How much does grated cheese cost, anyway?
I used to use grocerygateway.com when I lived farther than a couple of blocks from the grocery store. It was a tad more expensive than a visit to No Frills, but in the dead of winter, it’s definitely worth it - but I’m digressing. This is about grated cheese.
How often do you use grated cheese? Mozarella, for example. You can put it on pizza, swirl it in pasta, splatter over onion soup, sprinkle it on chicken before baking, cover macaroni in Mac’n'cheese. And every single time you take it out of the fridge, you grate it. You NEVER ever SLICE mozarella. So why buy it in a block?
The price of Black Diamond Mozzarella in a block at GroceryGateway: $13.80 /Kg
The price of Kraft Shredded Mozzarella Cheese at GroceryGateway: $20 / Kg
The time to grate 1 kilo of cheese with a food processor: 30 seconds.
How many 30 seconds are there in an hour? 120.
How much does it cost to grate cheese? ( 20 - 13.8 ) X 120 = 124. $124 bucks an hour.
