Co-worker told me to stop buying salad kits and I'm mad he was right

My desk mate Dave mentioned last week that he makes his own salad dressing with oil and vinegar from the bulk section. Said it costs him like 30 cents per batch instead of the $4 for a bottle of pre-made. I did the math on my lunch salads and realized I was throwing away $3 extra per meal on those bagged kits with the little dressing packet. Anyone else stubbornly overpaying for convenience stuff they could make in two minutes?

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logan27116d ago

Guilty as charged. My wallet's been getting mugged by convenience (and I just let it happen).

parker_hall516d ago

My buddy Mark actually broke this down for me after his roommate called him out for the same thing. Mark learned he was spending almost $50 a month just on salad kits and dressing packets at the grocery store near his apartment. @logan271 you hit the nail on the head about letting convenience mug your wallet, thats exactly what Mark said too haha. He started buying a big bag of mixed greens, a jar of oil, and a bottle of vinegar, and now he makes dressing in like 30 seconds each morning. The dude swears it tastes better and he hasn't looked back since, even though he still buys the premade croutons because he cant be bothered to toast bread himself lol.

kai83916d ago

Counterpoint: Mark's math might be off. A jar of decent olive oil runs you $8-$10 and a bag of decent mixed greens is pushing $6 now. Plus the vinegar, the salt, maybe some garlic or mustard to make it not taste like a sad vinaigrette. That first time setup cost could hit $25 easy. And you're making it fresh every single day. Meanwhile those salad kits go on BOGO at Publix like clockwork. I got five of them last week for $12 total, each one had croutons, dressing, and toppings inside. No chopping, no washing, no finding out day four that your bag of greens turned into slime.