I seen this on the I-405 in Westwood area.
Posted on 05/10/2009 8:00:29 PM PDT by muawiyah
Caffeine addicts face higher prices for their daily fix as the wholesale cost of both coffee and sugar rise sharply because of poor crops and robust demand.
Best to stock up while you can afford to.
For a good laugh check out this article from a coupl eof months ago ~ it’s all about Pepsi using sugar instead of HFCS ~ just in time for a global shortage of sugar: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2186606/posts
I’m going to do a Sam’s Club run tomorrow.
I can’t live without coffee.
And on the same note, I had to bring all my plants in tonight because of a May freeze.
thanks Al Gore.
It’s still a smart move. HFCS is increasingly unpopular, and it tastes awful.
Wine’s going up, too, because the vineyards can’t get enough water which is now protected. I’ll be stocking up on coffee in the next few days; thanks for the heads up!
My dining room table looks like a greenhouse. Thank goodness my boys, hubby and son, helped me bring it all inside. I’m coming down with the flu pretty bad. My son, Jack, came down with it on Thursday night. Dr. Mom always gets it next, despite my best intentions and hygiene. It stinks.
Pick up some coffee for me, would’ja? LOL
Been stocking up on both for months when they have $6.00 per lb., and no more for the coffee. Sugar is not as important here but do buy Splenda or equiv., every so often, under 6.00.
I meant 6.00 for 32 oz canned coffee not 1 lb.
Geez, with your screen name, you better stock up! Just kidding you, I’m operating on a fever.
I always have extra sugar on hand, but I guess I’ll need to pick up some more, and the all-important coffee. I see more tea with honey in my future . . .
Tea is subject to the same poor weather. We are stocked up on tea already.
Coffee?
Sugar??
Bah. I don’t use either one.
More importantly, gas is going up again.
Yeah...but, they’ll make great trading or bartering items in the future!!! / .... 1/2 sarc
oh good..time to make like the Confederate Soldiers of days gone by and start using chickory and or/tree bark....o5r try to trade with the yankees hoping they will give us real coffee if we give em some good ole virginny tobbacca....
wait wut?
“It’s still a smart move. HFCS is increasingly unpopular, and it tastes awful.”
Does anybody know how long the beverage companies have been using HFCS?
I’m wondering if this stuff is more prone to give you a stomach ache vs. sugar sweetening.
Hubby wants algore to pay for his strained back!
I found this:
http://www.gadgetgrid.com/2007/04/26/pot-mover-caddy/
It won’t help the next couple of days, and we’ll have to put some plywood over the steps for a ramp, but it will be welcome in the Fall.
I have a huge Calamondin orange that is 40 years old, a Ficus that is 8 feet tall, a manageable Hibiscus and a huge Shefflera that had to come in. I managed the smaller ones, including a Patio Hybrid tomato that is already fruiting, myself.
I think the large ones will just stay in until Tuesday, as we have the same temperature forecast Monday night.
We've had sub freezing temperatures the last two nights in the Pocatello area. After a beautiful afternoon with blue skies, a high, thin cloud layer moved in. That will keep temps above freezing tonight. We had 7 inches of snow on June 6, 2008. Spring can be very fickle here.
I'll probably stock up on my coffee, tea and sugar supplies too. My coffee maker uses the single use "pillows". It's quick and clean. Grinding beans for espresso makes a single cup of coffee into a 20 minute effort when the equipment clean up is factored in. Losing 20 minutes of billable labor at $180 vs 5 minutes at Starbucks makes the latter a no brainer. The "pillow" style takes one minute and you're finished.
The motorcycles I purchased last year get much better mileage than my Mariner Hybrid. The weather is nice, so the bikes are getting lots of use. The big Star Roadliner manages 46 MPG on a long run at 55 MPH. The smallest bikes, Yamaha TW200 and XT250 get better than 70 MPG under the same conditions. My wife's Piaggio BV500 and my Suzuki DR650SE fall in the middle around 55 MPG.
Lately, we make our small grocery runs with the Roadliner. The hard saddlebags can easily handle 6 half gallons of milk with room to spare of other stuff.
Take away my coffee or sugar and I guarantee you......someone will suffer.
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