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Try shopping at your local ethnic grocery store. There’s a Korean market with high quality cuts of pork and chicken for practically pennies in my city.

by bckr 2y ago

alephnerd 2y ago
^ This. Ime, Ethnic markets didn't see significant inflation because I guess us grubby "third world" Asian and Latino immigrants are very price sensitive.
- evilduck 2y ago
  Ethnic grocers are also not national chains trying to extract every cent of profit from a community.
  - alephnerd 2y ago
    They absolutely try to extract every cent where they can. For example, in Pleasanton - [0] It's just difficult when I as an native am not going to get duped into spending $10 on "chai tea" when I know it's only worth $2 and the input cost at scale is $0.02. Just take a look at the HMart prices near a college campus or around a 2nd gen Asian American neighborhood and an HMart in a neighborhood with plenty of 1 and 1.5 Gen Asian Americans. [0] - https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2020/05/07/pleasanton-store-owner-charged-with-price-gouging-amid-pandemic/ https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2020/05/07/pleasanton-...
- mark_l_watson 2y ago
  I agree! My personal favorites are Korean and Mexican markets. There is a Mexican market near where I live that optionally sells meat already brined. Properly brining meat is a nuisance, so nice get it pre-brined: just take it home and cook it.
tjrifkm 2y ago
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jajko 2y ago
In Switzerland we have these bodegas? but quality of stuff there varies. I wouldnt call meat 'quality', more like dubious origin or with extreme markup (easily 100-200% on top of good chains here). Bear in mind that food quality standards are very high here, so a lot of external stuff including US food products is seen as subpar, rightfully or not.
- bckr 2y ago
  Shoulda said US, yeah. There’s a sad story in the city as well of a Mediterranean grocery that was once high quality. It seems the owner died in 2020 and the kids have run the quality into the ground.

Try shopping at your local ethnic grocery store. There’s a Korean market with high quality cuts of pork and chicken for practically pennies in my city.

by bckr 2y ago

Try shopping at your local ethnic grocery store. There’s a Korean market with high quality cuts of pork and chicken for practically pennies in my city.

alephnerd 2y ago

^ This. Ime, Ethnic markets didn't see significant inflation because I guess us grubby "third world" Asian and Latino immigrants are very price sensitive.

evilduck 2y ago
Ethnic grocers are also not national chains trying to extract every cent of profit from a community.
- alephnerd 2y ago
  They absolutely try to extract every cent where they can. For example, in Pleasanton - [0] It's just difficult when I as an native am not going to get duped into spending $10 on "chai tea" when I know it's only worth $2 and the input cost at scale is $0.02. Just take a look at the HMart prices near a college campus or around a 2nd gen Asian American neighborhood and an HMart in a neighborhood with plenty of 1 and 1.5 Gen Asian Americans. [0] - https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2020/05/07/pleasanton-store-owner-charged-with-price-gouging-amid-pandemic/ https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2020/05/07/pleasanton-...
mark_l_watson 2y ago
I agree! My personal favorites are Korean and Mexican markets. There is a Mexican market near where I live that optionally sells meat already brined. Properly brining meat is a nuisance, so nice get it pre-brined: just take it home and cook it.

tjrifkm 2y ago

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jajko 2y ago

In Switzerland we have these bodegas? but quality of stuff there varies. I wouldnt call meat 'quality', more like dubious origin or with extreme markup (easily 100-200% on top of good chains here). Bear in mind that food quality standards are very high here, so a lot of external stuff including US food products is seen as subpar, rightfully or not.

bckr 2y ago
Shoulda said US, yeah. There’s a sad story in the city as well of a Mediterranean grocery that was once high quality. It seems the owner died in 2020 and the kids have run the quality into the ground.