Could be a supply issue. But I know  grains are up as well as I use them to make whiskey.

I also worry when I read the other thread in the last week or two about him harvesting grain and the yields being way down.

Believe me I don't want any issues. I just want to live my life. Hell, I am leaving the country in a month. I am not the type to panic and in fact I am not panicked. Bit I bought food city brand bacon for the first time ever tonight because I just couldn't stomach $12 a pound bacon. It does worry me though that the folks responding in this thread about shortages seem to be from all over.

I buy 400 pounds a go for the water softener, that or OP really likes french fries.

I don't know about price increases. I'm just seeing more bare shelves thanks to Pooping Pedo Biden.

I just wonder how long, if ever, until the vast herds of Americans realize what's going on, and who's to blame for it.

Just for reference I am very rural.

Be a decent or at least thinking person when you could be a jackass? GTFO with that fag shit.

Here’s my take as a farmer on the subject.

We are not getting more money for our cattle.  Meat packaging plants are making record profits.  So the meat plants and distributors are causing 99% of the price increases.

Fertilizer costs have skyrocketed. Next year fertilizer costs are going to be 40-50% more than this last year.  Corn and soybeans will cost more to grow.

Number of cattle in the country is decreasing thanks to the drought in the west. Next year it’s predicted that our overall numbers will continue to decrease. This hopefully means farmers will get paid more per head and unfortunately the consumer will pay more.

We are exporting a ridiculous amount of our grain.  Look up and see how much the Chinese have imported this year compared to last year. You’ll be shocked.  Here in my region there is a corn shortage.  I sold corn this week for $1.10 a bushel more than what it’s trading at in Chicago that’s insane.

We get calls daily asking if we have any finished steers to sell to local people.  The butcher shops near us are booked out 18 months!  

Next year there will be shortages. Prices will go up a lot more.  

If you can start growing and raising your own food. If you can’t buy from a local farmer.

Pay attention to pharmaceuticals too. Had to get an antibiotic prescription filled for the wife. Three different pharmacies none in stock.
Was told it was on a long term back order, in other words they don't have any idea when they will have it.  I found one with it in stock but a lower
dosage and had to get doc to write a new prescription for it.

Shrinkflation

Hot dogs are $.16 cheaper this year

I have no idea where some of you people come up with these ideas.
Oh and...

In.

Believe me when I say you are in no way shaming or embarrassing me. Make fun of me all you want.

Crypto just like everything else non-tangible exists at the governments whim. Or do you honestly believe otherwise? I am not saying it has no value currently but I would suggest that you be cognizant that when the government decides it wants it to end, it will.

Double tap

The prices that you posted is reflective of what I can find in S. Florida. And, I'm not going out of my way to find them.

I live remotely, have a 1.5hr drive round-trip to go grocery shopping, and only go about once a month. This week was the first time in 10+ years that I had to go to three different large grocery stores instead of one and I still had a couple items on my shopping list that I couldn't find anywhere. Never happened before and I notice how especially meat and vegetables/fruits have been getting more and more expensive.

Everyone! Don't panic!

I plan on eating news people to survive.  They are soft and tender.

I do quite a bit of our families grocery shopping.  Prices here have been steadily increasing but nothing crazy.  Good sales on meat are getting really hard to find.  But at least shelves are all well stocked and have been for a while now.  I'm in the outskirts of KC.

Scored a few of these at price chopper last month to set back.

Shop deals, buy cheap and stack deep.

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What I find interesting is I live in a rural part of America surrounded by beef cows, yet our per pound  beef prices in the grocery stores have gone up astronomically in the past year, yet my relatives who live in Los Angeles haven't seen grocery prices go up much at all.

$2.99 lb

DO NOT buy a half a hog. You pay the hanging weight and there is more waste than with beef. But the primal cut, and the belly for bacon.

Yet not coverage on the news...still let's focus on covid!

