I am not generally your grocery tips PSA source, but
Get your spices in the international/ethnic aisle
They aren't gonna have everything, but what they do have is generally HELLA cheaper. In the same store. Same stuff. An aisle or two over from the "white people" spices. They're not even trying to hide this.
This here big thing of oregano was $1.99. I looked online to compare and here's a local one:
That's for 0.75 oz. I got 2.25 oz. And the "fancy" spice aisle usually doesn't have bigger containers at all.
It's not just a worse brand, either. Badia has good flavor - like, I didn't expect to have opinions on brands of black pepper, but Badia's is just pepperier than the whatever I was buying before.
International section. Spices. Do it. Save money, add flavor.
