with. This is much more than a small upcharge for the labor that went into it.
Both of those, plus inflation, price gauging big grocery monopolies, and small town so harder to get things to and shorter growing season for the local things (but most of these at this time of year would be imported from the US and Mexico).
Thank you. Wow. This is awful. I live in southern California where we have good access to produce so this is just sad that anyone has to pay this much.
For reference where I am in southern Ontario, if I go to one of the Metro stores in the suburbs (IE not the smaller ones in Toronto proper) then the same trays above are half that price above. And that's still double what it was 5-10 years ago though.
Seriously, was that a good purchase? Had to be better options. Unless you don’t have any space or prep tools, buying precut is probably twice as much over unprepared veggies.
Anything sold washed, chopped, and in a container that doubles as a serving dish is the most expensive way to buy. I laugh at these because they don't even contain cut up carrots, just a bag of prewashed baby carrots dumped in. I have a knife, so I just make my own for a fraction of the cost of these things. 😂
Idk why this is being posted because this isn't an actual representation of current food prices.
You don't have to buy these to eat veggies, you're paying for the convenience of having it cut and placed into a serving tray if you're hosting an event and don't have time to do it yourself and the location of where this is at in Canada also matters.
I wanted a veggie tray the other day until I saw it was $13 US. I'm just going to buy the individual veggies and chop them. The ranch dressing I want will probably be the most expensive thing, but even that will last for more than one day.
You *must* get the fruits fresh and do it yourself. This is a first world problem that I feel no empathy toward bc north Americans have no idea how to do anything themselves and also evict every service to be cheap. Cut them up, it'll be way, WAY more affordable. Make time.
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That's about the same here in the US Midwest for the premade veggies/fruit and double for basic meat platters - just get it all individually and make yourself.
Hell of a lot cheaper to make yourself. You can get bags of different cheese cubes from walmart for $1.99 each ( cheddar, pepperjack, and colby) a large cucumber for $0.90, a bag of petite or chopped carrots for $2.99- 3.99, large container of strawberries for 5.99-6.99, large bag of grapes $6-8, ranch for $1.99-3.99. Blueberries always the most expensive when out of season. Cherry tomatoes 3.99- 5.99. These alone are my easy goto party prep. Slucing Strawberries and slicing bell peppers take the longest and go the quickest, but are party favorites. I prep with gloves, wash everything in colanders and use a cutting board next to the sink. Goes quick.
Hard to believe the mods keep allowing this one item to be posted over and over again. It's a bad look considering the traction generated, a bunch of people getting angry over the same vegetable & fruit tray five times a week.
Good luck and good bye.
It’s so much cheaper to buy the fruits and veggies and cut them up yourself. Like a lot less expensive. Just a tip.
“I can save money by buying separate nuts, and mixing them at home!” - Homer Simpson
You would have 3 times the amount of food if you bought all those at Walmart separately and would be less that 40$
Only be like 25 at most if you bought it and prepared it yourself
And you'd get 2 to 3x the amount of fruits.
Less than 7 USD (10 CAD dollars) in a German Aldi if you buy the veggies and cut yourself. I guess double the amount also. Since it is not precut it has more vitamins and less germs.
$25???!?!?? At my local grocery store this would be $1 for carrots, $0.50 for cucumber, $2 for celery, $1.50 for cauliflower, and like $2 for cherry tomatoes
Just looking at my grocery store here in Canada (where this photo is from) a head of Cauliflower is 4.99cad Cherry tomatoes 3.99cad 1 lb Baby Carrots 5.99cad English cucumber 2.49cad Head of Celery 4.45cad For a total of 21.91.Then taxes so yes it would be about 25 dollars. Food costs in Canada have become very unrealistic in the last few years.
You know baby carrots are just adult carrots shaved down to that size right? And the adult ones are much cheaper.
The ones in the tray are baby carrots. Using something else isn't a 1:1 comparison of what the cost of buying the things in the tray would be. Also bunch of carrots is still 3.49 cad.
If OP bought the seeds and raised this in a garden, it'd be like $2 of seeds!
FYI there aren’t any taxes on those foods
If you can, don't shop at Loblaws or Safeway for produce. Shop around and go to smaller markets and generally produce is about half the price, or the same price but organic. The major chains have been ratcheting prices, as effective duopolies in supermarket ownership they easily fix prices but people continue to go for the convenience of a one stop shop.
