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Supermarket prices soar in Manhattan and across the country
ny post ^ | 3/13/11 | FARRAH WEINSTEIN and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN

Posted on 03/13/2011 10:52:38 AM PDT by Nachum

What’s in your wallet?

Not much — especially after a trip to the supermarket.

At the checkout counter at the D’Agostino in Hell’s Kitchen, retired ballerina Carol Sumner shook her head over the increasingly steep price of her weekly grocery bill.

“It’s outrageous,” said Sumner, a senior citizen who was making a pit stop to buy soda, ice cream and cake for a party she was throwing.

“I feel like I am getting fleeced and taken advantage of. I don’t buy meat anymore. I can’t. It’s too expensive.”

The price index for groceries is expected to surge 3 to 4 percent nationally this year, according to the US Dept. of Agriculture.

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To: 1010RD
Obama Misery Index or the “O, MI” Index for short?

LOL!

181 posted on 03/14/2011 4:42:40 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: paulycy

Thanks, feel free to pass it along.

Obama mustn’t have a second term.


182 posted on 03/14/2011 4:46:00 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Nachum
Food prices have been creeping higher for years - the contents per can/box/carton etc has been decreasing for years as well - we are paying higher prices for less product. My supermarket has a section where you can buy day old fruit/veggies etc. - the fruit and veggies used to be 99 cents a package, didn't matter how much was in the package - 4 oranges, or 3 squash, hell you could get a whole bag of potatoes for 99 cents - the price is now $1.49 per pound - the elderly used to crowd around these shelves and scoop up some great deals - now not so much - the supermarket would change the product every few days - now it just sits there because a lot of elderly can't afford the prices.
183 posted on 03/14/2011 5:09:25 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: FARS
FARS, good one by Allen - buy him one of these from Xmas :)
better for home use

(Lightweight M134DT)
184 posted on 03/14/2011 5:31:58 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: JDW11235
Angel Soft, 24 double rolls are $11.67 at Wally World. Cheapest price I've seen on the premium TP.
185 posted on 03/14/2011 7:47:33 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: SamAdams76
If you have even a small yard, you could buy a couple blueberry bushes. They take little room and if you feed them your used coffee grounds, and pick the ones that get ripe as they do, you can have fresh blueberries from mid July - October.

By picking them as fast as they ripen they will keep putting out new berries. Two small bushes will give you over a quart of berries a week for months.

186 posted on 03/14/2011 8:19:35 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: FARS

Thanks for the ping.


187 posted on 03/14/2011 8:51:24 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: hinckley buzzard
That's the excuse the Soviets always used, and the Norks have used for forty years. Amazing how the only places that get "bad weather" are socialist sh*thholes.

Great comment!

188 posted on 03/14/2011 8:53:22 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: plain talk

Shall I assume to don’t buy food at grocery stores? Sounds kind of ‘liberal elite’ to me...


189 posted on 03/14/2011 8:59:17 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: plain talk

Shall I assume YOU don’t buy food at grocery stores? Sounds kind of ‘liberal elite’ to me...


190 posted on 03/14/2011 8:59:37 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: musicman

What the heck is that hanging on the wall above the TV in that cartoon??? Whoa.


191 posted on 03/14/2011 9:04:54 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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To: JDW11235
"I also believe the “Food Safety Modernization Act” will have something ugly in store for those who try and be self reliant also, but that remains to be seen."

Not surprisingly, it's difficult to find any information that explains this in laymen's terms. As egregious as this bill is, along with the sell-out by House and Senate R's, there is a lot of conflicting and confusing information out there.

What I did find though is that there was a late amendment that exempted "...producers who sell locally [~400 mile radius], less than $500,000 a year.".

However, there is some hope, if the R's in the House don't fund the $1.4B bill. Of course that's not a permanent fix.

What I've not been able to confirm [through legitimate sources, not blogs or the like], is the seed "issue". One reader claimed to have searched the actual bill for the word "seed" and couldn't find anything in the bill that prevented the purchase, storage or use of heirloom seeds.

Are you aware of any legitimate information on the seed "issue"?

192 posted on 03/14/2011 9:05:31 AM PDT by SZonian (July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
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To: houeto
"Let me tell you something, when it comes down to soda, ice cream and cake vs. meat, I'll have meat!"

Perhaps ... but a meatloaf with candles to blow out for your birthday simply doesn't work as well as white cake and inch-thick icing. :)

193 posted on 03/14/2011 9:08:17 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

BTW, there’s more than water in those cans of tuna. The “water” is actually SOY based vegetable broth. Canned tuna is off my list - I’m allergic to soy. Read the labels. A can of soy free tuna at Fred Meyer is over $5.


194 posted on 03/14/2011 9:13:50 AM PDT by LibreOuMort (Give me liberty, or give me death! (Patrick Henry))
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To: padre35

I buy sugar at Sam’s in 50 lb. bags as a matter of routine, since I do alot of jelly and jam making. After the prices settled after the spike a couple of years ago, I bought 150 lbs. to keep as a part of my cache of food, and I use the FIFO method for use. Sugar is much cheaper when purchased in bulk and it does not go bad.


195 posted on 03/14/2011 9:15:00 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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To: chris_bdba

Where do you live? Our here ground chuck is $3.39, chuck roasts are $3.99, pork chops are $4.49 and chicken breasts are $2.99. Milk is regularly $3.29 per gallon or $1.99 1/2 gallon. Navel oranges (crappy quality) are $1.89, apples (we grow them here) $1.99, zucchini $2.99, lemons $1.49 each!


196 posted on 03/14/2011 9:23:02 AM PDT by LibreOuMort (Give me liberty, or give me death! (Patrick Henry))
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
Whatever "it" is, it appears to also have antlers.


197 posted on 03/14/2011 9:23:10 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: GOPJ

You are to free to assume whatever you wish. Lots of people jump to ridiculous assumptions based on a few sentences in a post. Join the crowd are you suggesting inflation now is as bad as the 70s?


198 posted on 03/14/2011 10:18:07 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: GOPJ; plain talk
Shall I assume to don’t buy food at grocery stores?

Not saying you don't shop at grocery stores, but there is no way food is up only 3% to 4%. I personally do think things are as bad as the 70's. So much is different now that the problems are being masked, at least for the time being.

So what's different now? For starters, both parents typically work, food stamps are now very easy to get, more fuel efficient cars and the ability to telecommute, craig's list makes buying second hand easier, and more options where to spend your grocery dollars - from warehouse clubs to walmart to dollar stores.

199 posted on 03/14/2011 10:40:44 AM PDT by old and tired
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To: Nachum

“The price index for groceries is expected to surge 3 to 4 percent nationally this year, according to the US Dept. of Agriculture.”
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The price of the twelve items used for illustration in the article is up 18 percent. I wish it were only 3 to 4 percent.


200 posted on 03/14/2011 10:44:11 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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