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Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success (fortune.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Cooking is expensive now too. I'm paying pre-covid eating out prices to cook food at home, and I shop cheap. $80/week if I really hit some savings to feed just myself.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i just started trapping and gathering in the city

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Is this a joke? It's hard to tell these days

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Are you in Canada or the US? I moved from Canada (Toronto) to Germany, and it's night and day how much less I spend on groceries.

I went from shopping at No Frills in Canda to Lidl/Aldi in Germany, and I spend half as much as I used to. At least in Canada, it's really disappointing to see how Loblaws has managed to get away with so much price gouging.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm in the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

See if you have an Aldi near you. They are the cheapest grocery store I've been to in the US. I cook/prep 3 meals a day for only ~$40/week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Problem with Aldi is all their produce sucks.

Shit goes back in like 2 days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yep part of why I'm moving to Germany next year is the cost of living is so much more reasonable. Groceries costed me just around $25/wk when I was studying abroad. Can't beat that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just got back from vacation there and yeah groceries in Germany are like half price of Canada. And salaries are higher too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes please all come here and ruin the prices further /s

Prices increased over the last year or so justified by energy prices but in reality it is the profit margins of the supermarkets. Thanks for the inflation Aldi!