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Revelation34 posted...

Apples also cost far more than 50 cents.

I just bought a 3 lb bag for $5.51 US, which is like 10 apples. That's *maybe* half of an apple on that plate, if not a quarter, so somewhere in the range of 15-25 cents worth of apple, if you were looking at buying it fresh. In practice, that's very obviously not fresh apple, and was likely diced up and thrown into the sugar sauce as much as a year or two ago, which makes it a lot cheaper for the company to produce it than including fresh apple would be, but comes with a very substantial loss of quality.

Ultimately, though, you are indeed going to struggle to find something comparable to that meal for 50 cents. Heck, you're going to struggle to find *that* meal for 50 cents, given that it's normally seven times that and Helly just found it on clearance (which probably means it's going to be hard to find it at all fairly soon, unless his Walmart just happened to find a buttload of nearly-expired ones in the back of their warehouse that they wanted to liquidate as quickly as possible). It's a lot easier than many people think to cook quality meals from scratch without spending more than something more processed would cost (especially if you have the initial capital to buy in bulk), but capitalizing on the occasional good deal in the clearance section can still save some money if you don't mind compromising on quality.