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Plant-based now 33% cheaper than meat as soaring prices end its ‘luxury’ status (www.veganfoodandliving.com)
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[–] 44 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Had to click through to clarify. Plant-based meat is now cheaper than animal meat.

A plant-based diet without imitation meat has been significantly cheaper for a long time, of course.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I feel like I could use someone local to me to show me how it's done. I can do things like vegetarian curries or swapping in some tofu or legumes for a protein, but anything involving actual fresh fruit and veg seems expensive. I love apples, but outside of the fall when I can get them from a local orchard, it seems they're around $2 a piece at the supermarket, and the cheaper stores usually just have mealy apples that aren't worth it.

    It could totally just be me not knowing where to look as someone not experienced for hunting for non-meat deals, but it doesn't help switching over to more fruit and veggie oriented foods.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Maybe try smaller supermarkets like a Mexican market if you have them near you, often times they get local veggies and fruit and sell cheaper

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The Arabic market near me seems like its about half the price of the regular grocery chain stores. A lot of times these places are nearby but people aren't aware of them for some reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Arabic markets tend to be family-owned businesses which buy goods in small quantities at a price and then sell them for a similar price, as they rely on local Muslims being a loyal customer base. That's how they see it fit as a halal business, being of benefit to the Muslim community rather than seeking profit no matter what...

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    That is a good call. I will have to try to check out some of the smaller stores near me. I do like grabbing stuff from the Asian mega mart, but that's far away so I wait until I have a big list of things I need. Their fruit hasn't been that great, but they do have lots of great greens and other veg. They are my favorite place to get spices as well since they are so much more reasonably priced too.

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