Pantry Supplies and Shopping Habits
I have always been brought up where food is concerned to buy the best ingredients that you can afford at the time that you are purchasing, because the better quality ingredient the better the flavour of the finished product. As funds have become tighter ,I have had to do a lot of shopping around and in many cases not buying finished products like cakes pies etc at all. Ultimately just buying the core ingredients out of which so much can be made. For me food is just about much as flavour as anything else. Food has to be tasty, filling and good for you. No one should go hungry. There is no need for this at all. Entrepeneurs/business people take basic ingredients make something from them thus adding to their value. There is nearly always a mark up of 50% after all the "producer" has overheads too and is looking to make a living if not a profit on what he or she has done that is the principal of business. That is the way of the world....