Grocery Prices Are Out Of Control (Page 3 of 12)
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Originally Posted By AZ_M1: Has Trump ever had 10 percent annual inflation? Originally Posted By AZ_M1: Originally Posted By Tirador223: Originally Posted By AZ_M1: I blame Biden the pants shitter for this. I heard Eisenhower was responsible. Makes about as much sense as the above. Has Trump ever had 10 percent annual inflation? He’s had ATH diesel prices. |
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Originally Posted By PikeSlayer: For those of you for whom things constantly go over your head, the point of the OPs post was to make a metaphor for things being out f control price wise. He was not looking for you to tell him where to buy chicken for $1.29 a pound, which secret store to go to, or for tips on coupons. You must have missed the "20 dollar burrito" thread. Not a single boomer was willing to suggest anything for that metaphor but sharing Rock Dove recipes from the dust bowl. You can only control things you have direct contact with. Ideas about charting a political path out of this mess were ignored wholesale. Eat Rock Dove and stack 4 generations into a single apartment like the Messican's do and you'll thrive eventually. |
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Originally Posted By Plank_Spanker: We usually buy groceries in smaller amounts during the week since plans change frequently as my wife is the sole care taker of her elderly mother. \We went shopping at wally world for this weeks grocery allowance. A couple of years ago we filled up a cart to the brim at Pubilx & spent $360.00+, which was the most we had ever shelled out in one trip. Well this trip wasn't much different as far as the type of food we purchased & the grand total for the same cart was $636.97 A new record.  From now after this food is gone we be eating pepper soup. I eat out and basically only cook once a month. It’s cheaper because I live by myself. No way I’m buying a fridge full of food that’s more expensive than takeout that I won’t even make. |
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Originally Posted By Szilagyi-hpg: I spend $100-$150 a week at aldi for family of 3. It gets expensive because I only feed my child organic food. $600 for a cartful is retarded. You have to live within your means. No steak. I only buy ground beef, and only maybe 2 lbs a week because of the insane cost of beef. Who said I wasn't living within my means? Go be poor somewhere else. |
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Originally Posted By CplRick: The line of credit on the Race Card is maxed out, sorry.
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Originally Posted By neostoicism: Yep, I sell pork and beef direct to consumer. You buy the animal (or portion of it) from me. Then go pick up your meat from the butcher and pay the processing fee. Last cow I sold was averaged out to about $5.39/lb for my customers. Hogs are being processed right now, but should be in the $5/lb range as well give or take a couple quarters. It’s a good deal for me and the customer. I get full price, cut out the middlemen and they get good wholesome beef/pork from my farm for a very fair price. Fuck the big packing companies. Originally Posted By neostoicism: Originally Posted By FZJ80: We grow a large garden, have fruit and nut trees and chickens. It isn’t a massive savings, but it pays, and we eat better and spend time together, outside, getting meaningful work done. There are local beef, pork, chicken producers we buy from. Might be time to tear up that back yard and start growing food. I don’t know how this ends. Yep, I sell pork and beef direct to consumer. You buy the animal (or portion of it) from me. Then go pick up your meat from the butcher and pay the processing fee. Last cow I sold was averaged out to about $5.39/lb for my customers. Hogs are being processed right now, but should be in the $5/lb range as well give or take a couple quarters. It’s a good deal for me and the customer. I get full price, cut out the middlemen and they get good wholesome beef/pork from my farm for a very fair price. Fuck the big packing companies. This right here. We don’t even promote our beef and yes we should but whatever. I can put a whole or half beef in your freezer grass fed grass finished hormone and antibiotic free half Akashi for the price of hamburger at HEB. Groceries are high though and we don’t buy beef we raise and eat our own. |
