is this a good price? works out roughly $6/#, which seems pricey?
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is this a good price? works out roughly $6/#, which seems pricey?
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The typical sale price is $2.50 (4/$10). Sometimes, I’ve seen them for $2 ea.
These are premade meals, aka TV dinners. This is definitely a good price compared to other products in the same category. But yes, $6/# is a bit pricey.
You decide for yourself if the convenience of just having to microwave it to eat is worth the slight premium over food you’d have to plan, buy, and cook yourself.
Well, you could buy chicken, veggies, a couple pounds of noodles, and sauce of your choice and you’d have a cheaper and probably tastier and more nutritious meal in bulk, but it wouldn’t be as convenient or quick.
I don’t care for those, so to me it doesn’t matter if that’s a good or bad price.
Buying frozen meals is rarely going to be frugal, but using dollars per pound seems like a weird measurement for this type of product.
Cheaper than eating out. More expensive than making your own meal. I bring these (or similar) to work and keep in the freezer for when I’m too tired to cook.
Also, look at the calorie counts. These are low calorie, more like a snack than a full meal unless you are like 90 lbs or on a starvation diet.
Each one is a meal if you don’t have a giant appetite. Pretty darn good cost for a single meal.
It’s cheaper than getting takeout, and it’s a nutritionally complete meal that my toddler will reliably eat and that’s ready is 5 minutes without needing to do any significant amount of work to make that happen after a long day // when tired // etc. So, yes, worth it.
my brother bought these when they were a dollar not so long ago
Trying to price out TV dinners by the pound is wild. You could buy the ingredients and meal prep containers to make your own TV dinners for far less. If you’re pricing out TV dinners by the pound, you’ve already lost.
Depends on your needs. You would be paying for convenience. I couldn’t help but notice that a large percentage of the weight of those are just starches, which cost considerably less than $6 per pound. At the store I use, you can get frozen ground turkey for just under $2 per pound. Hope that helps. Try it out and see if you feel it’s worth it for you.
These are really nasty and watery
no
Expensive in the long run with all the nitrates
Six dollars per pound of cooked pasta is a particularly terrible deal
Cook from home
You can’t get a pound of hamburger for 6 dollars anymore. If this fills you up and you like them, I think any extra cost making it yourself is off set by variety and convenience. It’s a deal.
Their not bad as a quick meal, I just don’t find them very filling though. But on a budget… I’d give them a shot.
No. Not sure if you’ve had these types of meals before, but the portion sizes are tiny. You’re barely getting any food there.
Good price. Walmart usually has those for $2.84.
I take them to work for lunch everyday. I eat my leftover at home for the next dinner.
I combine a portion with cabbage or broccoli to make a Asian bowl meal, added soy sauce if needed, that makes the frozen meal go farther and it is good.
If you rely on them? I don’t buy convenient type foods-my budget would break. Also added salt. Likely PFAs exposure too. Those forever chemicals that cause cancer. But people rely on them so, it seems like yes.
Cheap, low quality ingredients. Suggest making your own. 😊
The filler (pasta, rice) is going to be the predominant weight.
It would not be a good deal compared to home cooking a similar dish.
If you are taking it to work and it avoids you buying a $10-15 lunch, then it is a hood deal.
If you have limited mobility and cannot cook food from scratch it may also be a good deal, but possibly high in sodium.
cheap enough yes, not as cheap as making a pan of sugar chicken and a pot of rice and getting way more meals but if you don’t cook then that isn’t an option
It’s a good price for the convenience. It’s expensive compared to making it yourself.
Look at price per meal. Is one of these a full meal for you? If not, what else is needed?
Healthy choice is terrible quality. I bought one recently and the cinnamon apple cup was filled with sugar syrup and like three little apple cubes. It’s barely food as far as I’m concerned. It’s better than starving if you’re comparing cents to calories, but don’t expect to be satisfied, it usually takes me two to fill up and I eat the smallest portions of anyone I know.