My kids love the Kroger brand Oat Squares cereal. I would buy 4 boxes every trip, and it's been $1.49/box for at least the last 5 years. Last week, I got some, but it's $1.99 now and the box is 2 oz smaller.  That's a 34% price increase, not factoring in the size reduction.

Went shopping the other day and man prices have gone up, it was very noticeable. Hell, Dr Pepper was about $7 per 12 pack now and no specials at all

Nothing to see here, go back to sleep

RARE FARE: Food shortages impacting school meals
A food order for Mt. Vernon High School last week included 54 different items, nearly half of which were out of stock.Similar situations have been unfolding at schools across the county as they experience the effects of food shortages, from provisions including lettuce and meat to materials like the plastics that make up beverage bottles. As the industries of food production and distribution continue starving for workers, school officials are adapting to the resulting supply chain slowdowns by modifying menus as best they can.
Amanda Stout, director of food services for Greenfield-Central schools, said fresh romaine lettuce is one of the items the district is struggling to acquire.
"What we're being told is that there's not even enough farmhands on the farms to help pick the product," she said.
The school corporation is also feeling the effects of a chicken shortage. Stout said chicken was doing well at the beginning of the academic year in Indiana, where schools typically start sooner than much of the rest of the Midwest. That changed, however, as more schools opened elsewhere.
"The supply is just not there to meet the demand," Stout said.
She said when anticipated foods can't be acquired, menus have to be modified, sometimes on the same day as the meals.
Stout added that a plastic bottle shortage is resulting in less sports drinks and soda as well.
A lack of labor throughout the various facets of food production and distribution can lead to the kinds of shortages schools are experiencing, she said.
"If a piece of equipment in the manufacturing process happens to break down, and they can't source the technician to fix the machine or parts, then production is put at a halt or minimum output at that point," she added.
The food shortages started during the 2020-21 school year and have worsened ever since.
"We were struggling a little bit last year, but by no means was it this difficult," Stout said. "Thankfully, we have good partnerships with our vendors, and they let us know ahead of time when products are delayed or halted."

Holt Public Schools limits lunch options due to nationwide food shortage
"In a typical order that may have, let's say, 100 cases, we're now seeing were up to 40 or 50 cases are not coming on the trucks now," he said.
The shortage isn't limited to food. Cutlery and trays are being added to the list. Robertson tells me the school is working on finding a new supplier and adapting the menu.
"Instead of serving a hot steamed vegetable, we're trying to move more towards a raw veggie. So like a celery stick that you just need a hand for," Robertson said.

West Michigan schools face food supply shortage, impacting lunches
Battle Creek Public Schools in Calhoun County and Mattawan Consolidated Schools in Van Buren and Kalamazoo County both announced that a food distribution shortage is causing difficulties for food service teams and impacting school breakfast and lunch.... All households eligible for SNAP receive an increase of at least $95 monthly, even if they are already receiving the maximum payment or are close to that amount.
Northwest Ohio schools making quick adjustments to lunch in the face of food shortages caused by COVID-19
Three northwest Ohio school districts reported food shortages Wednesday,  with leaders stuck making quick changes to their lunch menus.
Sylvania Schools, Tiffin City Schools and Woodmore Local Schools have had to make adjustments as certain food items just aren't available.
However, these three districts aren't alone; school leaders said other districts in the region and across the country are facing similar problems.
"Overall, it's probably the hardest in 31 years in food service that I've ever seen being able to get supplies and food," Sylvania Schools Director of Child Nutrition Ray Holston said.

Green County schools dealing with food shortage
But feeding school-aged children is getting harder in Green Country.
Pearson said, "The manufacturers are choosing to pull the lines that are maybe not making as much money and continue processing those that are."
Meaning the majority of product is being sent to restaurants and grocery stores before making its way into the school system.
"We're struggling getting products in that meet requirements because we are mandated by USDA," Pearson said.
Now Pearson said her staff is having to come up with different ways to feed children while staying within regulations.
Pearson said her staff has even baked bread from scratch, to make sure it was a menu item.
The problem is not limited to Sand Springs schools.
"It's not only just the district, it's nationwide," Pearson said.
Tulsa Public Schools said they are "seeing shortages of food and paper goods."

