Just went to the store. Paper towels and bread are wrapped in smaller rolls/bags, meat is over 100% marked, perishables are very high. Even cream cheese that was $2.99 is now $7.59. I bought 250 in groceries in which last year would have been maybe 100 bucks and it will probably last seven days instead of two weeks.
I think the 59% threshold has been met.
Paper towels are definitely smaller if you get the no brand. However bounty has gone weirdly larger to the point it won’t fit on the paper towel roll. Bathroom tissue is the same. Absurdly large.
Vriginia in the Richmond Capitol region has seen price increases but not as high for items you have listed. Virginia does dairy, beef, pork and lots of seasonal vegetables are coming in now. I see the state you are from and understand now concerning some of the price increases you are seeing.
I quit buying paper towels. I keep plenty of old dish towels and face clothes around and we use them. Red Baron frozen pizza that we normally got has gone from $4 to $6 so I’m making pizza from scratch now. Doesn’t save a whole lot due to the price of cheese but saves a little. I use cheap canned spaghetti sauce because pizza sauce is ridiculous in price.
I remember when a shopping cart full was $100 maybe 10 years ago and now, I could easily fit $300 in it and I’ve downgraded on things. Don’t buy brand names. Haven’t hardly had a tender steak in forever, t-bone, ribeye, KC strip etc. We mostly eat chicken for meat these days. Pork isn’t my favorite and my son hates it. Eating more beans + a grain, usually rice. Meatless meals or meat as a minor ingredient is a thing now.
I read your post and said to myself, I bet he’s in california. And I noticed you are. I think California is going to be our Canary in the coal mine for this whole thing. It certainly has been for gas.
Nexium was $23.99 3 days ago, it rose $6 today, It is a must-have med, Tricare Life no longer covers it, Those supposed 20mg boxes are 10 mg, deceptive practice, I need 40 mg. Thanks to the OA, and several other drugs destroying my gastro tract. Even if they take out Barrett’s Esophagus pre-cancer spots I’d still need to take it, no switching, the other 3, I react to.