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Originally Posted By fdawg: They have a family they eat quality food they need other items too Buying for a couple weeks I single pack of quality beef is 60 bucks four galllons of milk is 20 bucks couple packs of butter and eggs 20 bucks Boneless chicken is like 4 bucks a pound Moderate / "fairly decent" eating Good proteins, fresh produce, snacks, variety $1,400 $1,800 a month for a family of four official USDA Food Plans (Cost of Food at Home reports) so 600 every two weeks for a family of four is below average Originally Posted By fdawg: Originally Posted By Anastasios: How in the fuck does anyone spend $600+ on a single trip to the grocery store?! they eat quality food they need other items too Buying for a couple weeks I single pack of quality beef is 60 bucks four galllons of milk is 20 bucks couple packs of butter and eggs 20 bucks Boneless chicken is like 4 bucks a pound Moderate / "fairly decent" eating Good proteins, fresh produce, snacks, variety $1,400 $1,800 a month for a family of four official USDA Food Plans (Cost of Food at Home reports) so 600 every two weeks for a family of four is below average This is correct. Meals planned out for about 2 weeks in advance. Only thing we might go back for is veggies as we like fresh & I ain't keeping/eating 2 week old asparagus from my fridge. We do canned or frozen too but not always. There is no junk food short of the wife's chocolate she gets. |
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Ah this place. The government, through stupid fucking decisions and policies, and out of control spending has caused prices to explode over the last 10 years and who does GD blame? The people having to pay more who have the *GASP* balls to bitch about it instead of taking it up the ass like good little proles. No, let’s not blame the fucking gov cocksuckers, not the most recent administrations, not senile old geriatric fucks making decisions to only enrich themselves further while average people get fucked ….no. Goddamn. Never change GD. |
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Originally Posted By GlutealCleft: There was a time when companies were content to make good money by selling good products at reasonable prices. Now they want ALL the money, by selling the shittiest products at the highest prices. And if you don't like it, they don't care. I remember when you made an appointment at the Dentist and he fixed whatever was wrong. Now they want to sell you teeth whitening and full mouth implants. |
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Originally Posted By Plank_Spanker: We usually buy groceries in smaller amounts during the week since plans change frequently as my wife is the sole care taker of her elderly mother. \We went shopping at wally world for this weeks grocery allowance. A couple of years ago we filled up a cart to the brim at Pubilx & spent $360.00+, which was the most we had ever shelled out in one trip. Well this trip wasn't much different as far as the type of food we purchased & the grand total for the same cart was $636.97 A new record. From now after this food is gone we be eating pepper soup. Maybe you should tell us what you got for $636? Beef has gone up a lot because of a drought. President Autopen and the greenies also tried their best to substitute grasshoppers and other bugs. What else was in the cart? I saw someone spend almost $500 at H‑E‑B. They had two carts. There was beef for a BBQ, beer, soda, snacks and bakery goods. There were other things but I wasn’t taking inventory. I assume they were having a 4th of July party. |
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Originally Posted By cranberry1: That's why this war with Iran is stupid thank the Israelis for this bullshit ,gas goes up and so does everything that needs to be delivered . Prices will go down as soon as Iran nukes NY, LA and a few other cities. Less people equals less demand. 
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Originally Posted By The_Like_Button: I have a pile of daughters from Newborn to driving age. My grocery /housegoods bill is over $2500 a month. Hell I think I spend around $200 a month for toilet paper and feminine products. Thats with a full greenhouse and chickens on the homestead. My kids ate every fig, blackberry, strawberry, guava, jaboticaba, raspberry, blueberry and grape we grew this year. I’m dying over here. Could you define what a pile of daughters is? Are we talking 5, 10, 20 or what? I could be wrong but I don’t think they would like to be called a pile. 
