Do food prices seem even higher than usual?

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Anonymous wrote:Of course, OP, where have you been? Everyone knows that food inflation is out of control. You're just realizing this?

This so, so much. Not sure what planet OP was living here on.

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What we saw before was inflation at the consumer level from transport. The producer level inflation had not kicked in yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course, OP, where have you been? Everyone knows that food inflation is out of control. You're just realizing this?

This so, so much. Not sure what planet OP was living here on.

I think the OP meant higher than last month or two. Hence the word “even”. OP knows about food inflation.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes! At my Stop and Shop (Giant) the cheapest eggs are 4.99 and 2lbs of generic old fashioned oats were almost 8.00! I usually shop at a discount grocery and prices are up significantly. For me as a budget shopper two other problems are price chaos (for example an 18 count of eggs has been significantly more per unit than a dozen-that's just weird) and lack of sales-I've counted on the sale cycle since I started buying my own groceries 30 years ago but certain staples (butter) are just not going on sale.

Yeah. Eggs are up again and there isnt a shortage. Ive been getting lucky at costco. They have had $1.99 a dozen for medium sized ones sometimes.

The avian flu outbreak has affected egg prices.

https://www.fooddive.com/news/eggs-turkey-prices-increase-price-hpai-outbreak-bird-flu-poultry-disease/631345/

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The fed keeps raising interest rates and the corporations keep raising prices to match. See the windfall profits by gasoline companies last week. What we need is a windfall tax on those companies, so they stop sticking it to us!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, OP, where have you been? Everyone knows that food inflation is out of control. You're just realizing this?

This so, so much. Not sure what planet OP was living here on.

I think the OP meant higher than last month or two. Hence the word “even”. OP knows about food inflation.

Yes, I actually meant in the last two weeks!

Maybe prices hit my “shock” threshold. Of course I’ve been aware food prices have been rising, that’s why I said I might have to go back to using my price book to keep better track of what the current best price for certain foods are, it’s hard to know when to buy a food and went to pass on it as overpriced because my usual standards just aren’t appropriate anymore.

For example I really try to keep produce to about $1.99/pound. There’s been fewer and fewer things I can buy at that price point lately.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course, OP, where have you been? Everyone knows that food inflation is out of control. You're just realizing this?

I’m not just realizing this but am asking is it even higher than usual, like, this week?

Produce in particular…

Talk to the seven dollar box of strawberries in my fridge, LOL

ITS NOVEMBER.

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We have a long way to go until groceries impact household budgets. It’s been dropping for decades, it’s just more visible because you look at the prices every week

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It's just part of the midterm campaign. Things will calm down in a couple of months.

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I've noticed for my family of four but we've been able to manage it.

Where I've really really noticed was with the non-profit I volunteer with a couple of times a year. We put on an event this past weekend and had a normal, non-inflation adjusted budget for the food portion. We went over budget by one thousand dollars. One.thousand.dollars. And, we didn't spend extravagantly. We even bought less than previous events.

The non-profit anticipated that we would go over budget so it was fine on that end but I didn't expect it to be so high.

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Anonymous wrote:Finding a small packet of almond flour at $15 is scary. This is just one example of my recent shopping experience around Whole Foods.
I thank Costco for carrying a certified gluten-free pizza, organic cacao powder and good olive oil.

Fairfax Costco carries a bigger package of almond flour for $12.

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We have a long way to go until groceries impact household budgets. It’s been dropping for decades, it’s just more visible because you look at the prices every week

Can they update that graph to reflect November 2022 though?

I believe -- no, I know for certain -- that the cost of food has risen in the past year compared with 2019.

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Also - how is disposable personal income defined? Just curious.

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Yes. I have a feeling stores are exaggerating. Like two very small servings of salmon in Whole Foods: $15.

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Goldfields crackers doubled. That one surprised me.