What are your luxury items on your grocery shopping list?

[DLgal]

wow, its an everyday item here in Ireland, lol, just curious, how much does it cost? the large block, 454g is €3.50 here in Ireland, which is approx $4.24

I'm also surprised by everyone saying fruit / berries are luxury items.

I get four 8oz (227 g) blocks for $11.99 at Costco.

 

[1GoldenSun]

The MacIntosh apples my son likes cost over a dollar apiece which I think is high for one apple. I've finally trained him out of taking a few bites and leaving the rest to turn brown, though.

Keto yogurt is a splurge for me at around $2 for a single-serving container.

I don't really consider apples and yogurt luxury items; those are just more expensive than I'm comfortable with for those products.

True luxury item? Maybe the imported French brie that I love, and I don't really consider that all that expensive! I pay maybe $10 for a wedge that lasts me a while.

 

[G719]

I get four 8oz (227 g) blocks for $11.99 at Costco.

I just looked and sams has a tub that is 500 grams for $8.56. Sadly, costco is too far away from me.

 

[disykat]

Seafood - mainly shrimp and salmon.

At this point, I pretty much buy what I want but generally WANT to save money so I have inexpensive tastes. However, I consider seafood something I will always spend the money on.

 

[NannyBeBe]

Orange Roughy; Copper River salmon when in season; raw unfiltered honey ($17 a bottle); Boar's Head deli meats. I buy the best quality I can, regardless of the price. I would rather scrimp on other things.

 

[Kittyblue]

Probably certain fruits are my biggest luxury item, such as asian pears, figs, persimmons, that tend to be a little higher priced when they're available. Sometimes I'm lazy and buy bowls of cut melon and pineapple because I know if I buy them whole I'll likely never eat them, so those are a bit of luxury item.

So many are saying kerrygold butter is so much better, I'm very curious to try it now!

 

[Eeyore daily]

Food

 

[morgan98]

Some examples:
Good, fresh seafood (scallops, lump crab meat, salmon, sea bass, jumbo shrimp, snapper, etc)
Good cuts of beef (Filet Mignon, Porterhouse, etc)
Cheese - all the cheese from the Whole Foods Cheese Bar
Olives, pickles etc.
Salami, prosciutto, mortadella (imported)
Sumo citrus, Honeycrisp apples, etc
Chocolate

While I do try to balance choices in any given week, we really do not eat out, so I spend more on really good food. For the record, there are only two, so that in and of itself somewhat contains the cost.

 

[TwoMisfits]

Hmmm, so I can't put my allergy-free products and my supplements here b/c they are more necessity than luxury...so, without them...

I splurge on 1-2 items/week. This week, with Lent upon us, while it was 50% off, I still consider the jumbo lump crab meat a splurge ($11/lb). And I bought myself inari at 4 for $4 (I made 2 Lenten lunches for myself with 2 Inari and salads dressed with sesame dressing).

In other weeks, I splurge on fresh atlantic salmon filets, extra large shrimp, or fresh cod filets when they are $7/lb or less, smoked salmon when it's $1/oz or less, duck breasts when they are $10/lb or less, sea scallops when they are $12/lb or less, NY strip steaks when they are $7/lb or less, and Korean marinated beef when it's $6/lb or less. Most of my "splurges" are proteins, since I tend to always find produce deals...but I don't splurge on more than 1 per week for protein (it's our "Friday " or "Sunday" splurge ever since we dropped to only eating out 1x/week).

 

[gillep]

Darigold chocolate milk. They only sell it at one supermarket around me and it is not cheap, but it is so delicious. I also only eat Boars Head deli meat, it is worth the premium to me.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Dried shiitake mushroom crowns. One pound lasts for about 1.5 years but oh dear plunking the money down biannually gives me reason to pause.

I will pay whatever is necessary for fresh fish and shell fish. I like to be able to stare a whole fish in it’s non cloudy eye before it is cleaned and watch a scallop being opened from the shell.

Wild strawberries when available. They taste nothing like the cultivated varieties.

 

[tvguy]

Grass fed beef

Why is grass fed beef a luxury item? It's cheaper, at least here. Certainly your personal choice on flavor, but I would point out that the fancy steak houses like Morton's only use grain feed 'Prime" beef.
FROM THE MORTON'S WEBSITE: "Morton's specializes in USDA prime, grain-fed aged beef. There is none better. Unmatched for taste and tenderness, it features superior marbling-the fat speckled throughout the meat that gives the steak its great flavor. "

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I don't splurge much on groceries, we eat lots of ordinary food. I *do* splurge once in a while on a bunch of good sushi.

 

[mumto3girls]

Why is grass fed beef a luxury item? It's cheaper, at least here. Certainly your personal choice on flavor, but I would point out that the fancy steak houses like Morton's only use grain feed 'Prime" beef.
FROM THE MORTON'S WEBSITE: "Morton's specializes in USDA prime, grain-fed aged beef. There is none better. Unmatched for taste and tenderness, it features superior marbling-the fat speckled throughout the meat that gives the steak its great flavor. "

It’s more expensive here—supposed to be better for you—more omega 3’s and I think some other vitamins. I rarely buy steak—usually just ground beef and roasts although we do occasionally grill flank steak in the summer.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

What are your luxury items on your grocery shopping list?

Cashews.

And, I'm typically and generic product buyer, except for ketchup - Heinz.

 

[J'aime Paris]

I don't consider any groceries to be luxury items.
I buy what we eat.

We are only a family of 2 (3 if DD is home from school). Maybe I'd see it differently if I was feeding several teen boys??

 

[easyas123]

Kerrygold butter (American butter is terrible)

agreed!

This week, with Lent upon us, while it was 50% off, I still consider the jumbo lump crab meat a splurge ($11/lb).

yikes, $24 for a lb of jumbo lump? That is a great price, and at 50% off??? We're paying $35-40 per lb of MD jumbo lump - and I'm in MD. About the same for fresh crab meat from the south.

Enjoy!

 

[tvguy]

It’s more expensive here—supposed to be better for you—more omega 3’s and I think some other vitamins. I rarely buy steak—usually just ground beef and roasts although we do occasionally grill flank steak in the summer.

No doubt it is healthier, less fat. And fat in beef improves flavor and tenderness.

 

[Magical2017]

Same as others-fruit. We save by buying most groceries at Aldi but I do like some brand name items and will purchase these items even if they are not on sale, like Rao's Bolognese sauce. I don't have pasta often, so when I do I want the sauce I want. I recently bought almond flour and it was 3x the cost of King Arthur Flour for what, 16 oz? That is not something I will buy very often.

 

[FairestOfThemAll37]

Orange Roughy; Copper River salmon when in season; raw unfiltered honey ($17 a bottle); Boar's Head deli meats. I buy the best quality I can, regardless of the price. I would rather scrimp on other things.

Wait, you can still buy Orange Roughy? I thought it was on a vulnerable list and wasn’t really available any more. Interesting!