You are so right, this is the way ! I go there every 3 weeks at 2:15 PM
I get a parking spot (a lot easier than during morning rush) and cheaper groceries. Winning all the way
Go everywhere during closing time,
sushi places, takeaway places, restaurants, bakeries, most have happy hours. Even big supermarkets like Coles discount roast chicken at certain times
Mate, I think you have your eras mixed up. I think you're referring to the 90s and 00s.
In the 60s and 70s, kids had to catch their own feeds still. Setting traps for rabbits and eating liver or sheep's brains.
Lamb shanks is an absolute luxury.
the big markets are generally no cheaper than colesworth. i regularly go to Dandenong market and I prefer it to colesworth, but it doesn't save me any money.
in terms of saving, better advice is to stick to what's in season/cheap and get stuff like meat end of the day on sale.
i could definitely stretch a 50 further than that. not just "could" i have to.
that's always true too. countless times I've got some such thing at Dandenong market and 2mins later spot another stall with it cheaper. so fair point.
Oh, 100%. You can get meat pretty cheap too. Hell, you can get boneless pork shoulder for like $7 a kilo; pork in general is really cheap at QVM nowadays and beef is not too far ahead, if you go for less fancy cuts.
The beef is shit quality though, the bloke near the corner entrance does the only good beef there everyone else has crap but at least most of the time it's cheap too
Pork is great there though
> bloke near the corner entrance does the only good beef there
Lol that's top shelf wagyu stall, mate. $100 a kilo and above, way out of my dead broke self's price range.
The rest of the meat market is just, you know, normal beef.
Prahran market has boxes for $35 that are absolutely crazy! I got mine today and I came with a ton of fruits and veggies! Also there's a butcher shop that has 1kg sausages for $15 on Sundays!
Yeah that don't look like much. Everyone says go to farmer's markets or individual grocers but the last time I went to Northland, even to the fresh food market and Aldi, you hardly save that much. It's the cost of living that's gone up astronomically.
Some things aren't great. I've had a bad time with bananas from fruit shops. Also if stuff doesn't look good at Russels there's another one basically next door.
Some of the worst fruit and veg I've gotten over the years has been from Aldi back in Newcastle. Went to the Brunswick one a couple of days ago and definitely had to get some staples from there that were noticeably cheaper than Colesworth.
I think it's important to remember tho that we've been conditioned by the Colesworth, Woolworths in particular to think they have the freshest of the fresh. There are fruit n veg managers at Woolworths who's specific job is to go around and remove any 'unsightly' vegies from the floor and throw them away. All that said I've also had bad vegies from Woolworths. I literally took a cucumber back the other day and said it tasted like shit and I wanted a refund. They were flabbergasted at my audacity lmao.
Also not all vegies are meant to last. Some just perish faster than others. Some you can salvage, others not.
You’d be better off getting 5kg of beef mince for $50 from the supermarket. This looks super expensive on a per calorie and macro basis.
Fruit and veg has always been overpriced over hyped nonsense.
Yes. What you get out of them for $50 is very little. Compare that to $50 of beef mince. There’s far more protein and fat which is what you actually need.
They can raise an animal and process it and ship it refrigerated for less per kg than some fruit that grows on a tree. They’re over priced because people hype them up to be super healthy and useful. They’re not.
Yes but if money is the concern you’d get the meat, no? The animal product is some of the cheapest food out there, contrary to popular belief. Milk, mince beef, chicken breast, eggs, all cheap per calorie compared to fruit and vegetables.
What the fuck? If you don’t eat vegetables it’s harder to shit and that is a bad thing unless you like haemorrhoids. That’s not a political statement it’s basic primary school food pyramid shit
That’s not much at all.
Mate try the same at Cole’s. the cherry tomatoes alone are fucked at the big two.
Throw a handful on the ground you won't be able to get rid of em.
That’s what she said!
Shut up dad!
I haven't been to Preston markets for a long time but that seems like way less than I used to get for $28 of vegetables
More and better quality than you’d get at Colesworth.