Food shortages, supply chain delays put strain on school menus
At the St. Paul Public Schools district services center, staff members are tasting and learning to make some of the new student food options this school year.
In St. Paul, many meals offer chicken as a source of protein, but chicken is in short supply right now, along with many other menu necessities.
"We're talking about staple ingredients: flour, wheat, soy, beans, corn," Nutrition Services Director Stacy Koppen said.
"There are more shortages than there are guarantees," she added.
Koppen said food orders normally placed four weeks in advance are going out eight or 12 weeks early with the hope of securing volume, but there are no guarantees.  
Normally the district orders and uses 300 cases of egg patties a month for breakfasts, but yesterday, Koppen says, they only got 38 cases in their delivery.
"Yesterday we had six trucks scheduled for delivery here and only one showed up, so we are working to reschedule things like that," she added.
This district is not alone. Koppen says every district is dealing with shortages and delays on some level.

Gulf Shores city schools impacted by pandemic fueled national food shortage
COVID-19's impact on the national supply chain is affecting food availability for schools on the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The Gulf Shores City School System has been dealing with food shortages since the pandemic began in 2020, but officials said it's gotten much worse, often leaving child nutritionists scrambling to find replacement lunch items.
Tanya Hill, Child Nutrition Coordinator for Gulf Shores City Schools, said the food shortage has forced them to reach out to multiple vendors, shop local grocery stores, and even cook meals themselves.
"We've learned how to adapt on the fly, and just move one day at a time. We can't plan weeks at a time anymore," said Hill, "Chicken is hard to get. Chicken tenders aren't coming this week, French toast is not coming, and tater tots are not coming."
Hill said those items are just a few of the foods being impacted by the pandemic fueled national supply shortage.
"Usually, all the shelves are full. We typically have canned goods stacked up pretty high to the ceiling," Hill added.
Hill said instead of relying on one vendor, she now shops between 4, and must have orders in 1 to 2 weeks ahead of time.
According to Hill, she doesn't know what's available until the day before they arrive.
"Our truck arrives on Wednesday. So, Tuesday morning I get an email that says these are the things that are not coming for each one of our schools. I have to sit down, and within a 3-hour span, find out how to fix those shortages," said Hill.
Hill said that means either finding last minute substitutions, shopping local grocery stores - which are also dealing with supply problems - or preparing food themselves.

A large part of it is also going to be where you are along the logistics paths. If you are close enough to a hub, you won't see problems very often.

Crypto has a few things going for it’s survival
One is that btc is alternative currency for the dark web.

This is the GD (and world) way.

Saw this thread and had food prices come up in conversations with 2 of my friends so I did a drive by through the grocery store last night. I can still get all cuts of pork, chicken, and beef that are normally available. There was also some lamb chops. Tomahawk ribeyes, Porterhouse steaks, packer brisket, all available but like OP said, beef is expensive. There were bone in chicken breast for $.99 a pound and whole pork shoulder was going for $1.38 per pound. This is 20 miles south of KC.

Was in a grocery store in Denver 2 weeks ago and the lunch meat, bread, and soda isles were cleaned out. United Soopers on Tower Rd. Also, new parts of Denver around Tower Rd look kinda like the hood.

