I see food prices at the local supermarkets have gone down. It grinds my behind that I go to my local diner and see a note that says there’s an egg shortage so they had to raise the prices. Meanwhile I go to Kroger where I can buy 18 eggs for $1.49. That’s a sale price (digital coupon required).
i stopped at Kentucky Fried chicken durign hte pandemic- and ordered 2 peices of chicken, a soda, and fries at the drive through, and the woman said “That’ll be $22 dollars please” I asked her to repeat, she said $22- i said “You have to be kidding me” and she said “No sir=- due to a chicken shortage, the prices have increased”
I wish i had been quicker on the response and said “Well, due to a money shortage, I will cancel my order” But i just cancelled without saying why and drove off- WHOLE Supermarket Chickens, all cooked- cost $5 at that time (uncooked was even cheaper), so that is what i ended up gettign that day
I see just about every vendor using covid as an excuse for everything from prices to supply to service. It is getting old and wearing thin. There was an article about Greed-flation the other day. I see what I think is a lot of that. Holding on to high prices thinking there is no competition. I hope they learn a lesson the hard way.
I also see the restaurant trade suffering in some places. The Thai and Italian restaurants we go to are just plain missing customers. Fast food is not worth it anymore. When out I would stop and get a bite for a treat. I don’t now unless I am too far from home to wait. Just south of $10 for a happy meal is too much. You can just about go to a sit down place and have a better than average meal for that price. 5 for $5.65 and a cherry limeade from Braum’s satisfies my taste for fast food, the used to be $5 just 5 years ago.
I’ll go to Springfield tomorrow and eat out but it is the first time I have left the place in over three weeks.