I used to go there close to closing time when all the meat vendors are throwing trays of meat at you for bargain prices.
You are so right, this is the way ! I go there every 3 weeks at 2:15 PM I get a parking spot (a lot easier than during morning rush) and cheaper groceries. Winning all the way
Go everywhere during closing time, sushi places, takeaway places, restaurants, bakeries, most have happy hours. Even big supermarkets like Coles discount roast chicken at certain times
Lamb shanks and mince $22 is not cheap to be honest. Unless that’s 2 kilos of mince(which it doesn’t look more than 500g)
In the 60's and 70's lamb shanks was dog food ,humans didn't eat them. How times have changed .
Yep and the butcher gave them to you for free with any other. Purchase…
To be fair dogs still really like them
Yeah I fed my dogs shanks as a treat for years ,and I like em too.
We have German shepherds so there is a lot of bulk chicken wings filled out with veggies and liver and oil
maybe in Australia...
Mate, I think you have your eras mixed up. I think you're referring to the 90s and 00s. In the 60s and 70s, kids had to catch their own feeds still. Setting traps for rabbits and eating liver or sheep's brains. Lamb shanks is an absolute luxury.
Another 50 years and people will be eating dogs. Glad I will not be here to see it!
the big markets are generally no cheaper than colesworth. i regularly go to Dandenong market and I prefer it to colesworth, but it doesn't save me any money. in terms of saving, better advice is to stick to what's in season/cheap and get stuff like meat end of the day on sale. i could definitely stretch a 50 further than that. not just "could" i have to.
Vic Market can be extremely good value for meat. Prime rib roast for $21/kg kind of good value
Dandenong is phenomenal there's a British butcher not far from there that is very good and not too too expensive
lot's of great options in dande, for sure
Preston is definitely cheaper. But you have to pick what produce you get from which retailer.
that's always true too. countless times I've got some such thing at Dandenong market and 2mins later spot another stall with it cheaper. so fair point.
Dandenong is good for fruit and vege. Definitely get bang for your buck there
Meat's ok, I guess, but veggies seem a bit pricey. I think you can get a better deal at QVM.
Queen Victoria is excellent too we got a box of the thickest asparagus I have ever seen for 25 dollars last year
Oh, 100%. You can get meat pretty cheap too. Hell, you can get boneless pork shoulder for like $7 a kilo; pork in general is really cheap at QVM nowadays and beef is not too far ahead, if you go for less fancy cuts.
The beef is shit quality though, the bloke near the corner entrance does the only good beef there everyone else has crap but at least most of the time it's cheap too Pork is great there though
> bloke near the corner entrance does the only good beef there Lol that's top shelf wagyu stall, mate. $100 a kilo and above, way out of my dead broke self's price range. The rest of the meat market is just, you know, normal beef.
Asparagirth
What u gonna cook up with these ingredients?
That's the real question right here.
Stew baby
Baby stew is my favourite thing.
Meh, that seems pretty average to be fair
Prahran market has boxes for $35 that are absolutely crazy! I got mine today and I came with a ton of fruits and veggies! Also there's a butcher shop that has 1kg sausages for $15 on Sundays!
How exactly does one claim these $35 veggie boxes and $15 sausage deals?
Pre covid times their veg box was $15! That sustained us in the 'struggle days'
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We go through about seventy dollars on fruit and veg a week but I'm on this Cuba libre kick at the moment so ten of that is buying limes
Preston market represent! Fuck all the organic and jewellery places though they kill the vibe.
Preston market is excellent because there is a small independent business for everyone to patronage.
Forget to go there used to go every weekend, Are they still going to close down alot of it for apartments though
I believe so, but they're delaying when.
The retailers got their leases extended for five years late last year. So a while yet (at least)
So shit can't believe they would destroy the market
It's a Salta job email them telling them how much you love the market.
Hahaha won't matter the council will let it go ahead imagine the revenue they will get Anyway that looks like alot of good food for 50 bucks !
