Monday, June 29, 2009
home made pb&j v. smuckers uncrustables
like @smalps pointed out today smuckers uncrustables are quite delicious and convenient. i enjoy them myself very much so. but what is the relative cost of one of these treats compared to a good ol diy pb&j? i whipped up some numbers based off prices found at peapod.com which dont include tax since i live in MA and there is no tax on food at a grocery store. a 4 pack of grape uncrustables is $2.99. so your paying 74.75 cents per uncrustable. on the diy side making a pb&j with 1.5 tablespoons each of peanut butter and jelly and two pieces of bread works out like so: a large 28oz jar of skippy peanut butter (creamy or crunchy) is $3.79 or 10.14 cents for 1.5T. I do like smuckers jelly as well and 32oz will cost you $2.39 or 5.55 cents for a tablespoon and a half. my preferred bread of choice is JJ Nissen Canadian White, ehh, and at $3.59 per loaf two slices of that will cost you 35.9 cents. all this totals up to 51.59 cents for a delicious homemade pb&j, saving you 23.16 cents. factor in that you may use less peanut butter and jelly or you can use store brand products and i wouldnt doubt you could get the cost of this pb&j down to half the cost of an uncrustable while still tasting delicious. @twitpetebow
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Great post! Pb&j home made I would have thought would be far cheaper, but I value my time, and pay for convenience. I also have the huge box of uncrustables from Costco so it may be a little better of a value, maybe even come close to even.
ReplyDeletePb&j you would probably be able to make more as well, saving trips to the store.
I did a similar study with my lunches. The cost/time to make lunch, vs buying a hoagie everyday. My conclusion was subs at the shop are slightly more, but not enought to make me switch. The only real impact was brining your own drink. By bringing a can of dewski vs buying, saves about $150 a year and is effortless in the morning.
but what about if you bought your bread, jelly and PB at costco too? that could reduce the cost per sandwich as well. or if you make pb&j for the week on sunday night and then freeze them which you save you time on weekday mornings.
ReplyDeleteI can see getting PB and the Jelly at costco in bulk, but the bread might not last as long. Good idea on the freezing it, but that seems just like uncrustables then. hehe. I guess if the savings per sandwhich is worth it to you then its cool. Personally, I am into saving time and I am a bit lazy
ReplyDeleteyeah but the time you save by not making 10 pb&js and freezing them and jsut getting uncrustables is most likely wasted by watching reality tv or taking and extra long dump so in reality the time is wasted. here is a pseudo equation i jsut thought up: perceived time saved does not equal actual money saved (for the normal person ie not warren buffet) but actual money = actual money saved.
ReplyDeleteedit: actual money saved = actual money saved despite so called time saved
ReplyDeleteTime = Money
ReplyDeletei dont totally agree that time = money tho because almost everyone inevitably says that but follows it up by "wasting" the saved time doing something technically frivolous. and if time did equal money maybe a lot of us would never stop working except to sleep... maybe. i think time equals money up to about 8 or tens hours a day average the rest should be spent saving money or spending it for fun.
ReplyDeletePeople that say Time = Money, and waste time, also waste money. I blow money on stupid things, and I also waste a ton of time. Both equally time and money wasting.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to save time in my life more, and not to then go an waste it but to value my free time. If I save 30 min a week, 26 hours a year by buying uncrustables, I can use that time to ride my skateboard or in your case ride your bike more. Something that you consider "priceless"