Grocery Prices Are Out Of Control

[Anonymous]

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

Yep - about 5 years ago I noticed Stacy's was double the cost of other chips, so I took that brand off my list.

[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?

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

I know math is hard for you since you're a moron, but the 16 oz bag is $7.99 on Amazon Fresh. $11 for 16 oz is $0.69 per ounce. $3.70 for 7 oz is $0.53 per ounce. So yeah, not the same. Dummy.

[Anonymous]

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

We stopped eating deli meat a decade ago, but I was craving a roast beef sandwich and almost added it to my shopping list last week. I never really look at prices when grocery shopping, but I would have been floored if I saw $19.50 a pound?!?! I would have laughed and walked away without it.

[Anonymous]

Trump promised to cut food prices on day ONE if elected. He lied. We're scre2ed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump promised to cut food prices on day ONE if elected. He lied. We're scre2ed.

He lies 24x7.

Imagine being the idiot who believed him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I tried Aldi and feel the same way. I also can't get everything i need there so if I shop at Aldi then I also have to go to another store or two to pick up the rest. Just not worth it.

[Anonymous]

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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.

According to the Consumer Reports, "And across the board, food prices rose 25.5 percent between December 2020 and December 2024" which means most of the inflation happened under the prior administration.

Anyway, it's an intriguing but flawed report. I shop at both Whole Foods and Wegmans and for the same basket, same brand, they are the same price, so not sure how one can be significantly higher than the other. Also agree with the pushback from Whole Foods that this survey isn't looking at quality.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

According to the Consumer Reports, "And across the board, food prices rose 25.5 percent between December 2020 and December 2024" which means most of the inflation happened under the prior administration.

Anyway, it's an intriguing but flawed report. I shop at both Whole Foods and Wegmans and for the same basket, same brand, they are the same price, so not sure how one can be significantly higher than the other. Also agree with the pushback from Whole Foods that this survey isn't looking at quality.

Quality is pretty nebulous when it comes to prepackaged food. And please don't tell about how organic strawberries are better since they are grown in the same field as inorganic strawberries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

According to the Consumer Reports, "And across the board, food prices rose 25.5 percent between December 2020 and December 2024" which means most of the inflation happened under the prior administration.

Anyway, it's an intriguing but flawed report. I shop at both Whole Foods and Wegmans and for the same basket, same brand, they are the same price, so not sure how one can be significantly higher than the other. Also agree with the pushback from Whole Foods that this survey isn't looking at quality.

Quality is pretty nebulous when it comes to prepackaged food. And please don't tell about how organic strawberries are better since they are grown in the same field as inorganic strawberries.

There's definitely quality difference in produce and dairy and meat and even packaged goods. You'd be a fool to pretend otherwise. A block of artisanal English cheddar isn't the same as a block of orange cheddar from Wisconsin. Produce heavily vary based on flavor and condition. I'd agree we can overthink it but it's not nothing either. And even at Whole Foods, you don't have to buy the organic version. Most of my produce from Whole Foods isn't actually organic when I think about it.

[Anonymous]

So what should we be stocking up on when $hit really hits the fan end of summer & into fall

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what should we be stocking up on when $hit really hits the fan end of summer & into fall

why? personally we are doing fine. NW has grown 1 mil+ this year already and paying a few $ more on grocery wouldn't bother us. life is good still

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So what should we be stocking up on when $hit really hits the fan end of summer & into fall

why? personally we are doing fine. NW has grown 1 mil+ this year already and paying a few $ more on grocery wouldn't bother us. life is good still

Convert that wealth to gold so that you will be able to pay the zombies to go around your house.

[Anonymous]

Junk food is a very special treat for us now. Maybe once every few months we will buy chips when they are on sale. Just not worth it anymore, and I need to spend that money on real food anyhow.

Treats are pretty much off the table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

According to the Consumer Reports, "And across the board, food prices rose 25.5 percent between December 2020 and December 2024" which means most of the inflation happened under the prior administration.

Anyway, it's an intriguing but flawed report. I shop at both Whole Foods and Wegmans and for the same basket, same brand, they are the same price, so not sure how one can be significantly higher than the other. Also agree with the pushback from Whole Foods that this survey isn't looking at quality.

Our coffee went from $10 to $21 and my tea bags are up $2 for 12 bags since the tariffs hit. It is recent price hikes not from 2020. This is worst than the 1970s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Coors seems optional.

Same with the chips. But life is for living. If you want to live on vitamins, apples and rice, be my guest.

The point is not that these things are necessities. The point is that price gouging is likely afoot. Yes, conditions have changed but it appears that companies seize on these conditions to raise prices, which never seem to com down again