Grocery Prices Are Out Of Control

[Anonymous]

Safeway and Giant are too expensive! They are the whole foods prices of the 00’s

[Anonymous]

Maybe Trump's ICE escalation has resulted in increased labor costs -- like farmers paying more than illegal-below-minimum-wage payments to vulnerable workers -- for things like your radishes?

The economic impact of ICE has actually had a negative effect on American workers, and has not increased wages at all. It has just depressed an entire sector. It also has been shown to harm local economies more broadly. Finally, the Trump administration's Dept of Labor actually slashed guest worker wages significantly which temporarily helped farmers but definitely not workers.

So they are deporting people, but then instituting guest worker programs at a lower wage than before, which definitely does not increase wages for US born workers.

for an non partisan study of the impact of ICE on American worker jobs:
https://www.nber.org/papers/w35129

The cause of price hikes in this case are really tied to inflation, not increased wages (wages haven't kept pace with inflation) and inflation has spiked because of tariffs and the war with Iran and Hormuz. It is hard to see how this will resolve. Trump doesnt want to back off tariffs, and Iran now understands it has a much better bargaining position than it had previously thought and is arguably in a much stronger strategic position than before the war, with the expectation that they will either charge money or withhold access to Hormuz. This will have an ongoing impact on global shipping and, unfortunately, make it far more difficult to conduct oversight of their nuclear program (recall that Trump already tore up the nuclear agreement). At this point, it is likely that any agreement Iran negotiates to reopen Hormuz will still result in prices that were higher than before the war.

It will be interesting to see what Kevin Warsh, traditionally an inflation hawk, does with the April data. Evidently he is pinning his hopes on AI, suggesting it boost economic productivity and thus give the fed room to cut rates. I am not sure this is comforting to the average American, particularly in those sectors impacted by AI.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from my weekly grocery trip at the Giant in Potomac Yard. A bag of Stacy's pita chips was $11. Conventional Giant brand baby carrots were $3. Radishes were $3 a bunch. A case of garbage domestic lager (Coors, Miller) is THIRTY DOLLARS. I lived on $30 a week in college in the late 90s.

Two years ago, the chips were $6, and the carrots and radishes were routinely $0.99.

What the hell is actually going on? Where is the money going?

Things were not as cheap as you recall during the biden administration. In fact, the inflation 2 years ago was hortible and one of the reasons why trump was elected.

Inflation two years ago was below what it is now.

MAGA fkers don't let facts get in the way of a good story.

It's also called cherry picking.

2021 7.0
2022 9.1
2023 4.0
2024 3.0
2025 2.7
2026 3.8 (as of April)

I could claim 2025 was even lower and Trump did that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My parents drink soda so I try to get a 12 pack every time they visit. I was floored by the cost of Pepsi- $11! They clearly need to drink water.

Or soda water if they want bubbles. I get a 12 pack for $3-4 at Lidl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from my weekly grocery trip at the Giant in Potomac Yard. A bag of Stacy's pita chips was $11. Conventional Giant brand baby carrots were $3. Radishes were $3 a bunch. A case of garbage domestic lager (Coors, Miller) is THIRTY DOLLARS. I lived on $30 a week in college in the late 90s.

Two years ago, the chips were $6, and the carrots and radishes were routinely $0.99.

What the hell is actually going on? Where is the money going?

They're currently $3.70 on Amazon Fresh...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from my weekly grocery trip at the Giant in Potomac Yard. A bag of Stacy's pita chips was $11. Conventional Giant brand baby carrots were $3. Radishes were $3 a bunch. A case of garbage domestic lager (Coors, Miller) is THIRTY DOLLARS. I lived on $30 a week in college in the late 90s.

Two years ago, the chips were $6, and the carrots and radishes were routinely $0.99.

What the hell is actually going on? Where is the money going?

They're currently $3.70 on Amazon Fresh...

Thats the 7 ounce bag, dummy. OP is talking about the 16 ounce bag. So its the same cost per ounce.

What motivation do people have to claim OP is lying? We all see these prices and know hes telling the truth.

Weird. Must be TDS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BS op:

Call it deflation grocery stores are lowing prices:

https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/lifestyle/kroger-slashes-prices-on-thousands-of-items/

Uh? Delusional MAGA poster? You posted an article that literally proves Americans are struggling with inflation. Here’s the first paragraph:

“One of the country’s largest grocers, Kroger, is slashing prices to lure inflation-ravaged customers from Walmart, Costco and other high-value grocery giants.

CEO Greg Foran hopes these proposed price cuts will help give value-conscious customers reeling from surging gas prices, economic uncertainty, and other effects of inflation a bit of a breather when making their weekly grocery run.

[Anonymous]

I was stunned too by grocery prices and literally didn’t buy some things bc of prices. And we have a very high income. So if it is making me freak out why is the rest of the country not??? I just don’t get it.

[Anonymous]

So many lies here. Big bag is $10 not $11 rounded and op can't even do basic math for $8.98 two smaller bags they can get more for their money. Just a stupid post all the way around. Lame.

[Anonymous]

Deli roast beef was $19.50 a pound the other day. A small hox of wheat thins was 4.50.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from my weekly grocery trip at the Giant in Potomac Yard. A bag of Stacy's pita chips was $11. Conventional Giant brand baby carrots were $3. Radishes were $3 a bunch. A case of garbage domestic lager (Coors, Miller) is THIRTY DOLLARS. I lived on $30 a week in college in the late 90s.

Two years ago, the chips were $6, and the carrots and radishes were routinely $0.99.

What the hell is actually going on? Where is the money going?

Things were not as cheap as you recall during the biden administration. In fact, the inflation 2 years ago was hortible and one of the reasons why trump was elected.

Inflation two years ago was below what it is now.

MAGA fkers don't let facts get in the way of a good story.

It's also called cherry picking.

2021 7.0
2022 9.1
2023 4.0
2024 3.0
2025 2.7
2026 3.8 (as of April)

I could claim 2025 was even lower and Trump did that.

I “cherry-picked” the very year that the PP mentioned, was that bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, you can shop at Walmart instead but I think the broader message is that many people who rarely closely did comparison pricing are now having to change their behavior. I never thought of Giant as high-end grocery shopping but prices there are now literally insane, particularly for snack prices. We also have teenagers in the house and things like chips, snack foods, drinks are really crazy with high prices and less volume in each container. We are lucky to be able to absorb the prices but I have many family members who have had to radically change their grocery shopping behavior.

[Anonymous]

Grow your veggies

[Anonymous]

Stacy’s Pita Chips have always been way over-priced

[Anonymous]

Yes a lot of things are so ludicrously priced I just no longer buy them. A box of entenmann’s donuts at Harris Teeter was $8. At a certain point you can’t justify spending $8-$10 an item on nutritionally void things like donuts or pita chips.

I did try Aldi for awhile but in all honesty some of the swaps are not worth it. The coffee was terrible and not strong enough, I felt like I was brewing tree bark. The cheese tastes like nothing. I’d buy blocks of cheddar to shred for things like tacos and chili and the cheddar had zero flavor, it was just like rubber. So unfortunately even though it’s less expensive it’s still sometimes not the better option. I will say things like chips and crackers and chocolate are worth getting there though.