My grocery budget blew up because I kept buying pre-cut veggies without noticing the markup.

Last month I realized my $400 grocery bill included $60 worth of pre-chopped onions and peppers at the local Kroger, which is literally double the cost of whole ones, so has anyone else found swapping to whole produce actually cuts your bill by a solid 20% or is that just me?

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the_terry1mo ago

Dice them all at once on Sunday" - yeah my knife skills are more like a crime scene than a meal prep.

michaelgrant1mo ago

Start with how messy it can get though. I mean is it really that serious to save $15 a week if you're standing there covered in onion juice and almost taking a fingertip off? Maybe it's just me but pre-cut stuff is worth it for the convenience when I know I'm gonna be lazy later in the week. Like yeah the math checks out on paper but idk if I trust myself to actually chop stuff and use it all before it rots in the back of the fridge. That Sunday session sounds great until Wednesday rolls around and you've got limp bell peppers staring at you.

mianelson8d ago

Feel you on the limp peppers. I swear mine just give up and turn into sad little rags overnight. The whole "meal prep Sunday" hype is real until you're staring at a drawer full of slimy green beans by Thursday. I still do it anyway. Just accept the losses as part of the deal.

gray_morgan1mo ago

Honestly, I was shocked too when I actually did the math on pre-cut stuff. Swapping to whole onions and peppers cut my weekly bill by like $15 easy, and I just spend ten minutes dicing them all at once on Sunday. The only catch is you gotta actually use them up fast or they go bad quicker than the pre-cut bags.