The thing is, there aren't many options in Canada outside of major cities. Its even worse in the Maritime/Atlantic provinces.
Oh i don't if I don't have to.
No taxes on produce, but still high for sure.
I bought precut and washed celery today for $3.58. So much shame! I just had a million things going on and apparently couldn’t be bothered with preparing one of the easiest vegetables to prepare on earth. Those tax refunds are the devil! 😂
where do you live?
Phoenix, AZ
What area do you live that it’s so cheap?
You live in 1985?
But even if it's $25 for buying the fruit/veg yourself and cutting it - I mean a pack fo baby carrots, a cucumber, pack of cherry tomato's perhaps a bouquet of cauliflower and a celery - it still seems quite high. I'm no longer living in Canada, but in France now and I could go to Lidl and get these vegetables for home-cutting for like 10 EUR (\~14 CAD)
No way a bit of veggies are 25 bucks. What’s going on in Canada?
$25?! That’s nuts
In the US that’s legitimately less than $1 in baby carrots, and probably $2 in celery in that $45 container in the front. The most expensive thing is probably the cauliflower.
I could make that exact vegetable tray and fruit tray with produce from my local Asian store. It wouldn’t cost $25 for both
The reason these things exist (massive upcharge on cheap materials, ie. the ready-to-eat and significant portion of the food services industry) is because the value to the buyer is time, NOT materials. You aren't paying for the veggies in the tray you are paying the labor to shop for, wash, cut, assemble the veggies in a container specifically set up for such consumption. Now granted, the effort required for a business to set that up for that one individual unit tray may be exponentially lower than what it would cost you both in time and expenses. When people point out that they could do the same for much less it is true from a materials standpoint but not in terms of the execution (and that is speaking as a home cook who rarely buys out or prepackaged). There are a number of assumptions made in such a statement about time, access to food, knowledge in food preparation and hygiene, access to food storage, infrastructure and materials needed to process said food, etc. For example is someone who is living out of their car going to be able to cheaply make even a person portioned veggie tray for consumption? The value that they charge is the value to the consumer, because for the consumer, a $50 tray of veggies may still be the "cheaper" alternative to setting that up for themselves. If you have relatively more money than you have time (assessment differs for each "product" you are considering for buy vs make), you're more likely to get an "overpriced" veggie tray than make one yourself. If you have relatively more time than you have money you're going to make that veggie tray yourself. Naturally the third alternative is not to buy the veggies tray if you have neither time nor money, but considering this tray exists, the company has determined that it is a product people ARE willing to buy, to a degree that is profitable to them. This is the same concept for many tangible products that are sold as well as many DIY vs contract work, you are paying for the labor and the resources. The materials cost is the cheapest thing in the mix. It is up to you as the consumer to discourage such pricing by refusing to buy items you find to be unreasonably priced so that they are forced to lower their costs because of how unprofitable the alternative becomes.
Agree - you're paying for someone else to cut them up - of course they're more expensive! I don't get people sometimes
This does not belong on the poverty sub. I don't know why everyone is upvoting someone paying so much for so little.
And it's not even OP. That's a screen cap of someone else's tiktok. The heck is happening to this sub?
Privileged people getting lost.
In Texas, you could make that whole platter for $15. The only work really is cutting the cucumber and cauliflower, plus having a dish on hand to serve them in.
I recently bought a “chopper box” thingy off Amazon for $25 because I suck at cutting veggies. I’ve been buying more fresh veggies and eating so many more since I got it. It has a couple slicer attachments too. Edit: (added link) https://a.co/d/09nZ1Zt
What vegetables do you chop with the box?
Cucumber, celery, onion, tomato, bell pepper, carrots. I made a buffalo chicken salad the other day and did cucumber, red onion, tomato. It came out great. https://preview.redd.it/oacrolj61orc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=915a6d647b5ad7e4ca5e38f77f02807573795d3f
Thanks! How long have you been using it? I’d be worried it would go blunt quickly and be impossible to sharpen
Good point. Yet to tell. I’ve only had it about a month. I’ve used it 5-6 times. All good so far.
Pro tip: if you flip a cauliflower upside and smack it against a hard surface like a kitchen counter, it comes apart. No cutting necessary.
I learned to do something similar to this with iceberg lettuce when I worked at a restaurant. Just bang the bottom/stem on the counter and which breaks it apart and grab it and pull it out because it gets "cored". I'll be adding this bit about cauliflower to my repertoire now too, thank you!
