Grocery Prices Are Out Of Control

[Anonymous]

Nice try for the gaslighters. The topic of rising grocery prices has been reported and commented on in several places. Giant's prices are ridiculous for a middling grocery store; but if you live near the Potomac Yard Giant, as I do, the closure of Harris Teeter and Amazon Fresh leaves limited options. Amazon Fresh had great prices and since it closed I have been ordering groceries online and supplementing with Trader Joe's.

[Anonymous]

I think this whole thread is about nothing. OP should learn to shop better - look for sales, stock up on items when on sale, be more flexible with items you get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this whole thread is about nothing. OP should learn to shop better - look for sales, stock up on items when on sale, be more flexible with items you get.

Yeah, nothing to see here, folks. Just learn to buy less for more money. Trump is not worried about the financial burden of his corruption and needless wars on us, so why should I worry? If he says the problem doesn't exist, it must be so.

[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.

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.

Dude (or ma'am) I pay $10.99 a pound for coffee at MOMs. Has it gone up? Yeah, but it's nowhere near $21. It went up from $8.99. And coffee prices are always subject to harvesting conditons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this whole thread is about nothing. OP should learn to shop better - look for sales, stock up on items when on sale, be more flexible with items you get.

My husband was surprised that I walk around with prices in my head and that I won't overpay for yogurt or jam or lettuce at a certain store when I know the price is better at another store. Prices are on average better at Lidl so he goes shopping there without fear of overcharging. I keep an eye out for specials at other places. My receipts at Safeway average 45-55% savings because I never buy full priced items there

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Anonymous wrote:I think this whole thread is about nothing. OP should learn to shop better - look for sales, stock up on items when on sale, be more flexible with items you get.

My husband was surprised that I walk around with prices in my head and that I won't overpay for yogurt or jam or lettuce at a certain store when I know the price is better at another store. Prices are on average better at Lidl so he goes shopping there without fear of overcharging. I keep an eye out for specials at other places. My receipts at Safeway average 45-55% savings because I never buy full priced items there

Same. we don’t have any obscure speciality items that we buy so everything is common enough so that they are on sale at one of the chain grocery stores at any given time. I just base our meals around what’s on sale for the week. But realistically I have always done that-even though we have plenty of money and good jobs I hate waste and I hate spending money thoughtlessly. And I grew up in a house that was the same. I’m fine not buying stacey’s pita chips and only getting certain other snacks when on sale so that we can live an overall comfortable life and my kids can go to college debt free. If the worst thing they can say is they never got to have pita chips-that’s fine by me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this whole thread is about nothing. OP should learn to shop better - look for sales, stock up on items when on sale, be more flexible with items you get.

The thing is, you can do this and prices are still going up. We shop at Aldi, which is the cheapest store across the board but doesn't really run sales. Things are just getting more expensive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think this whole thread is about nothing. OP should learn to shop better - look for sales, stock up on items when on sale, be more flexible with items you get.

Yeah, nothing to see here, folks. Just learn to buy less for more money. Trump is not worried about the financial burden of his corruption and needless wars on us, so why should I worry? If he says the problem doesn't exist, it must be so.

Stephen Miller was just telling us how great things are - the paradise (his word) that Trump is building.

Repeat the lie often enough and people will believe it, especially if it's the only thing they hear.

[Anonymous]

Grow your veggies and eat for $29-30 (includes seeds, soil, and containers) during 3 months. Try it.

[Anonymous]

I know people who are concerned about grocery prices while slipping thousands into World Cup games.

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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.

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.

Where are you buying your coffee? I get craft roasted coffee shipped to me for $16.99/lb (Greenberys). Yes that’s expensive but it’s not mass produced coffee. Shop better

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grow your veggies and eat for $29-30 (includes seeds, soil, and containers) during 3 months. Try it.

I'm a bargain hunter, but the chipmunks eat mine. I'd have to build a lot of infrastructure to keep out the deer, rabbits and other critters.

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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.

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.

Dude (or ma'am) I pay $10.99 a pound for coffee at MOMs. Has it gone up? Yeah, but it's nowhere near $21. It went up from $8.99. And coffee prices are always subject to harvesting conditons.

Dumb@$$ - this thread is about RISING grocery prices. The price of PP’s coffee INCREASED. The price of YOUR coffee INCREASED.

WTF are you even arguing about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know people who are concerned about grocery prices while slipping thousands into World Cup games.

Right, because recurring, never-ending, essential goods like groceries are exactly the same as a one-time splurge on a sporting event.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I think this whole thread is about nothing. OP should learn to shop better - look for sales, stock up on items when on sale, be more flexible with items you get.

My husband was surprised that I walk around with prices in my head and that I won't overpay for yogurt or jam or lettuce at a certain store when I know the price is better at another store. Prices are on average better at Lidl so he goes shopping there without fear of overcharging. I keep an eye out for specials at other places. My receipts at Safeway average 45-55% savings because I never buy full priced items there

Same. we don’t have any obscure speciality items that we buy so everything is common enough so that they are on sale at one of the chain grocery stores at any given time. I just base our meals around what’s on sale for the week. But realistically I have always done that-even though we have plenty of money and good jobs I hate waste and I hate spending money thoughtlessly. And I grew up in a house that was the same. I’m fine not buying stacey’s pita chips and only getting certain other snacks when on sale so that we can live an overall comfortable life and my kids can go to college debt free. If the worst thing they can say is they never got to have pita chips-that’s fine by me.

That’s fantastic for both of you, really, here’s a gold star.

And grocery prices are STILL going up.