Exactly!
I think most of the mioney people spend on “food” these days is really spent on “convenience items” (e.g. pre cooked, frozen, etc.)
We rarely even by boneless chicken breasts. Mrs Pess would be aghast at the chicken stock we’d be missing out on.
At 3 or 4 bucks a pound, you could buy a whole chicken cheaper. And yeah, no soup!