People are spending more on groceries. But they’re buying less

Channel 3000 News/CNN ^ | June 6, 2023 | CNN Staff

[Diana in Wisconsin]

By volume, grocery sales are still generally up compared to 2019, he noted. But that increase isn’t so much a sign of extra cash — it’s a sign that people are trading down from restaurants to preparing food at home.

“I do think budget constraints and financial constraints are making people be more careful in managing their consumption,” Steel said.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

In that time, dollar sales of eggs rose by 41.2%, milk rose by 0.9%, bread jumped 8.5% and fresh root vegetables rose 10.7%.

[TexasFreeper2009]

maybe inflation can solve the obesity problem!

[hinckley buzzard]

Inflation will do that to you. Pay more for less.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

Costs more, buys less.

They are just now figuring this out?

[1Old Pro]

But even though sales are up, people are buying less.

And when possible, they are packaging less and making smaller packages, reducing weight, volume etc.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Economic inflation causes personal deflation?

[GingisK]

Anyone who is buying groceries is spending more on less.

[The Louiswu]

Paging Captain Obvious.

[NautiNurse]

maybe inflation can solve the obesity problem!

Historically, low income families have struggled with obesity by consuming more carbohydrates, which are less expensive than proteins.

[Biblebelter]

it’s a sign that people are trading down from restaurants to preparing food at home.

I don’t eat out much.

Most of my favorite restaurants that I ate at a decade ago are closed.

Although I was never a smoker, the stricter no smoking laws killed a lot of local restaurants and bars which had some good food.

Some locals are trying to stay alive with video gaming machines.

It may help the cash flow but it is not helping their food business.

Even if the food is decent, it’s so depressing to watch a lonely person interact with a computer in a public venue.

Then the scamdemic closed a lot of local restaurants.

The restaurants that survived are over priced chains that can’t find good help to staff them and got used to serving take out during Covid which lower their standards of food quality and service.

At least one of the local pizza places has kept its quality and service up.

Other than them there is not much around me worth patronizing.

[No name given]

Here’s hoping!

[Leaning Right]

Wait a minute. How could someone be spending more, but getting less.
It just doesn’t make sense.

Oh, wait. Never mind.

As a side note, I wonder how many Biden voters realize that insane Democrat policies have caused this mess? Probably none.

[RoosterRedux]

People are spending more on groceries. But they’re buying less

What a mystery. Whatever could that mean?;-)

[EvilCapitalist]

I was just over the border in New Jersey yesterday, and a 12 pack of cans of either Coke, or Pepsi are now $9.99.

[Texas resident]

When we go out to eat it is for lunch.

The places we go used to be packed with patrons.

Now we just walk in and get a table right away.

Plus where we used to eat lunch out 5 days a week, we have cut it back to 2 days a week.

[Sequoyah101]

You just about have to strain a can of vegetables to find anything but liquid in it.

[EvilCapitalist]

But the Biden voters will say it was worth it to get rid of the Bad Orange Man.

[rktman]

Extra cash? We know not of this phenomenon. Where does one find such magical items? Wasn’t that long ago you could fill you trunk with a hundred bucks. Now? A bag or two. Thanks branDUHn.

[strange1]

well, at least there’s no more mean tweets... so there is that. /S