If you haven't already learned what stores have sales on certain things and different price points for different foods, you had better start learning. If it isn't on sale, I don't buy anything outside of things like milk which I can get for $3 a gallon every day if it's not on sale. [never buy wally world milk, it will go bad twice as fast as other places]

Ribeyes were $6.79 lb this week so didn't buy any, they will go on sale again and I have 30-40 lbs already. Burger WAS on sale for $2.99 lb so I bought 15 lbs of it and packaged it in 1 lb freezer bags. Applewood smoked bacon was $3.99 for 24 oz thick sliced, not too bad for right now. I bought another couple of packages and stashed them. Chunky soup [I just toss in some frozen vegges into it for a quick meal] was $1.25 a can, just about 50% off. I'd rather make my own stew but it's pretty expensive to make and I freeze a lot when I make it and I don't have the room in the deep freeze right now anyways. FWIW, canned soup can be a pretty decent SHTF addition because you can toss a handful of rice and extra water into it and made a pretty easy to heat reasonably nutritious meal with the addition of the rice that is pretty tasty and far cheaper then freeze dried foods.

I agree it has some things going for it. I have made money off of it.

We have to live in two worlds right now if we are smart. The things you can hold and have value like food, tools, and especially land. Then there are the things that seemingly run our societies that are based on jack shit and are simply there because we have no idea what to do otherwise.

And believe me when I say I think the dollar is just as much smoke and mirrors. But when I go on vacation next month that is what I will be using. A piece of paper the government can and does print whenever it feels like it.

Honestly I am starting to have moments where I think about the odds of me living in this moment, watching it happen in real time. It’s almost surreal.

Looking at it through my narrow perspective of a machine shop.  Our 3 biggest customers build packaging/labeling machines for food, pharmaceuticals, and ammunition amongst others.  But those three are their main areas.
We are dead in the water all of the sudden.  Had a big surge at the beginning of August but then hardly anything since.

Don't know if that means anything but we've been fairly busy throughout all of this with some minor ups and downs but nothing like this.

Name some things that DON'T freeze dry well. I am thinking of getting one.

I use at least 100 lbs of salt a year on my handicrap ramp

Goose IPA is up 1 dollar per 15 pack around here.
Boneless chicken titty is still 1.99 a pound most of the time. Pork is still normal unless it's bacon.
Beef has gone full fucking retard though.

99% of my meat intake is venison.

We have raised cattle my whole life. We have about 400 pairs and I'll tell you that the cattle prices aren't as high as they were in 2015 but they are trending back up. But the ranchers aren't making that money.

I’ve been noticing prices ticking up. Still having some shortages as well.

Earlier this year it was mentioned coffee will climb in price due to a big freeze in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s now showing up as I am restocking again.

This.

How much housing, benefits, and food do 50 million illegals suck up each year ?

Never been a better time to go vegan.

In other news, price of elk meat remains stable.

Shit, that is the most expensive meat!

I’m definately focusing more on food right now, I’m basically living in a combination mini Walmart / armory.

For the first time in my adult life, the price of boneless chicken breasts at Walmart increased from 1.99 to 2.10.

I haven't eaten beef to any extent for nearly thirty years. It's venison only. In fact, will have venison steak today for lunch.

That said, I probably only eat red meat once or twice a week at most; usually it's an ingredient, not the entree.

That's how I was brought up, we ate venison pretty much exclusively all year long, hunting season was a big deal, we processed a shit load of deer, one year we did 300 lbs of burger.

Once I was out of the house and could buy my own food, I discovered what I had been missing out on.

Venison is good and all, but nice fatty beef can't be beat for flavor.

I don't think I've shot a deer in 5 or more years.

This false. There is much less waste on a hog than there is on a steer.  I have 12 pigs going to the butcher next Tuesday and 4 steers.

China supplies virtually ALL the precursors for most major pharmaceuticals

Sometimes I get Choice Angus ribeyes from WalMart, not sure of the timelines though.. All these changes in maybe 6 months ?

$8.97 a lb for the longest time.

$12.97 maybe 3 months ago.

$22.97 about a month ago.

Costco still has same prices as of last week.

$13.99 a lb for sliced ribeye or roast.

$19.99 for Costco's version of "Prime" grade ribeye.

I think the only reason WalMart is so expensive a sizable portion of their customers are using taxpayer dollars and pay no attention to price. I think WalMart has to be right up there in terms of buying power with Costco.