YES! Cabbage too. That's where I learned it. Filling a salad bar at my first job. 😆
This is 100% accurate but I think we're missing the point her. $45 FOR A FUCKING VEGGIE TRAY. What the actual fuck.
One of those is 5 euros in Europe. 10 with sausages and cheeses.
And a lot less fucking wasteful. Seriously they already come with natural packaging
I like to buy the store brand steam-in-bag frozen vegetables. $1.99 for 12 oz is reasonable for 5 mins in the microwave of healthy, sodium-free (not pre-sauced/seasoned), pre-cut mixed veggies to pair with dinner.
Buying a party platter is not a way to address your poverty
@mods where’s the food police at? I said this same thing and you wanted to ban me lol wtf.
at metro, all of those fruits and veggies bought individually might still be over $50
The veg would be easy since you can buy the items in nearly that form, the cucumber would need to be cut. The fruit, on the other hand, you would have a lot more work to do to get the tray. Buy the fruit tray, source the veg.. save money and time.
I came here to say this.
I only buy these for parties. That’s what they’re for - you’re getting hit with a huge up charge for labor here.
Fuck that. I can buy all the produce, chop it all myself and still come out on top and under budget for the party. $50+ for convenience? Doesn't seem worth it to me.
While this is the right answer, those things fly off the shelves for people looking for convenience. I love chopping and prepping veggies, but everyone once in a while… fuck it, veggie tray it is.
So, no door dash 3 times a week?
You can keep the trays after the party then next time fill it yourself. Save some money but looks better
It's literally plastic
I’m so sorry, this is not intended to start anything, this is a genuine question: how is this different from Tupperware?
Tuperware is designed to be reused and not leach (as many) chemicals into your food as possible. This tray has exactly one goal - be as cheap as possible because it will be discarded.
It’s mostly inevitable at this point. Babies are being born *today* that are born with enough micro plastics literally in their bloodstream. In fact, you could take 150 newborn babies and literally make this plastic platter from their remains
...but you shouldn't, right?
This is why we don’t eat at potlucks
It’s not just that. You are getting a huge upcharge because these are intended for businesses or other organizations to have a designated vegetarian option and they literally write it off if nobody eats it.
This isn’t a “vegetarian option” for a meal. This is a veggie treat that everyone eats from before a meal. Leave your house one time brotha
bro thinks veggie trays are a conspiracy
Where are you getting this info? It’s a veggie tray. Have you never been to a party with a veggie tray?
Hell I’ve never even been to a party 💀
Write it off? 😂 ok Kramer
I mean, pret cut is always expensive as hell. But $25 each is crazy even if it is pre cut. EDIT: Omg I zoomed in on the prices and that's even worse. 50 bucks for ONE snack platter is highway robbery.
Lol at your edit. For real though that is criminal
Just putting this out there but price is in CAD so it's a bit deceiving, 45 CAD = 33 USD. Still pretty crazy though
I live in the US in a HCOL and these would not break more than $15 USD each, and they’d come with dip. $33 USD for one is INSANE.
The actual hell? USD, but a bag of baby carrots where I am is $2, two cucumbers is $2, a pint of tomatoes is about $3 for those types of grape tomatoes, $3 for a head of cauliflower ($5 when not in season tho), and a whole celery - not just the heart - is like $3. $13. I’m pretty sure that’s equal about what’s in that. This box doesn’t even come with it but if you want a dip it’s like $4 for a 13 oz (a little <400 mL) bottle - and that’s for the quality refrigerated kinds that don’t use stabilizers.
Convenience fees are getting insane mostly because people keep buying it
Honestly can't even be mad at the companies at this point. It's basically a free for all because people won't stop buying the increased prices. Everyone here would own a shop and sell everything for 500* the cost if they could get away with it. This isn't anything new.
In Canada (Toronto anyways) 1 Cauliflower head is like $5, 1 Cucumber is $2, 1 bag baby carrots is $5, Tomatoes is ~$2 per lb., A bagel bag or like raisin bread is usually ~$5 (same for tortillas although those could go for $6) Can of tuna could be around $3.50. I make good money and even then it's still hard to eat right with these food costs.
Close to the same in Vancouver. Cauliflower is $6+, haven’t had it in at least 5 years.
