What grocery items are always worth the extra $1-$5? (sh.itjust.works)

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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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[-] awaysaway@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago

+1 to eggs! I dream of having chickens but have heard it's a game of pros and cons

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

I used to have chickens. Between the cost of the coop, the feed, medicine, etc. I’d say each egg cost us about $5. 🙂

A little exaggeration, but not much. The eggs were really good though, and they make for cute stupid pets.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 6 points 10 hours ago

We just got chickens, im not sure they're cheaper then buying but certainly more available.

I do have a constant fight with hawks though trying to eat them

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

Hawks, snakes stealing eggs, and then a fox finally did mine in :(

[-] squinky@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

We live somewhere with a ton of hawks and coyotes. Our coop was our quarantine project so we kind of overdid it. It’s 8-by-16-feet, surrounded on the sides and bottom with heavy gauge hardware cloth and a metal roof. Nothing can get into it.

The run, on the other hand, is about 30 feet along one side, chicken wire and covered with bird netting. We lost two of our girls when someone made a mistake and locked them outside in the run. A fox dug under and took them. I added a skirt along the ground to stop anything digging in but it’s not as good as the coop itself

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

That’s exactly what happened to us. The coop was a fortress, but a fox dug into the run and it was a crime scene. Chickens need a big run but damn it’s tough to keep them safe. :(

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