Flatbreads, pink ribbons and broken grissini

How not to spend a fortune in the deli

If you walk into a smart delicatessen, you’ll find pretty packs of crackers and flatbreads with exorbitant price tags. You might find a box of grissini, which will inevitably be mostly broken by the time you arrive home and you’ll be doubly disappointed as you’ll have paid a lot of money for them. If you shop in the big American chain of food stores her…