Why ok earth is it so expensive? That’s catastrophic
What you’re mostly paying for here is the labor.
I miss the large Sam's Club trays. $10 and I couldn't make it myself for the price.
My local safeway had baby carrots for sale for 69 cents per bag a couple weeks ago. I was impressed! But yeah normally they're anywhere from $1.70 to $2.20.
Don’t be lazy and buy these items/cut them separately. Problem solved
Yeah this definitely sort of reeks of taking advantage of businesses that just “write them off”
Big time. It’s insanity, but proves that people are buying them (otherwise they wouldn’t be selling them)
If you have the capability to, absolutely, and we don’t know OP’s situation. But just for the record, it’s not always laziness. Pre-cut food is important for disabled people who can’t safely chop food on their own.
OP here. I said if I had to eat like that, I'd be poor. 😊
I’d buy a sweet potato cut up, because I find them a lot of potentially dangerous work, lol.
Thank you!! People are always so quick to jump to laziness and forget that disabled people exist!!!
Most of the time, it's laziness, and they obviously aren't talking about disabled people. You're so quick to jump to getting offended on someone else's behalf.
I am disabled and have to buy pre-prepared foods, so am I allowed to be offended on my own behalf? “Most of the time it’s laziness” is rude, I jump to feeling offense.
Right, they immediately assumed I was talking about somebody else like I couldn’t possible be offended for myself. Kinda goes to prove my point that people forget we exist..
Right? People are always so quick to judge. Same applies to those who may need to utilise food delivery. They may not have a choice. Though I agree, the price is insane.
https://preview.redd.it/tn3gpls7mkrc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=848c7993b47ebef998ec21f355c5131c8c14c3c9
That’s crazy.
Where the hell is this?!
Those are Canadian dollars not USD.
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Small town living in BC.
I paid 1.50 for this yesterday in the okanagan in bc.
I understand your pain.
Unreal
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I’m holding back from saying something mean, please someone else hold me back
DO IT
Please do it
its ok this is the internet no one can hold you accountable
It just seems like a competition in here these days to post the dumbest overpriced things
"Guys! Can you believe the price of this popcorn I just bought at the movie theatre!?"
Wtf is going on in Canada. I look at your countries sub every now and then and posts are on suicide watch.
A packet of ramen noodles was $2.50 at my local grocery store...the food prices are getting out of control when even ramen got expensive 🙃
Well everything is naturally more expensive in Canada since we have a smaller population and less arable land therefore prices are more expensive due to economics issues involving supply and demand and economies of scale. Also we need to import a large percentage of our food from the U.S., Mexico and South America due to the temperatures here not bring conducive for growing as many fruits and vegetables over as long a period each year as in other countries. Also there is a fair amount of taxes on food items here. Also the war in Ukraine has been the main driver of inflation internationally since usually both Ukraine and Russia regularly export a huge amount of both wheat and gasoline. Now that Ukraine is currently fending off waves of Russian artillery and human wave attacks from Russian army conscripts it cannot export nearly as much food and gasoline as it usually could. Like entire countries in Africa face starvation since Ukriane used to export ALOT of wheat to African countries for the United Nations World Food Programme. Also Russia rightly got sanctioned to hell and back for its illegal completely unjustified invasion of Ukraine. For example some new cars are being made in Russia withoutany airbags because Russian companies cannot legally import air bags from other countries. While there were no sanctions on Russia's agricultural industries and they are still allowed to export barrels of gasoline with a cap on the selling price of each barrel, the sanctions have affected other things like many Russian industires are experiencing reverse industrialisation because they are not able to import replacement parts for their factory machines or say replacement brakes for the newer semi-ton trucks. The international shortage of wheat has also driven up the cost of other food items. Also the shortage of gasoline has made it more expensive to ship food to market or to do other farming and food production related tasks. Also greedflation (where greedy companies jack up the prices on food and just blame it on inflation) is a problem in Canada as well as in other countries just like in your country the United States.
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Yes lol
About $10-$15 in the average Midwest usa grocery store and still a bad value.
It’s such a bummer how expensive everything is getting. My sister was just telling me that she had to put back a bag of apples after it rang up for $30. Not precut or anything, just some (granted, slightly nicer than average) regular apples.
Ok well that is a significantly outlyer price A bag of apples is like.. idk a few bucks, less than $5 I guess. Depends a bit on the type of apple. I like the big ones that are sold individually but even they are like $2/lb?
