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I just bought 1kg of chicken breast in the UK for £6 from a local supermarket. I'm pretty sure it's cheaper in the US. And that's real chicken, not reconstitut

by throwaway22032 4y ago

I just bought 1kg of chicken breast in the UK for £6 from a local supermarket. I'm pretty sure it's cheaper in the US. And that's real chicken, not reconstituted shit. A kilogram of fries is like £1.

throwaway290 4y ago
From what I understand, British supermarkets are insanely cheap when it comes to food. You can't usually get even remotely similar prices in the US.
- refurb 4y ago
  That hasn’t been my experience. Something were cheaper (converting GBP to USD) but it was usually only ~10%. Other things were more expensive.
  - throwaway290 4y ago
    Which store?
    - refurb 4y ago
      I was just window shopping in a few towns in the UK. Local stores and places like Sainsbury. Comparing staple items to Safeway and other US stores. Prices may have change recently.
      - throwaway290 4y ago
        Sainsbury's is up to 2x the price for basic items (compared to Aldi, Lidl and Asda). Atomic Shrimp has interesting budget survival videos with 3 meals per day mostly from shopping value chain supermarkets, as well as direct comparisons between them.
        refurb 4y ago
        Similar to Safeway in the US prices are much higher than budget grocery stores.
        throwaway290 4y ago
        So, how much is the thread-starting 1kg of actual chicken breast for example?
Broken_Hippo 4y ago
To be absolutely fair: A chicken breast is not a breaded chicken patty and isn't really a good substitute to a fast food sandwich. Part of the appeal of fast food is the lack of thought that goes into prep. Basic warm and serve items from the grocery store - prepared patties and prepared fries(chips!) - is the comparable solution. You'd have to likely cut, tenderize, and bread the breasts before shallow frying in a pan and heat up some oil to fry the fries/chips in. The patties and prepared chips can just go in the oven while you wait.
- throwaway22032 4y ago
  I literally just chucked 1kg in a dish with some oil on top and turned the oven on for a bit. I now have multiple servings. Do what you want, but be honest about it.
  - sergers 4y ago
    price per KG (less any sale) is about double that what you paid. and buying at small quantities can be even double that. if you were comparing price of mcdonalds chicken burger to a plainish chicken breast, the 2 arent the same at all, which the previous poster was commenting on. to turn that raw chicken breast to something close to McDs chicken burger requires quite a bit of time and additional ingredients. on the fries, i agree. you can buy a KG of shoestring fries for 2-3$, with some salt are the same as mcd fries for the most part if doing a raw ingredient comparison, buying at scale of 1KG is definitely cheaper.
    - com2kid 4y ago
      The price of oil to deep fry is not cheap. Deep frying consumes a lot of oil and if you don't do it often, it is not cost effective.
      - pessimizer 4y ago
        And to have them taste as good as McD's, you'll at the least have to blanch and fry them twice with a freeze in between. If you cut your own fries, you should be doing this because it is awesome. https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/mcdonalds-reveals-beloved-fries-made/story?id=28382592 https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/mcdonalds-reveals-beloved-f...
zeroonetwothree 4y ago
At my local store in CA (cheapest non-bulk prices, Costco is cheaper but more awkward perhaps, also shopping there takes 3x longer) it’s $6 for 1 lb of chicken breast and $3 for 1 pound of fries. So that’s around double your prices.

throwaway290 4y ago

From what I understand, British supermarkets are insanely cheap when it comes to food. You can't usually get even remotely similar prices in the US.

refurb 4y ago
That hasn’t been my experience. Something were cheaper (converting GBP to USD) but it was usually only ~10%. Other things were more expensive.
- throwaway290 4y ago
  Which store?
  - refurb 4y ago
    I was just window shopping in a few towns in the UK. Local stores and places like Sainsbury. Comparing staple items to Safeway and other US stores. Prices may have change recently.
    - throwaway290 4y ago
      Sainsbury's is up to 2x the price for basic items (compared to Aldi, Lidl and Asda). Atomic Shrimp has interesting budget survival videos with 3 meals per day mostly from shopping value chain supermarkets, as well as direct comparisons between them.
      - refurb 4y ago
        Similar to Safeway in the US prices are much higher than budget grocery stores.
        throwaway290 4y ago
        So, how much is the thread-starting 1kg of actual chicken breast for example?

Broken_Hippo 4y ago

To be absolutely fair: A chicken breast is not a breaded chicken patty and isn't really a good substitute to a fast food sandwich. Part of the appeal of fast food is the lack of thought that goes into prep. Basic warm and serve items from the grocery store - prepared patties and prepared fries(chips!) - is the comparable solution. You'd have to likely cut, tenderize, and bread the breasts before shallow frying in a pan and heat up some oil to fry the fries/chips in. The patties and prepared chips can just go in the oven while you wait.

throwaway22032 4y ago
I literally just chucked 1kg in a dish with some oil on top and turned the oven on for a bit. I now have multiple servings. Do what you want, but be honest about it.
- sergers 4y ago
  price per KG (less any sale) is about double that what you paid. and buying at small quantities can be even double that. if you were comparing price of mcdonalds chicken burger to a plainish chicken breast, the 2 arent the same at all, which the previous poster was commenting on. to turn that raw chicken breast to something close to McDs chicken burger requires quite a bit of time and additional ingredients. on the fries, i agree. you can buy a KG of shoestring fries for 2-3$, with some salt are the same as mcd fries for the most part if doing a raw ingredient comparison, buying at scale of 1KG is definitely cheaper.
  - com2kid 4y ago
    The price of oil to deep fry is not cheap. Deep frying consumes a lot of oil and if you don't do it often, it is not cost effective.
    - pessimizer 4y ago
      And to have them taste as good as McD's, you'll at the least have to blanch and fry them twice with a freeze in between. If you cut your own fries, you should be doing this because it is awesome. https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/mcdonalds-reveals-beloved-fries-made/story?id=28382592 https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/mcdonalds-reveals-beloved-f...

zeroonetwothree 4y ago

At my local store in CA (cheapest non-bulk prices, Costco is cheaper but more awkward perhaps, also shopping there takes 3x longer) it’s $6 for 1 lb of chicken breast and $3 for 1 pound of fries. So that’s around double your prices.