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I used to have no problem finding 99 cent five pound bags of potatoes. Now they are usually two bucks.
Chicken legs? Now I usually have to pay .69 cents on sale when it used to be easy to find them for .49 cents. Some foods are flat - I can still often find split chicken breasts for .99 cents (the best buy for chicken AFAIC) - and pasta can be found for .89-.99 cents a box - have a nice stash of whole wheat pasta for .99 cents a box.
But my larger point stands that there has been significant spot inflation in many low-end staples.
Food prices already are out of control. The media doesn’t say one word about obama’s inflation.
This is bull. When you count product shrinkage, most foodstuffs have gone up 25 to 30 percent. It’s getting kind of scary going grocery shopping.
We used to be considered comfortable middle-class sorts. Not any more. I just shop for the sale stuff.
And what’s with this “water added” to ham? We pay dollars per pound for water?
I was just noticing high prices tonight, at Walmart. It’s time to start making more things like bread...I haven’t done that for ages.
The saddest sight in the world was seeing tens of thousands of cows carrying calves being sent to slaughter all over Texas this year because the drought made it impossible to feed them.
This will definitely show up in future beef prices, and more people will switch to chicken or pork, thus forcing those prices up as demand increases.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to live somewhere where you can grow your own chickens or ducks or goats.
rice and lentils ping
We just got our monthly 2 hour delivery from Costco.
24 items ordered and every item was in stock. About half had price increases since our order a month ago.
During a good part of last year, they would have been out of stock on 20-30% of items.
So in spite of the stories of nothing being on the shelf, that isn’t happening out here in California.
Once a week, I shop at a smaller size chain store. They were short only on two types of sliced sandwich cheese. I got discounts on 8 items out of 24 totaling 35$’s in savings.
We are big on fresh produce for our meals and snacks. Most of that was at least 20% higher than the week before due supposedly freezes in Mexico to Texas.
The increases in diesel and gas prices are impacting basically everything. Here in Californicator land, only conservatives discuss/bring up that reality.
I heard 2 food delivery guys complain how the gas pumps at their local stations are limiting them to limits of how many gallons we can purchase. Here it seems to be a maximum of 12-16 gallons at the gas station.
My wife has reminded me of how our Mothers bought non perishable items with a good price and stored the items.
Or if the prices are supposed to go up, and you use them. Buy some and store them. Paper products are an example. Costco had 20-25% on Paper towels and TP. They don’t spoil.
So we bought extras today.
We have gone from Chicken breasts to chicken thighs. They cost less than breasts, use less energy to cook and taste great.