My food budget is pretty small but food prices have about tripled in the last 5 years. I seldom buy anything that’s not on sale. Still able to find peaches for $.99 per pound.
went to buy a few grapes, knew they were expensive at nearly $3 a pound but I got just a few....OVER $6!!!...they were put back.....
I once got curious enough to ask the produce clerk “Doesn’t it bother you that you’ve priced produce so high that it rots on the shelf?”
He feigned not understanding my question so I rephrased it: “Look, you buy a hundred pounds of lettuce. A certain amount isn’t ‘pretty’ enough so you pick through it and end up putting 90-95 pounds on display. People come by and look at them, sometimes picking them up and examining them before putting them back, and a few days later when they’ve wilted you pick through them and toss a bunch more. And it’s the same with most of what you sell.”
“I’ve watched your customers enough to recognize their habits. They look at a variety of stuff you offer, but only buy what’s on sale.”
All he could do was shrug his shoulders.
The local market has whole pork loin on sale for $1.98/lb.
The butcher asked why my mouth was hanging open.