Couples are now fighting while shopping as grocery prices soar to new highs

Starvation News ^ | 9/22/22 | Mary Villarreal

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Leibel Sternbach, a financial adviser, shared how his wife now has to double check their fridge after every shopping trip to tell him which things he didn’t need to buy. After all, their weekly grocery costs are now up to $350 per week.

Last year, it was only around $220.

He and his wife have already given up on their favorite snacks – babka for him and KitKat candy bars for his wife.

Arne Boudewyn, head of family wealth and culture services at Wells Fargo, said this scenario is happening in many households across the country. “You don’t want to have these conversations in the grocery store aisle,” he said.

[Fai Mao]

I bet they only eat organic, and name brands.

[Pelham]

“I saw pasture eggs 8.99 a dozen”

I recall a Saturday shopping trip with my parents.. Giant Food in Arlington VA, must have been circa 1957-1959... I watched the checker ring up a full cart of groceries for $10 and some cents.

[joshua c]

oh man! you made my day, week, month, year!

that brings back so many memories

fortunately long ago distant memories

[ifinnegan]

Yes. And babka?

Sounds like Russians wrote this.

[metmom]

No kidding.

I wonder what they are buying and where they are shopping for it.

[joshua c]

they are going to have to cut back on the arugula

[Lazamataz]

I remember, clearly, (I was about 4 and just learned numbers) reading the blue-stamped numbers on a Cheerios box. It was back in the days when the grocer would stamp numbers on everything.

I remember reading it, and it said 39¢

[Bob434]

Very Timely Post- and yep- we do seem to be headed there, especially with the droughts and lack of fertilizer and such affecting food stuff-

[Bob434]

1 1 lb package of ham, $5.50 per week- 1 package of cheese, swiss, $4.50, 1 package of tortilla wraps for the sandwhiches About $4.00- takes care of my brunch every day for a week- Total $14 for the week

Dinners maybe around $8.00 for a cheap steak or pork chops per night
Total, approx $56 for week-

Sodas 2 a day, cost about $.50 /can as i buy on sale only
Total around $7 a week-

That is just 2 meals and 2 sodas a day- pretty crappy eating habits on my part- but it sure adds up quick even buying cheap stuff- Could drop the cheese i suppose, but need the calcium what little there is in it- hate milk- even eggs are now about the price that luncheon meat used to be- price increases-

[dragnet2]

If it turns out Cheetos are flavored industrial waste, I won’t be surprised.

[Flick Lives]

Yes. And babka?

Sounds like Russians wrote this.

—

Babka is Polish / Jewish.

[Bob434]

Went to McDonalds for first time in a long time, and thought id get a chicken sandwhich- the menu at drive through is ridiculously hard to read now- couldn’t see the prices- so i got a regular chicken, thinking it would at least have some kind of mayo- or something, but nope- just a slab of dried out chicken, and 2 pickle slices- almost $9! I coulda got the delux for a bit more which had tomato and lettuce and some kind of dressing- but i chose the cheaper one- sure coudla used some dressing to cut the dryness of the chicken (I also coulda saved my money and got a whole juicy chicken for less than that price at supermarket- )

[Bob434]

I remember filling up the land yacht (4 door polara lol) we had for $10- it’s $50 or so now-

[Right_Wing_Madman]

I've been thinking that my personal inflation is close to 50% in the last year.

Same here. It seems inflation stabilized over the summer, but is soaring again in September. Where are you, Paul Volcker?

[Bob434]

used to buy cigarettes for about $.60 a pack- Gas was about $.50 cents a gallon right about then too They are close to $10 now (But thankfully i quit about 10 years ago- but not soon enough unfortunately)

[FlingWingFlyer]

If you don’t believe that 2 million illegal aliens per month that are illegally sneaking in aren’t driving the prices up, you might want to give the recreational drugs a rest for a while.

[Pelham]

“Where are you, Paul Volcker?”

We’ll know that his spirit is alive and well when the Fed raises the Fed Funds rate above the rate of inflation. They are playing catchup right now.

Even so, the Fed can only do so much. A huge part of the problem is Biden’s War on Oil (and coal), the same thing that the fool Carter was doing.

The Fed has no ability to change that, it will require American voters to throw out the progressives and environmental extremists that now control the Democratic party.

[Big Red Badger]

Wendy’s 4 for 4 went up a buck 2 months ago.
A Jr. Bacon Cheese burger, fries , 4 chicken Nuggets and a Small Frosty,,,
I’m eating BIGGLY !
YA CAN’T Beat That!

[Big Red Badger]

Popeyes—— Bro !
Their Chicken Sammy is the
Shizznitz ¡
.
5 bucks.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

It’s a questionable financial advisor that can’t make a budget or live within his means.