Posted on 07/13/2015 9:39:15 PM PDT by thomasryan
It used to bother me....when we lost our *pound* of coffee packaging ..... so now that I have been *conditioned*, I’m less irked by that 4# bag of sugar.
Say what you will about them, Ben & Jerry’s is still clinging to a *pint* of ice cream....while most of the others have shrunk. ;(
I see Obama on a campaign against small farmers and ranchers (who generally lean conservative) in favor of large corporate agriculture (which tend to support Dems, if they know what's good for them).
What about oppressive government regulations?
-PJ
I encourage all to begin a small garden / green house where possible. There are too many upward pressures on food costs. By basic economics, the prices must go up. Growing your own is likely to save some $$. It will also give you a head start should an economic collapse happen.
yet if you ask obammy’s gub mint, they will say inflation is about 2 percent?
Lying a-holes this federal gub mint.
11 oz pounds of coffee are annoying as are the 1.5 qt. half gallons of ice cream.
Some yogurt cups have gone from six ounces to four.
Not a peep from the media about inflation via shrinkage.
Also, have you noticed a greater presence of the cheaper cuts of beef and smaller steak sizes to have produce displayed within the lower price point?
Ramen noodles are your best bet.
I made up my mind years ago to learn to grow food. Bought myself a hefty (Honda) tiller and various implements required for staking, trellising, etc, etc. Did my research on heirloom vegetables so as not to be dependent on seed retailers.
I’m there and loving every minute.
(so do my neighbors :-))
——At the end of the day grocery stores make about one or two cents for every customer who walks through the door——
This sentence is in error. it should read one to two cents for every customer dollar
I’m not seeing the prices this guy is.
Historically, bulk commodities-wheat, rice, coarse grains, oilseeds, cotton, and tobacco-accounted for most of U.S. agricultural exports. However, in the 1990s, U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products inlucding high-value products (HVP)- such as dairy products,meats, poultry, live animals, oilseed meals, vegetable oils, fruits, vegetables, and beverages-showed steady growth, while exports of bulk commodities tended to fluctuate more widely, particularly in response to global supplies and prices.
Sarcasm?
Wow! Good thing food and gas prices aren’tfigured in to government economy figures or we might have....INFLATION!
how to get rich.....
sell air
sell water
sell dirt
Article: “...grocery stores make about one or two cents for every customer who walks through the door.”
Large grocery stores daily cost of doing business including employee costs, taxes, rent, insurance, electricity, truck drivers, etc. is going to be at least $5,000 A DAY and probably higher.
A one to two cent profit per customer would mean the store needs between a quarter million to half a million customers customers a day just to break even.
The Author must be a recent public high school attendee.
Plenty of time to grow all kinds of stuff.
Farmer’s market-types do it regularly.
Maybe not tomatoes, but cool weather stuff can be started now, and other stuff too with some research and experimentation.
http://awaytogarden.com/what-to-plant-now-for-a-fall-vegetable-garden/
thanks
I work directly with Super Market chains. It’s well known that their profit margins are about that low to anybody that works in that industry.
It’s why Mom & Pop’s don’t survive long against behemoth’s like Walmart, Kroger, Safeway, and Publix.
If this trend continues (and it will), you’ll start to see prices skyrocket even more.
Hog prices are less than half what they were a year ago ($63 vs. $1.33/c wght.) Yet bacon has fallen in price very little. Demand?
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