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Originally Posted By Finslayer83: I had 6 bags this morning at Publix, $177.32. - stuff for kids lunches - stuff for dinner - breakfast stuff for the week - some fruits and veggies - coffee - milk - cat food - laundry detergent Should get us through mid week and I'll be back. I've got buddies with growing middle school and high school dudes - they eat probably $400-500 a week easy. You should try shopping at Costco, Sam’s or another warehouse shopping club. I buy almost all of my paper products, coffee, soft drinks, frozen food and vitamins there. |
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Originally Posted By McGuy: I mostly buy meat on sale and bag it and freeze it for future meals. Yes things have gone up, especially since 2020, but it's really not that big a percentage of my cost of living. Property taxes and insurance, on the other hand, have taken a big painful jump. eta: Guessing this is another one of those threads that exist just for the N_Ts to converge on. STFU dude trump sucks for everybody but the rich |
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Vegetables, fruits and basic items like milk, cheese, eggs, etc. have been good. Processed foods, chicken fish and beef are through the roof. As are beer, drinks and sundries People don't cook as much as in the past, half the supermarket is processed foods and junk. And then there are fuel prices. My message to President Trump is; it's the economy stupid. |
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Originally Posted By cosmo05: No but he fucking owns this mess. It won't be fixed in 15 minutes, the damage to this nation is very deep, well beyond grocery prices. l ^THIS Trump was railing against Ukraine again today, claiming that their droning of Russian refineries is driving the cost of diesel up. Of course, he failed to mention that Iran has essentially shut off all transiting from the Middle East. Iran has even droned the Saudi pipeline that was pumping oil away from the Gulf. The Mango Messiah owns this mess right now, and he could try and blame Teddy Roosevelt for all that's going on, but in the end he and Hegseth are the ones that started this conflict with Iran. Bond rates are climbing. Inflation is climbing. Meanwhile it seems the only things important to him is picking a fight with Canada and building the ballroom and Grand Arch. The Joint Chiefs just warned Trump that this conflict with Iran may continue for the next two years. We are just seeing the tip of the iceberg right now. |
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Originally Posted By cranberry1: That's why this war with Iran is stupid thank the Israelis for this bullshit ,gas goes up and so does everything that needs to be delivered . Iran has shit to do with Israel. We went after Iran for the same reason we made moves in Venezuela, to cut off China's oil. They were also damn close to a nuke. According to the IAEA they were storing 60% enriched uranium which is pretty damn close to a bomb. Does Israel benefit from it? Absolutely. But to think Israel was the main reason is short sighted |
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Originally Posted By StromBusa: Roadkill and a sack of rice FTW  Originally Posted By StromBusa: Originally Posted By byron2112: You gotta shop around like granny did with her coupon cutting and binder fulla savings. No more just grabbing whatever you want... unless you like burning money. Roadkill and a sack of rice FTW Only fresh. If you didn't see it hit the bumper, it's not fresh enough.
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Originally Posted By cosmo05: No but he fucking owns this mess. It won't be fixed in 15 minutes, the damage to this nation is very deep, well beyond grocery prices. l  Trump promised lower prices on Day One. |
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Originally Posted By EvoXGunner: That was the 1980s Originally Posted By EvoXGunner: Originally Posted By JLAudio: This is the Golden Age of America That was the 1980s Liked the 80s a lot. They weren't. I don't think any time has been golden here, but if I had to pick some time, it'd be the 1830s or 40s. Maybe that short time under coolidge. Recently, the 1950s to 1963, just before the coinage got diluted in 1964, the end of the gold window in 1971, and the horrendous monstrous decisions by nixon to do price and rationing controls for fuel. The last real economic peak was in the early to late 1990s (last time I saw gas at 99c a gallon anywhere). ----------- Channel we'll all be watching soon:  Great Depression Cooking - The Poorman's Meal - Higher Resolution How they cooked during the great depression. 
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Originally Posted By lygxis: Liked the 80s a lot. They weren't. I don't think any time has been golden here, but if I had to pick some time, it'd be the 1830s or 40s. Maybe that short time under coolidge. Recently, the 1950s to 1963, just before the coinage got diluted in 1964, the end of the gold window in 1971, and the horrendous monstrous decisions by nixon to do price and rationing controls for fuel. The last real economic peak was in the early to late 1990s (last time I saw gas at 99c a gallon anywhere). ----------- Channel we'll all be watching soon:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-GVl7scrYEHow they cooked during the great depression. https://img.ifunny.co/images/4c115c348398dbf10583f067af085793f6016cd1a8e95a4eeb6dddfe9ab167b4_1.jpg Originally Posted By lygxis: Originally Posted By EvoXGunner: Originally Posted By JLAudio: This is the Golden Age of America That was the 1980s Liked the 80s a lot. They weren't. I don't think any time has been golden here, but if I had to pick some time, it'd be the 1830s or 40s. Maybe that short time under coolidge. Recently, the 1950s to 1963, just before the coinage got diluted in 1964, the end of the gold window in 1971, and the horrendous monstrous decisions by nixon to do price and rationing controls for fuel. The last real economic peak was in the early to late 1990s (last time I saw gas at 99c a gallon anywhere). ----------- Channel we'll all be watching soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-GVl7scrYEHow they cooked during the great depression. https://img.ifunny.co/images/4c115c348398dbf10583f067af085793f6016cd1a8e95a4eeb6dddfe9ab167b4_1.jpg Who doesn’t save their bacon grease? |
