That bag of 'bargain' onions cost me $12 in wasted food

Honestly I got too excited about a 10 pound bag of onions for $3 at the grocery store last month. Thought I was being smart stocking up but half of them sprouted or got soft within 10 days. I ended up throwing away like 5 pounds and had to buy fresh ones for my meal prep anyway. Next time I'm just buying loose onions as I need them since my apartment doesn't have a cool dark storage spot. Anyone else fall for the bulk produce trap and regret it?

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stella9048d agoMost Upvoted

Ugh, I did the exact same thing with a big bag of potatoes once and felt so dumb about it. It's like you're trying to be thrifty and the universe just punishes you for it.

spencer_thomas48d ago

Actually I’m with the grocery store on this one. I saw a guy at my local Safeway try to return a half-eaten bag of apples and the cashier had to explain their policy for like five minutes. @stella904, potatoes are cheap and they last for months if you store them right, so buying a big bag is smart but you gotta take responsibility for using them. If everyone returned perishable food they didn’t finish, stores would lose a ton of money and prices would go up for the rest of us. Plus it’s a waste of staff time to process returns on a three dollar bag of potatoes when they could be restocking shelves.