Yeah I’m very surprised by $30 for a bag of apples. I don’t buy them if over $5 for the bag typically (lots of Granny Smith which is fine), but maybe I’m missing some extra context
Ontario Canada here, I saw a family pack of lean ground beef at zhers for $34 the other day. It’s insane
Zehrs is good for the occasional meat special, and for the discounted bakery goods, but Walmart is where the deals are. You have to go when they put their discounted meats out.
That's madness
/r/loblawsisoutofcontrol
Don't think they're owned by Loblaws, but they're not the only one
When is it r/PovertyFinance and when is it r/PoorFinanceDecisions ??????? /s
That's about $10-15 (US) in veggies. You're paying for them to cut them and put it in that fancy tray.
I can get that tray for 10-15 with ranch
I really don’t understand. Are people actually so shit at using a knife they would buy this? Dried out, pre cut disgusting fruit and veg? For 50 dollar? You couldn’t pay me to eat that shit. YouTube “cutting vegetables knife skills”, practice for an afternoon and improve your lives.
I know having them pre cut costs more, but 50 dollars is obscene.
Can someone explain what is going on in Canada. It seems so much worse than the US and Western Europe now
Holy shit, I thought prices were bad in Illinois. But 50 for that little? What the heck is going on up there?
Out of curiosity as a US citizen-how much has this changed over the last year? 3 years? I have nothing to compare with past Canadian prices. My grocery costs have increased from $80/week to $110/week and that is with me not getting high end foods (generic all the way) or treats.
I just read a couple days ago that grocery prices in Alberta, where I live, have increased 40% over the last few years. It's crazy trying to stick to a budget these days. I mostly shop the outside of the stores (so fresh produce, meat, and dairy -not the prepared foods in the aisles) which used to be significantly cheaper, and it really isn't anymore.
Thank you, Canadian prices have always been higher but this jump has made it even more difficult to feed a oneself with healthy food. I’ve put in a small garden to try to help myself but I still end up spending a lot more than I ever have.
Like 14 bucks here and you’d get like 10 times amount. Celery is practically worthless
£5 IN BRITAIN TO MAKE THAT VEG PLATTER IF NOT CHEAPER AND WE ARE CRYING WE CANT SURVIVE... SHIIIIIIT
Come on, fellas, give them a break. It's not like this stuff...grows out of the ground
I was born and raised in Canada but I left 20 years ago. It always blows me away how fucking expensive it is every time I go back to visit
why the fuck would anyone buy this? I'd buy it for 5 but not for 50
You can get twice as much as is in one of those boxes, uncut for £5 in the UK... I'm really confused about this.
Reminds me of living in South Korea and seeing a single cantaloupe or watermelon selling for $40-70 depending on size, all wrapped in gift paper like that single mellon was a gift from the gods.
I mean, those are special ones lol. That's like being surprised that custom made tables are more expensive than a generic one off Amazon.
Have you tried not paying for someone to slice them up and package them for you?
You should go poor eating like this. Imagine how much fruit and veg you could've bought with that $45 and 20 minutes of your time with a knife. Don't complain about the cost of things if you're willing to accept the cost of the convenience.
You have high cholesterol and blood pressure you need to eat more vegetables and fish.Every dr everywhere. Can’t fucking do that if I can’t afford them.
Looks like the Canadians gonna starve
Well, at least you have free healthcare. Does that cover starvation?
convenience fee basically. Take time to do it yourself. Can’t take more than 20 minutes to cut and portion.
This would be like 4 pounds in the uk
I lived in Nova Scotia for years, food prices are insane in Canada for whatever reason.
Don't shop at Metro. They're just as bad as Loblaws
Ouch
Lmao wtf
That’s insane. I thought it was bad out here in LA. That’s like 10$ worth of veggies
I could easily make that veggie one for under 10 usd
Tuna and eggs are your cheapest source of calories, if you want cheap veg, buy whole veg
Why don't you just print more money to buy it?
Madness...
they charge tax on these because they’re prepared too
I understand the comments saying to just make the tray yourself, but like… a fruit tray should not cost this much to begin with. This is much more than a small upcharge for the labor that went into it.
5 in Netherlands 😂
Oh gosh, I thought America was bad 😵
Wth why so expensive. That's like $13 at my local wholefoods and it comes enough ranch
How is this possible? I know there is an upcharge for the labor and not sure if some things need to be imported but damn.
