You got two options here. So which one are you going to choose? hmmmm?

  • Salvo@aussie.zone
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    9 hours ago

    None of the above (unless absolutely necessary)

    I can get almost everything I need from Aldi and IGA.

    • TugOfWarCrimes@sh.itjust.works
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      If you’re far enough outside of the cities (or willing to drive) you can also often buy direct from farms, cutting out the middlemen that all demand their own cut. And don’t forget places like NQR and The Reject Shop for non-perishables.

      I would also urge people to find their local community garden and/or food bank. If you need the support, there is no shame at all in accepting it from your community. If you don’t currently need the support, offer to do what you can to help those that do need it. The more we can help each other, the less we need corporations like Coles and Woolworths.

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          If you’re really insistent on purchasing only from farms, I suppose you could purchase all the ingredients and make it from scratch yourself. But that would likely take more travel costs than it saves. Probably better to just go to Aldi for that one

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        6 hours ago

        Yes they are; Because they small businesses, which actually pay their employees a living wage and don’t have the buying power of the big supermarkets.

        Even then, all the IGA locals around me and larger IGAs on surrounding towns are still cheaper than Safeway and Coles.

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          34 minutes ago

          IGA isn’t a small business, and I’ve no clue if they pay a decent wage, but $10 for a dozen eggs is insanely expensive and reason enough not to shop their. Aldi is amazing tho, and I agree Coles is quite expensive, not sure if it is more than IGA tho as they are generally 5-10x woolies prices (which are already very high)

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          19 minutes ago

          Safeway! There’s a name I haven’t heard in about 10 years. Are there still any Safeways that haven’t turned into Woolies out there?

        • khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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          6 hours ago

          idk how much they pay their workers but I suspect that since iga is the distributor, they get most of the cut. I’m not faithful to any chain anyways, the post is mostly a joke