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Originally Posted By lygxis: Liked the 80s a lot. They weren't. I don't think any time has been golden here, but if I had to pick some time, it'd be the 1830s or 40s. Maybe that short time under coolidge. Recently, the 1950s to 1963, just before the coinage got diluted in 1964, the end of the gold window in 1971, and the horrendous monstrous decisions by nixon to do price and rationing controls for fuel. The last real economic peak was in the early to late 1990s (last time I saw gas at 99c a gallon anywhere). ----------- Channel we'll all be watching soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-GVl7scrYEHow they cooked during the great depression. https://img.ifunny.co/images/4c115c348398dbf10583f067af085793f6016cd1a8e95a4eeb6dddfe9ab167b4_1.jpg Originally Posted By lygxis: Originally Posted By EvoXGunner: Originally Posted By JLAudio: This is the Golden Age of America That was the 1980s Liked the 80s a lot. They weren't. I don't think any time has been golden here, but if I had to pick some time, it'd be the 1830s or 40s. Maybe that short time under coolidge. Recently, the 1950s to 1963, just before the coinage got diluted in 1964, the end of the gold window in 1971, and the horrendous monstrous decisions by nixon to do price and rationing controls for fuel. The last real economic peak was in the early to late 1990s (last time I saw gas at 99c a gallon anywhere). ----------- Channel we'll all be watching soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-GVl7scrYEHow they cooked during the great depression. https://img.ifunny.co/images/4c115c348398dbf10583f067af085793f6016cd1a8e95a4eeb6dddfe9ab167b4_1.jpg I make similar with sausage instead of hot dogs. Add peppers and onions and its fucking delicious. All 3 of those veggies can easily be grown in your own garden if the economy gets too bad. (Or if you just want better quality) |
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Originally Posted By lygxis: Liked the 80s a lot. They weren't. I don't think any time has been golden here, but if I had to pick some time, it'd be the 1830s or 40s. Maybe that short time under coolidge. Recently, the 1950s to 1963, just before the coinage got diluted in 1964, the end of the gold window in 1971, and the horrendous monstrous decisions by nixon to do price and rationing controls for fuel. The last real economic peak was in the early to late 1990s (last time I saw gas at 99c a gallon anywhere). ----------- Channel we'll all be watching soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-GVl7scrYEHow they cooked during the great depression. https://img.ifunny.co/images/4c115c348398dbf10583f067af085793f6016cd1a8e95a4eeb6dddfe9ab167b4_1.jpg I started watching the Cooking with Clara videos when they were first released during the Great Recession. |
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Originally Posted By XNARC: I guess just human nature .but there was never a time in my life when I said, hey this, gas, meat, bread, electricity, water, beer, pussy, ammo, is really affordable You must be young. I bought my Ford Bronco in 1998 and gas was 71 cents a gallon (93 octane was 79 cents). And I told myself gas was absolutely affordable. |
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Originally Posted By DevilsEggAdvocate: Just wait until higher prices for diesel and fertilizer work their way through the supply chain for groceries. To borrow from Foxtrot it's going to get worse before it gets worse. Trying to remain hopeful, but these pocket book issues (especially the high-ass diesel prices since trucks carry everything) will likely result in an epic shellacking like the Jug Eared Fuck took after passing Obamacare. |
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Originally Posted By Bat15: Has anyone noticed the game supermarkets play with rewards cards? I knew about the cards but did not want all the texts and emails. Went shopping in the Chicago area. Bought a few things for $35. I could have saved over $5 with their rewards program. Items had a regular price, sale price and rewards sale price. It should be illegal. Where did you shop? Had to be Jewel. There are stores without rewards programs such as Walmart and Aldi. Plus, they collect your data with the rewards program. |
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Originally Posted By thesquidliest: Trying to remain hopeful, but these pocket book issues (especially the high-ass diesel prices since trucks carry everything) will likely result in an epic shellacking like the Jug Eared Fuck took after passing Obamacare. Pocket book? Damn. Haven’t heard that in ages. |
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Originally Posted By Marie: Pocket book? Damn. Haven't heard that in ages. Originally Posted By Marie: Originally Posted By thesquidliest: Trying to remain hopeful, but these pocket book issues (especially the high-ass diesel prices since trucks carry everything) will likely result in an epic shellacking like the Jug Eared Fuck took after passing Obamacare. Pocket book? Damn. Haven't heard that in ages. Yes, showing my age. But the good part about aging is that my field of fucks becomes more barren even as it grows larger to cover more things.
