You are wise to the ways of children.
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Do you price match at superstore using Flipp? I donāt remember.
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Sort of, but I find the Flipp price comparison function is not very useful. It pulls up products that are in the sellers favour for you to buy. For example, if you put oranges on your grocery list, it will pull up everything with the orange word in it, including orange umbrellas. Not very useful. It will also pull up all the processed products with orange in them. I donāt use the search function for that reason.
Plus they only have major store flyers, not the local independent stores I prefer to shop. I like them because product is better quality and cheaper. All Iām using Flipp for is to make a grocery list I could easily do in Notes on my iPhone.
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I know, Iām only supposed to do this once a week and this is arguably my third surprise bag. It hasnāt been a great week and I am coping slightly with allowed spending.
$5 for a claimed $15 value
Jerk bbq hand pie
Curried chickpea hand pie
Almond croissant (I had a choice of this or a ham & cheese croissant that had been in the heater for 10 hours)
Unknown croissant
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I decided i probably should get more veggies
$6 for claimed value of $18 on 2G2G
3 rapini bunches (going to the compost, we donāt like rapini, and it was well past its prime)
2 small broccoli
2.5 carrots
Bag green beans (some fuzz)
2 small leaf lettuce (not in photo - oops)
3 limes
2 tomatoes
1 bell pepper
1 bunch of green onions
1 corn
Misc mushrooms
15 plums
It isnāt the same quality as the high end shops weāve been getting, but certainly canāt complain about quantity
ETA:
- lettuce is washed, picked through, and in paper towel in the fridge
- green beans picked through, aggressively trimmed, blistered
- broccoli trimmed & roasted
- bell pepper chopped and rehydrating
- carrots chopped and rehydrating
- tomatoes trimmed & chopped
- mushrooms cooking up Gochujang Mushroom Bowls - Pefect for Meal Prep - Budget Bytes
- corn steaming, and then will have kernals cut off, moved to container with chopped tomato for a salsa
- plums made into compote
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This looks like a better value to me than some of the prepared foods youāve been getting, even if some (much?) of it is not useable/desired.
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Totally agree, I have realized I value the prepared foods at the cost of their ingredients most of the time (the scalloped potato was next level though). Thatās why I was so annoyed at the Five Thieves bag where they didnāt give me those fruits.
The only thing in this bag that was a complete loss was the rapini (it probably would have been 1.5 bunches left for someone who liked it, maybe 1 bunch if they were picky). There are probably 2 cups of green beans, 2 cups of mushrooms, almost 3 cups of roast broccoli in the fridge now.
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One reason I stopped trying with those apps is because in my area I think they lie about the supposed āvalueā of the bundles and wayyy overstate it so you think youāre getting a deal, when really youāre overpaying. My area is also mostly prepared things though, produce is rare.
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It might be because produce wholesales by size per bushel (or it used to be per bushel or pound) anyway, produce has a lot of things where theyāre pears 8 or 10 or such. I donāt know this is true, but it seems reasonable to me. If the price is based on which plum it is, then knowing which plum youāre selling would be something youād want to know?
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I got an email about this article on how to save $ at Publix. Thereās no Publix in my area, so for me itās a waste. It might be helpful to you? If so, let me know and Iāll post a link.
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Completed grocery trip #3 (out of probably one million) in an attempt to stock our new Egyptian kitchen. About 15 USD total for some pantry staples.
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Ooh, pomegranate molasses! Is that the brand or does it taste of pomegranates?
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pomegranate molasses tastes like concentrated pomegranate. Lovely and tart.
We find it in grocery stores near the tahini. Or in some specialty stores.
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Yeah, Iām excited to have easy access to it now! I like mixing it with olive oil and maple syrup or honey to put on top of roasted veggies. So good.
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Sorry, I will try not to spam here too muchā¦
Got a lot more produce this time. Total was 435 Egyptian pounds, about $23 US
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Please, all the food haul spam. Permission granted.
Eta I donāt often anymore because Iām always racing the clock to unpack. And by clock I mean toddler.
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Second BJ, Itās fun to see the foreign groceries!
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I agree, more pics!
I love love love looking up recipes on YouTube from other countries just so I can spy on peopleās kitchens and grocery brands 
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It is so fun seeing whatās available in different grocery stores! Iāll need to switch up what basic recipes are in my regular rotation here based on whatās easily available though. Off the top of my head a few things Iām used to cooking with regularly that I havenāt seen in most stores yet are broccoli, spinach, ground turkey, avocados, and most Asian sauces/condiments (although I did just look up a few Asian supermarkets that I will have to try visiting!)
Edit: Oh, and also learn what to cook with frozen taro which seems to be very common!
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Iām so happy to be back in Tucson with my cheap grocery stores! Iām doing a bit of a super frugal month because spending on house stuff has been a lot. Also my freezer is packed with meat and all sorts of stuff, so itās time to eat it all. What I buy this month will mostly be fresh produce
This is what I got today at my neighborhood grocery store for $9.41
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