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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I don’t think that’s actually an unusual conversation for people who live in Manhattan to have. The comments about relative prices are accurate in my experience - I live on the same block as a Gristides and I still never shop there because of how expensive it is, even compared to Whole Foods. I get most of my groceries in Brooklyn on the weekends.

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Carnelian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I agree. Personally I have made multiple amazon accounts and subscribe to prime on each of them. It costs me more upfront, but I get more cash back on my orders. Plus, by buying different raw materials on different accounts the feds are less likely to discover my moonshine operation

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- ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Nah if I’m going to shill for any Manhattan grocery store, it will be Fairway. It’s also really expensive but it feels like being in the sort of store you’d go to if you were rich, not like being ripped off. Their cheese counter has prices per 1/4 pound for some of the cheeses but then if you get some $15 per 1/4 pound cheese it will taste so good that you’ll think it was worth it. I haven’t been in years but I still long for that cheese.
  
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  - grue@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    It’s also really expensive but it feels like being in the sort of store you’d go to if you were rich, not like being ripped off.
    
    That’s kinda how Whole Foods used to feel, before Amazon bought it.
    
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uuldika@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I buy all my groceries from Omega Mart, like a normal person.

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yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah but also, Whole Foods and Amazon and other companies absolutely are doing this. They’d be stupid not to. The companies that aren’t paying for spam bots online will go out of business soon.

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