No ketchup, no money

[SeaPA]

Yeah, they want $5 for it at Publix.

I’m starting to realize tha Publix in Tallahassee is gouging us. I can do better at Aldi and Fresh Market.

Publix has always been the most expensive grocery store option in Florida. For years, the St. Pete Times used to run an article once a month in their Thursday Food section; they had a "typical" shopping cart that might be bought on a weekly shopping trip by a family of four...milk, chicken, variety of veggies, paper goods, etc. They'd then send staff to each of the major chain grocers in the area (they'd float, one month they'd check stores in St Pete, next month maybe Tampa, then Clearwater...) and price out the basket. Publix was virtually always the most expensive, followed closely by Winn Dixie. Cheapest was about always WalMart, with Albertsons and Kash&Karry/Sweetbay next cheapest.

It was a very well-done article with very good, useful information.

 

[McLovin32]

Average American consumes 71 pounds of ketchup a year.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Home made ketchup > store bought ketchup.

No way you make that.

 

[millah_22]

No way you make that.

making ketchup isn't hard.

it's just tomato paste, tomato sauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper.

 

[millah_22]

Not all at once, idiot.

 

[Colonoscopy]

making ketchup isn't hard.

it's just tomato paste, tomato sauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper.

that doesn't mean you make it. Full of lies.

 

[millah_22]

that doesn't mean you make it. Full of lies.

come here and say that to my spatula.

 

[Rifler]

making ketchup isn't hard.

it's just tomato paste, tomato sauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper.

If you're really making ketchup I think the tomato stuff is just tomatoes...

 

[millah_22]

If you're really making ketchup I think the tomato stuff is just tomatoes...

That is so insightful.

 

[Rifler]

That is so insightful.

That's how I roll...

 

[jonesy5960]

Ketchup is expensive?

Average American consumes 71 pounds of ketchup a year.

I guess 71 lbs of ketchup begins to add up at any price. BTW, if anyone is looking for more damning evidence that Americans eat like shit you need look no further.

 

[Igor Stravinsky10]

come here and say that to my spatula.

Stevenpatrick?

 

[Hendy hawk]

Just go get some fast food and steal a bunch of ketchup packets. Pro tip, chick fil a gives those awesome container type ones you can dip in.

Freddy’s also

 

[McLovin32]

Not all at once, idiot.

You would if you could I bet

 

[millah_22]

You would if you could I bet

Ya, if it was humanly possible I would eat 71 pounds of ketchup in one sitting.

I would film it, tie you you down, and make you watch it.

 

[McLovin32]

Ya, if it was humanly possible I would eat 71 pounds of ketchup in one sitting.

I would film it, tie you you down, and make you watch it.

This would be you

 

[millah_22]

This would be you

 

[bcherod]

I’m an original Heinz ketchup loyalist. Any other brands I’ll turn my nose up at it and just go without.

And really it’s not that expensive, if you buy a value pack even Heinz ketchup pencils out to about $0.11 an ounce, less than $2/pound or under $3.50/quart. Certainly not expensive enough to waste my time making my own inferior substitute.

My ketchup is not inferior. Come to my kitchen and experience good food.

But, I’m trained. 😻

 

[bcherod]

No way you make that.

I do.

 

[Colonoscopy]

I do.

Do you have to cook it down? Might be an interesting project. Probably last a while in the fridge.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

My ketchup is not inferior. Come to my kitchen and experience good food.

But, I’m trained. 😻

I’m sure your ketchup is just fine. Mine? Not so much. That’s why I leave it to the professionals.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Never tried making ketchup but I can crank out a house mayonnaise.

 

[beanerhawk]

Average American consumes 71 pounds of ketchup a year.

That's complete BS, the average person is not eating 1.3 pounds of ketchup a week. A family of 5 would go through several bottles a week.

 

[millah_22]

That's complete BS, the average person is not eating 1.3 pounds of ketchup a week. A family of 5 would go through several bottles a week.