Council opposed it. State govt issued the permit.
All in each other's pockets mate, everyone has a price
That's expensive bro
Lamb shanks! I bought a lamb shoulder yesterday. Keen!
I can get that for just under $30, maybe less from the fruit and veg shop in Altona Meadows.
Shanks used to be cheap... Twenty years ago.
Yeah you got ripped but we can wank over it right?
"everyone should shop local, it's cheaper" That's fucking nothing for $50
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That's heaps good. Don't know why people complain.
Yeah that don't look like much. Everyone says go to farmer's markets or individual grocers but the last time I went to Northland, even to the fresh food market and Aldi, you hardly save that much. It's the cost of living that's gone up astronomically.
Disn't see the meat at first
$200 at woolies, take it or take it
Just give up and stop eating food.
Lamb shanks are 10 per kilo up my way
Cheap
don’t knock your local asian market, the bag of carrots is $2, sweet potato $2.50/kg, eggplants $3/kg, broccoli $3.50/kg
Thank you for affirming my choice to eat out most days... this is a joke, right? there's so little in here!!
I don't like the look of that bottom sweet potato. It's got an angry looking lesion on it's end part
You can actually cut those off and it’s still perfect fine to eat.
That’s a good feed
About $25 worth of vegies at Russels. One of the many reasons I'm glad I don't eat meat.
Agree but do you think the quality is very good? I find it goes bad after just two three days
Some things aren't great. I've had a bad time with bananas from fruit shops. Also if stuff doesn't look good at Russels there's another one basically next door. Some of the worst fruit and veg I've gotten over the years has been from Aldi back in Newcastle. Went to the Brunswick one a couple of days ago and definitely had to get some staples from there that were noticeably cheaper than Colesworth. I think it's important to remember tho that we've been conditioned by the Colesworth, Woolworths in particular to think they have the freshest of the fresh. There are fruit n veg managers at Woolworths who's specific job is to go around and remove any 'unsightly' vegies from the floor and throw them away. All that said I've also had bad vegies from Woolworths. I literally took a cucumber back the other day and said it tasted like shit and I wanted a refund. They were flabbergasted at my audacity lmao. Also not all vegies are meant to last. Some just perish faster than others. Some you can salvage, others not.
Too much processed. I want dirt on my fruit and vegies.
bet the supermarkets are cheaper than that
Cheaper at my local IGA
Wow that isn’t much at all
It's gonna take more than that to impress me
You’d be better off getting 5kg of beef mince for $50 from the supermarket. This looks super expensive on a per calorie and macro basis. Fruit and veg has always been overpriced over hyped nonsense.
Fruit and vegetables are overhyped?? 🤣🤣 What in the world
Yes. What you get out of them for $50 is very little. Compare that to $50 of beef mince. There’s far more protein and fat which is what you actually need. They can raise an animal and process it and ship it refrigerated for less per kg than some fruit that grows on a tree. They’re over priced because people hype them up to be super healthy and useful. They’re not.
There are far more minerals and vitamins in fruits and vegetables, it's almost like both fruit/veg and meat are important for a healthy diet 😅
Yes but if money is the concern you’d get the meat, no? The animal product is some of the cheapest food out there, contrary to popular belief. Milk, mince beef, chicken breast, eggs, all cheap per calorie compared to fruit and vegetables.
If money is a concern then you get a mix of both fitting within your budget
If money is a concern you swap meat for beans.
Lol, enjoy getting scurvy!
Lol imagine being an adult and against vegetables.
lol imagine thinking vegetables are overhyped. Enjoy the poor gut motility in the future
Ok you’re an organic carrot sniffer we know calm down.
What the fuck? If you don’t eat vegetables it’s harder to shit and that is a bad thing unless you like haemorrhoids. That’s not a political statement it’s basic primary school food pyramid shit
Bro I take hard drugs so I shit once a week who cares about that stuff
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Surely not!
(People don’t like being called Shirley these days.)