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[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago

Ironically, the spud is absurdly more expensive than giving candy.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 33 points 11 months ago

It is like a dollar each, but the smiles on kids faces as they walk home with the beginnings of a stew are priceless

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 30 points 11 months ago

A dollar each? It's $3.50 for a 10lb bag here

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

What could a potato cost, 10 dollars?

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, same here, and even that's high. I know you can get deals where you can get 2 of those bags for like $5. It's one of the cheapest vegetables you can get. Definitely a great food to buy if you're not doing too well financially. Cheap, nutritious, filling, and tons of recipes.

For comparison I got my Halloween bag of candy at Costco for $20 bucks... candy is ridiculously expensive.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I just pulled up the [Department Store] app I have on my phone and looked at the individual prices, it says $0.82 each

I'm gonna be honest, I could not possibly tell you how much a potato weighs, so I have no idea how many potatoes come in the $3.27 5 lbs bag

[-] shottymcb@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

A standard russet potato is 148g(according to the nutritional information on a sack o' potatoes) , 5 lbs=2270g. 2270÷148=15.3. $3.27÷15.3 potatoes is 21 cents per tater.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

I think I estimated about three for a dollar so that more or less tracks. Who's paying a dollar each?

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

This, priced at $0.375 per potato, puts a potato at 213 grams

[-] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

That's if you buy individually wrapped, gotta buy them by the bag.

[-] Syd@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

You can spend $1.45 a potato where I'm at

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah well we can't all live in San Francisco

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