71 pounds of tomatoes would be nuch more likely than ketchup.

 

[LBoogie28]

You need the same ingredients.

Would say “similar” not the “same” (or “mostly the same”). BBQ sauces I generally buy have always been $6-$10 a bottle regardless…so haven’t noticed a hike. My post was just noting I don’t buy bottles of ketchup for my personal consumption.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

That's complete BS, the average person is not eating 1.3 pounds of ketchup a week. A family of 5 would go through several bottles a week.

A few hits on Google repeated. My guess would be that is all ketchup sold in US from manufactures and includes ketchup used to make BBQ sauce but just guessing. Also likely a lot of ketchup gets tossed because it’s used on plate but not consumed.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

 

[Fan In Black]

I cant afford steak so what's the point of having ketchup?

 

[beanerhawk]

A few hits on Google repeated. My guess would be that is all ketchup sold in US from manufactures and includes ketchup used to make BBQ sauce but just guessing. Also likely a lot of ketchup gets tossed because it’s used on plate but not consumed.

Well if it's on google it has to be true. Everything is true on the internet.

It's complete bullshit. No one is eating over a pound of ketchup a week. Use common sense. You'd have to be drinking the stuff.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Well if it's on google it has to be true. Everything is true on the internet.

It's complete bullshit. No one is eating over a pound of ketchup a week. Use common sense. You'd have to be drinking the stuff.

Heinz sells 650 million bottles a year. Just Heinz.

 

[Rifler]

Heinz sells 650 million bottles a year. Just Heinz.

Well to be fair, Heinz is the only real ketchup...

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

 

[Derekd3408]

I bought a bottle of ketchup last weekend at HyVee for the summer grilling season. It cost me .99 cents. We're currently working through how to afford it without making our own, but the good news is it should last all year.

 

[millah_22]

I bought a bottle of ketchup last weekend at HyVee for the summer grilling season. It cost me .99 cents. We're currently working through how to afford it without making our own, but the good news is it should last all year.

Have some self respect.

 

[Joes Place]

Three tomatoes are walking down the street:
a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and baby tomato

Baby tomato starts lagging behind and poppa tomato gets really angry....

 

[jberesford]

Publix has always been the most expensive grocery store option in Florida. For years, the St. Pete Times used to run an article once a month in their Thursday Food section; they had a "typical" shopping cart that might be bought on a weekly shopping trip by a family of four...milk, chicken, variety of veggies, paper goods, etc. They'd then send staff to each of the major chain grocers in the area (they'd float, one month they'd check stores in St Pete, next month maybe Tampa, then Clearwater...) and price out the basket. Publix was virtually always the most expensive, followed closely by Winn Dixie. Cheapest was about always WalMart, with Albertsons and Kash&Karry/Sweetbay next cheapest.

It was a very well-done article with very good, useful information.

Lol, they ever do Treasure Island? That Publix has to be the most expensive grocery place in the galaxy. And its a much smaller store with limited options. Our first year there we assumed it was just a thing being on the barrier islands and price gouging was the norm. Then we learned we can drive 3 minutes to the Madeira beach Winn Dixie which is a full line store in a plaza right behind Gulf Blvd with a dollar tree and a liquor store. We now go there on day one and in one stop at all three places we're set for the week for what amounts to one days worth of shit cost at that Publix. You can drive 5 minutes from there and hit up a Wal-Mart on the mainland for literally anything.

 

[Derekd3408]

Have some self respect.

Overrated.

 

[beanerhawk]

I bought a bottle of ketchup last weekend at HyVee for the summer grilling season. It cost me .99 cents. We're currently working through how to afford it without making our own, but the good news is it should last all year.

That's no possible, google says you'll need a new bottle by Monday consuming over a pound of it a week.

 

[seminole97]

You can drive 5 minutes from there and hit up a Wal-Mart on the mainland for literally anything.

Truth. Walmart people watching is top shelf.