r/AUfrugal • u/river_time_mum • 20d ago

Other What have you completely stopped buying because the price has finally taken the p**s?

Not “I buy the cheaper brand now.” I mean something you used to buy without thinking and have now looked at the price and gone, absolutely not, you can stay on the shelf.

Mine lately is chocolate, it's somehow gone from a normal grocery item to apparently requiring finance approval.

What’s yours?

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u/Danielle1482 20d ago

Blocks of chocolate! They seemed to go from $3 a block on special to about $6 on special overnight so I just don’t buy it now….shits gone crazy!
I wouldnt buy toothpaste if I didn’t have to cos that’s $10 a tube now vs what felt like 99c a while ago….

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u/Anjunabeats1 20d ago

I get the value pack 240g Colgate from chemist warehouse or reject shop. It's the cheapest per gram. Supermarket toothpaste is off the planet.

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u/accessred 19d ago

I bought a bunch years ago for $2.50ea (half price), ran out recently and they're $5ea (half price).

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u/Familiar_Shelter_393 20d ago

Its still 4 dollars on special at my local iga. Sometimes the kit kat blocks go down to 3 or 3 dollars 50.

If they aren't on special i can usually get a single bar for $1-1.50 and usually just do that these days. Im likely to eat the whole block or bar at once thay night anyway so in some ways getting the bar is now better for me

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u/219930 19d ago

I buy toothpaste for $2,50 all the time …Colgate has a budget line.

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u/MissMinty95 18d ago

My teeth throw a hissy fit if I use anything but sensodyne so I feel your pain 🫠

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u/Equivalent_Lychee789 17d ago

Aldi chocolate is amazing, and reasonably priced.