WOW The price of onions is way up!

**Domestic Gal** · 04-22-2007, 05:12 PM

Went to the store today to do the food shopping and onions were on my list. (have not bought any in a while as I usually buy the 3# bags.)
They wanted $1.67 a pound. WHAT NO WAY am I paying that. The 3# bags were $5.99 and 3# of organic were $4.99. When did onions become so high.

I guess I will be planting some onions in my tiny little patch of garden I have.

I will be checking to see how much they are at aldi this week.

Cant wait for the farmers market to get into full swing so I can get them there.

**OzFreeBird** · 04-22-2007, 05:13 PM

Just a comment for those who never think a lot about the humble onion.

The onion takes 32 weeks to grow. That's right...2/3 of a year.

That's a lot of time to invest in a vegetable.

**annymoll** · 04-22-2007, 05:15 PM

I love onions and think they are a health investment. I buy them anyway.(I skip peas-GAG!!)

**Dancing Lotus** · 04-22-2007, 05:21 PM

I know I how you feel. They were too expensive for my list.

**YankeeMom** · 04-22-2007, 06:29 PM

Not only are they more expensive than they used to be, but the ones here are DISGUSTING! Covered in mildew-like stuff, fruit flies all over them

**freyadog** · 04-22-2007, 06:37 PM

Gonna plant leeks instead of onions this year. Takes less time to mature and just as good as the onion in cooking. However there is nothing like a huge piece of onion on a juicy hamburger. Guess I'll pull out some onion sets and add those also even thought they take forever.

**FrugalMomof3** · 04-22-2007, 07:00 PM

I lve onions and I usually cook most of our dinners with them, I would just buy them if it were me, but I am a cheapo so I might just change my mind.

**Mom23boys** · 04-22-2007, 07:26 PM

WOW! I ccan't believe those prices! I haven't noticed the price increase yet and may not be buying many.

**Missy** · 04-22-2007, 09:20 PM

3# were 2.87 here today. Hope they don't go up too much here. We eat em like crazy.

**guest56464** · 04-22-2007, 10:24 PM

Oh God... I love onions.

I used to eat them in just about everything that wasn't sweet. I ate them in my meals at least 4 times a day... until the onion smell started coming out in my urine... kind of like asparagus. For the last few years I've had to cut back.

mmmm... they're so yum.

**autumnlynn** · 04-22-2007, 11:30 PM

I've also noticed the prices of onions rising in my area. I'm waiting to find some on sale and will chop and freeze them for cooking.

**jamie79** · 04-23-2007, 04:43 AM

I love onions. I think I will cut back somewhere else in the grocery store

**brenda67** · 04-23-2007, 07:26 AM

I just bought 3# of onions at Aldi's for $2.49..Yikes..Even worse I went to Shoprite after that and found that theirs was .50 less

then Aldi's..

**Ani** · 04-23-2007, 12:57 PM

I've noticed this too! I used to routinely be able to buy yellow onions 39 cents a pound, or 50 cents a pound at the most. When I was shopping this last week they were $1.67 a pound. I still bought them, but I was mad about it, lol.