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Our food costs in Oklahoma increased for many items closer to 50%. Of course, most of that was price gouging, because in Oklahoma, one grocery corporation owns most grocery. And I’m pretty sure Walmart monitors other grocers prices, because there’s are no better and they will charge as much as they can away with.
I think the democrats immediately deleted the post too once they saw what they did.
Our food costs in Oklahoma increased for many items closer to 50%.
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Of course. The USDX dropped a record ( since 1973) 11 percent this year alone- anything bought from outside US has increased that amount alone.
Inflation is cumulative, up up up since Covid ( supply side inflation)….and everyone rejoices when the Fed says we try to maintain 2 percent… how about trying to maintain Zero inflation? ….or better, minus ( -) inflation like we had on a Gold Standard?
Culprit for Food Inflation = democrats
Whatever the traffic will bear, and then a bit more.
This isn’t just groceries. It’s restaurants, hotels, home services, insurance, and much more. Everything is monetized. Look at the ridiculous tips issues lately. It truly is madness.
and inflation in Canada was Trudeau’s Carbon Tax ,LOL
Agreed. Just for one recent example, Just 2 or 3 weeks ago, Eight O’Clock Whole Bean Whole-Bean Coffee (I grind my own) sold for $14.54 for a 40-oz. bag. The next weekend, the same size bag was around 17 bucks. At Sam’s Club, a bag of Pablo’s Pride Whole Bean suddenly jumped from $15.98 to $18.98.
I personally have only seen prices here in OK go up. Never down, except for temporary promotional specials on stuff like half-gallon jugs of vinegar. The grocery corporation that I think you’re talking about does gouge, shamelessly. Meat is a bad buy there for that reason. Local farmers are definitely the way to go, IMHO. Harder to find / farther away, but well worth the minor inconvenience.
Agreed. Just for one recent example, Just 2 or 3 weeks ago, Eight O’Clock Whole Bean Whole-Bean Coffee (I grind my own) sold for $14.54 for a 40-oz. bag. The next weekend, the same size bag was around 17 bucks. At Sam’s Club, a bag of Pablo’s Pride Whole Bean suddenly jumped from $15.98 to $18.98.
I personally have only seen prices here in OK go up. Never down, except for temporary promotional specials on stuff like half-gallon jugs of vinegar. The grocery corporation that I think you’re talking about does gouge, shamelessly. Meat is a bad buy there for that reason. Local farmers are definitely the way to go, IMHO. Harder to find / farther away, but well worth the minor inconvenience.
Good Lord. First my post goes up twice, then there are repetitions WITHIN that post. Those kinds of errors are NOT me. I swear I haven’t had even one beer today.
Great but how does that make your basic no frills 20-21” China made and Walmart sold $150 push mower pre-covid, now a $350 push mower and who’s pay more than doubled in that same time span because it sure wasn’t mine?
Culprit for Food Inflation = democrats
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They are not the sole owners, increasing money supply by the Federal Reserve to bail out Congress spending, supply side ( shortages) inflation , a dropping USD index all contribute.
In short, the U.S. is in a debt trap….dollar debasement…all currencies eventually go to zero ( 4,000 in history )….the US is no different.
Yes, insurance is a biggie.
Huge increases in both home and car insurance the last few years. Like 50% or so.
I was at a book store this weekend. They have a tip jar at the counter.
Here is the other half of the story.I will lay the food crisis squarely at the feet of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
People forget about the ripple effect of the backlog at the Los Angleses port that most famously resulted in the scarcity of baby formula for many months.
People are forgetting that the root cause of the increased food prices today is due to the Biden-Harris-Buttigieg administration's failure to manage the supply chain back in 2022.If you recall, the fallout from the botched supply chain backup resulted in rail companies declaring force majeure and canceling transport contracts for grains and feedstocks to farmers. This forced farmers to dump milk, and eventually slaughter their chickens and livestock because they couldn't feed them. The rail companies had to prioritize their rolling stock to help alleviate the backlogs at the west coast shipping ports and transport those goods across the country.
We're now seeing the prices of milk, cheese, eggs, ground beef, bacon, bread, and other farm products rise because it takes years to recover from the slaughter of herds of beef livestock, milking cows, pigs, chickens, and the loss of the resulting dairy and meat byproducts.
-PJ
President Trump's response to the Democrats who blame him for not reducing prices should be simple:
-PJThe Biden/Harris administration increased prices by 22% during their four years in office, with inflation peaking at 9%.
The only way to bring prices back down to the levels that I gave them when they took over is a 1930s depression with high unemployment, business bankruptcies, housing/mortgage foreclosures, and long breadlines.
Are the Democrats really calling for a Depression 2.0 after they caused the high prices in the first place?
Is that what they want? I don't think so.
The slaughter of chickens, and therefore their eggs, continued this past winter due to the excuse of bird flu. However, Mexico did not slaughter as extensively.
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