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Originally Posted By McGuy: Guessing this is another one of those threads that exist just for the N_Ts to converge on. Bro I’m about as pro T$ as they come… but grocery prices are through the roof and diesel is 6 + bucks a gallon. All costs are being passed to consumers. It’s getting spicy for some folks. We are blessed but I feel it too at times. |
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Originally Posted By McGuy: I mostly buy meat on sale and bag it and freeze it for future meals. Yes things have gone up, especially since 2020, but it's really not that big a percentage of my cost of living. Property taxes and insurance, on the other hand, have taken a big painful jump. eta: Guessing this is another one of those threads that exist just for the N_Ts to converge on. It's all part of the master plan. We don't fall for that BS shit anymore. You see these people didn't say a F'ing thing when Biden was president and groceries and gas was even higher. Pepperidge farm remembers. Oh and don't forget they voted for DJT three times but_ |
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Originally Posted By nightstalker: You'd think taxes would get the most pushback but apparently people think government on all levels are a pretty good deal compared to grocery stores.  QFT 
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Originally Posted By Plank_Spanker: Do I need to post the reciept? For fucks sake, I feel like my mother is shaking her finger at me about how I spend my money with some of you guys. Did I load up on prepared junk food that will kill me? NO. Mostly organic meats & veggies with meal ideas prepared at home. The sweetest thing I bought was an 8 pack of ginger ale & a box of fucking graham crackers. If you buy healthy food, it is astronomically priced. Flippin' 20 lb ribeye choice at Costco is $330. |
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Originally Posted By Glock031: It's all part of the master plan. We don't fall for that BS shit anymore. You see these people didn't say a F'ing thing when Biden was president and groceries and gas was even higher. Pepperidge farm remembers. Oh and don't forget they voted for DJT three times but_ Originally Posted By Glock031: Originally Posted By McGuy: I mostly buy meat on sale and bag it and freeze it for future meals. Yes things have gone up, especially since 2020, but it's really not that big a percentage of my cost of living. Property taxes and insurance, on the other hand, have taken a big painful jump. eta: Guessing this is another one of those threads that exist just for the N_Ts to converge on. It's all part of the master plan. We don't fall for that BS shit anymore. You see these people didn't say a F'ing thing when Biden was president and groceries and gas was even higher. Pepperidge farm remembers. Oh and don't forget they voted for DJT three times but_ Just making things up now. I'm quite sure we were all complaining about high gas and grocery prices under Biden. Gas wasn't higher under Biden than Trump. Trump's gas prices are setting new records daily. Sounds like you need to get out more. |
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Originally Posted By Szilagyi-hpg: I spend $100-$150 a week at aldi for family of 3. It gets expensive because I only feed my child organic food. $600 for a cartful is retarded. You have to live within your means. No steak. I only buy ground beef, and only maybe 2 lbs a week because of the insane cost of beef.Attached File Yielded 18 pounds of ground, 3 nice pot roast and 3 pounds of ground beef tallow for the upcoming venison harvest. |
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Originally Posted By Marie: Where did you shop? Had to be Jewel. There are stores without rewards programs such as Walmart and Aldi. Plus, they collect your data with the rewards program. Originally Posted By Marie: Originally Posted By Bat15: Has anyone noticed the game supermarkets play with rewards cards? I knew about the cards but did not want all the texts and emails. Went shopping in the Chicago area. Bought a few things for $35. I could have saved over $5 with their rewards program. Items had a regular price, sale price and rewards sale price. It should be illegal. Where did you shop? Had to be Jewel. There are stores without rewards programs such as Walmart and Aldi. Plus, they collect your data with the rewards program. Close. It was Mariano’s . I did not know they were part of Kroger. Aldi did not have what I wanted and Walmart had a couple of items. |
