Prepared food costs at grocery stores

[Saltheart]

There is not a single item on that list that I could justify under any circumstances. $5.99 potatoes means NO POTATOES for me. You can buy butternut squash all peeled and chopped up for $2 a pound. All you have to do is boil it and you save $4 a pound! Chicken salad for $8 a pound? Its cheaper to buy a grinder and scrape the chicken salad out of it on to a plate! What a huge price for convenience (or laziness).