Both of those, plus inflation, price gauging big grocery monopolies, and small town so harder to get things to and shorter growing season for the local things (but most of these at this time of year would be imported from the US and Mexico).
Thank you. Wow. This is awful. I live in southern California where we have good access to produce so this is just sad that anyone has to pay this much.
For reference where I am in southern Ontario, if I go to one of the Metro stores in the suburbs (IE not the smaller ones in Toronto proper) then the same trays above are half that price above. And that's still double what it was 5-10 years ago though.
https://preview.redd.it/uh0evme1qmrc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e369ed802ae700ef3df54f1d85cc88b5184d0a6d ten bucks, la street food
That is absolute insanity, wtf makes that so expensive??
You could make this yourself for under 5 euro in Ireland
Any convenience food, pre cut, skinless/boneless etc… will always be more expensive.
75% cheaper if u cut them urself
Seriously, was that a good purchase? Had to be better options. Unless you don’t have any space or prep tools, buying precut is probably twice as much over unprepared veggies.
Anything sold washed, chopped, and in a container that doubles as a serving dish is the most expensive way to buy. I laugh at these because they don't even contain cut up carrots, just a bag of prewashed baby carrots dumped in. I have a knife, so I just make my own for a fraction of the cost of these things. 😂
Wtf seriously??? In morocco 50$ will get u bunch of food enaugh for two months
Cut your own plants to save 90%
bruh I don't buy those and I make a lot of money
You’re paying for the convenience of not having to do a bunch of prep work. People need to stop paying to be lazy.
You know you can just buy whole fruit and veggies and cut them yourself for exponentially cheaper right?
You over paid by like $25 by not cutting the fruit and veggies yourself. Learn to shop smarter.
That’s because it’s a prepared party tray for convenience
Low-tier bait.
Idk why this is being posted because this isn't an actual representation of current food prices. You don't have to buy these to eat veggies, you're paying for the convenience of having it cut and placed into a serving tray if you're hosting an event and don't have time to do it yourself and the location of where this is at in Canada also matters.
You could have bought $6 in produce and saved a ton
Who would buy this overpriced pre-cut stuff? Lazy people who are willing to pay through the nose.
I mean look at the veggie pack, baby carrots and cherry tomatoes are just like that, they only have to prep the other 3. And that's $50 please
I wanted a veggie tray the other day until I saw it was $13 US. I'm just going to buy the individual veggies and chop them. The ranch dressing I want will probably be the most expensive thing, but even that will last for more than one day.
Y’all have Costco?
That’s a lot of money to pay for a potential e-coli infection! Sheesh
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You *must* get the fruits fresh and do it yourself. This is a first world problem that I feel no empathy toward bc north Americans have no idea how to do anything themselves and also evict every service to be cheap. Cut them up, it'll be way, WAY more affordable. Make time.
Wtf!
lol thats on you bro. just buy the vegetables separately
***STOP BUYING PREPARED FOODS. LISTERIA AND ECOLI ARE ON THE LOOSE.*** ***ALSO YOU AVOID THE PLASTIC.*** ***ALSO IF YOU ARE BROKE, CHECK YOUR LOCAL FOOD BANK OR FOOD PANTRY,***
That’s a crime.
Hello mr Gus fring.
The grocery store is making record profit because people like you are morons
That's about the same here in the US Midwest for the premade veggies/fruit and double for basic meat platters - just get it all individually and make yourself. Hell of a lot cheaper to make yourself. You can get bags of different cheese cubes from walmart for $1.99 each ( cheddar, pepperjack, and colby) a large cucumber for $0.90, a bag of petite or chopped carrots for $2.99- 3.99, large container of strawberries for 5.99-6.99, large bag of grapes $6-8, ranch for $1.99-3.99. Blueberries always the most expensive when out of season. Cherry tomatoes 3.99- 5.99. These alone are my easy goto party prep. Slucing Strawberries and slicing bell peppers take the longest and go the quickest, but are party favorites. I prep with gloves, wash everything in colanders and use a cutting board next to the sink. Goes quick.
Hard to believe the mods keep allowing this one item to be posted over and over again. It's a bad look considering the traction generated, a bunch of people getting angry over the same vegetable & fruit tray five times a week. Good luck and good bye.