Last week I went to the supermarket and a can of frozen orange juice was $2.49 – screw’em, I’d rather get scurvy.
intercst
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Yep, there’s all sorts of stuff I refuse to buy nowadays. An example is Pringles. I know they’re not particularly good, and not particularly good for you, but as an occasional treat I would buy a few cans (mostly for the kids, but I would taste a few now and then). My price limit was about $1 or $1.25 a can, when they went BOGO in that price range, I would buy 2 or 4 cans. Lately, I have not seen them under $2 a can, and that’s a huge ripoff considering that 10 to 14 oz bags of chips are only about $3.something (and also go BOGO periodically). So I haven’t bought Pringles since early COVID times.
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Don’t tell Steve.
“As commented before, wish I had a nickle for every person who came in my Radio Shack, and the first thing out of his mouth was “what’s your cheapest…?” That’s how USians roll.”
DB2
I get Sunny D from Costco. 11.3 oz bottle, 30 bottles for $15-$16.
I don’t think Sunny D is 100% orange juice. It’s an “orange drink” that contains some juice and a bunch of cheaper stuff.
intercst
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Correct. But, it works for me–and is far more convenient than OJ.
For $16 you can get about 6.4 frozen cans which makes 300 - 400 oz (48 or 64 oz each).
And you replace that with 30 11.3 oz or 339 oz…AND (I assume) you’ve added 30 plastic bottles that probably don’t even really get recycled if if you recycle them…compared to the cardboard the frozen juice comes in.
Is this right?
Seems like a net negative to me.
Mike
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How does that compare to just buying and eating oranges?
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It is a different experience, but not as different as eating raisins (aged grapes) vs drinking wine.
Mike
That Sunny D crap is 98 % water and high fructose corn syrup.
The actual juice portion is 2%.
It has no nutritional value whatsoever and just spikes your blood sugar (as does juice) which is why you are better off eating the fruit itself.
Here’s the ingredients to the “tangy original” flavor:
CONTAINS: WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP AND 2% OR LESS OF: CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE, CONCENTRATED TANGERINE JUICE, CONCENTRATED APPLE JUICE, CONCENTRATED LIME JUICE, CONCENTRATED GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, CONCENTRATED PEAR JUICE, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), NATURAL FLAVORS, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CANOLA OIL, SODIUM CITRATE, CELLULOSE GUM, SUCRALOSE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE TO PROTECT FLAVOR, YELLOW #5, YELLOW #6, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA TO PROTECT COLOR.
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The Dukes have cornered the entire frozen orange juice market.
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