TV Dinner price war?

[JEDI]

stoffers/lean cruisine/marie calendar


it used to be on sale: 4 for $10.
then 5 for $10.
but this week marie calendar (all varierty's including the 19oz lasagna) is on sale at my local grocery store 6 for $10

 

[SMOGZINN]

I came here to say stop buying frozen crap and learn to cook, but $1.67 a meal? I think I might try eating Marie Calendar.

 

[purbeast0]

this belongs in the obesity thread

 

[Kaido]

this belongs in the obesity thread

Could always go the DIY route:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2336038

 

[Capt Caveman]

stoffers/lean cruisine/marie calendar


it used to be on sale: 4 for $10.
then 5 for $10.
but this week marie calendar (all varierty's including the 19oz lasagna) is on sale at my local grocery store 6 for $10

:biggrin:

You buy and eat shit while we'll pick our dinner from my garden and grill it up tonight.

 

[Platypus]

you really shouldn't be eating that bullshit to begin with... buy something fresh and eat off it for a few days man. It really isn't hard to cook something that tastes good without being loaded to the gills with sodium and fat.

 

[andylawcc]

hey Jedi, where you see these deals? Stoffers and Marie Calendar are usually 2.99 to 3.49 each in Kalifornia; with Lean Cuisine occasionally running at 1.99 each.

I still remember back in college days I lived on $1 Michelindas (misspell)

 

[jagec]

Frozen dinners are fine for the occasional time you forget to bring lunch to work or run out of time/ingredients to cook dinner, but eating them more than once a week is indicative of a problem. Platypus has it right about how chock-full of sodium and fat they are.

 

[Kaido]

you really shouldn't be eating that stuff to begin with... buy something fresh and eat off it for a few days man. It really isn't hard to cook something that tastes good without being loaded to the gills with sodium and fat.

I don't think eating junk food once in awhile is a bad thing. Living off it, not so good, but as an emergency meal for when you're too tired to cook & don't want to go out to eat? Sure. I'd totally stock up my freezer if I wasn't allergic to everything :biggrin:

 

[Homerboy]

They lost a customer when they got rid of the cobbler!

 

[Platypus]

I don't think eating junk food once in awhile is a bad thing. Living off it, not so good, but as an emergency meal for when you're too tired to cook & don't want to go out to eat? Sure. I'd totally stock up my freezer if I wasn't allergic to everything :biggrin:

Sure that's true, but if the OP is talking about price wars among frozen food companies it clearly indicates this is not an emergency meal kind of situation

also did you change bullshit to stuff in my quote? lol

 

[AznAnarchy99]

TV dinners are still popular?

 

[dank69]

Sure that's true, but if the OP is talking about price wars among frozen food companies it clearly indicates this is not an emergency meal kind of situation

also did you change bullshit to stuff in my quote? lol

lolreligion

St. Peter: Well, we'd let you in but one time you quoted someone else and didn't edit the profanity so off to hell with you.

 

[Sonikku]

The stoffers ones are like $3.50 a pop. >.>

 

[Kaido]

Sure that's true, but if the OP is talking about price wars among frozen food companies it clearly indicates this is not an emergency meal kind of situation

also did you change crap to stuff in my quote? lol

Yeah, but to each his own. I'd still be eating all of this stuff if I didn't have food allergies :awe:

And congratulations, yes - you are only the second person in 10 years to notice

 

[Kaido]

TV dinners are still popular?

Yeah, although some of them have gotten better. I know a guy who (literally) lives off frozen pizzas & they are a night and day difference from the old cardboard ones...they even have self-rising crusts these days :thumbsup:

Plus they have some really nice bagged frozen meals like Bertolli's pastas & stuff that actually taste awesome instead of meh.

 

[Newell Steamer]

Have fun passing a shit load of kidney stones,.. TV dinners are loaded with sodium.

 

[zinfamous]

$1.67 for a meal doesn't sound so cheap when you consider the medical bills that kind of habit will lead to.

 

[OutHouse]

They lost a customer when they got rid of the cobbler!

man as a kid the blueberry cobbler was my crack.

 

[OutHouse]

After Desert Storm, these things were 50cents at the base commissary.

 

[slackerinabox]

Yeah, but to each his own. I'd still be eating all of this stuff if I didn't have food allergies :awe:

And congratulations, yes - you are only the second person in 10 years to notice

That's motherfucking weird, why do you do that if you don't mind me asking?

 

[ElFenix]

After Desert Storm, these things were 50cents at the base commissary.

austin tx original. they used to have some au gratin potatoes that were amazing.

 

[bradley]

$1.67 for a meal doesn't sound so cheap when you consider the medical bills that kind of habit will lead to.

I believe it depends. Frozen food can actually be as healthful as fresh, it's the potential preservatives, fillers, artificial ingredients and excess sodium that makes it not so.

 

[mmntech]

Who still eats TV dinners?

 

[lxskllr]

Who still eats TV dinners?

I get them every so often. For good ones I like Amy's, and for cheap ones, I like bottom of the barrel Banquet. Like frozen pizza, the ones in the middle aren't so great. The quality improvement doesn't justify the price increase.