Anybody else feeling a pinch at the grocery store?
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Anonymous
| Trump promised to lower food prices on day one. Just another big lie. |
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Here is how we are managing to keep costs down -
1) Band with several families to get one Costco membership. Plan your shopping, buy in bulk and then divvy up all the stuff and costs etc, so that you do not have to pay retail prices for staples. 2) Check out store brands - Costco kirkland brands are basically top brands repackaged. 3) Buy vegetables and fruits from Asian grocery stores. 4) Do not buy pre-processed foods. They are usually marked way up. Instead of a packet of chips, pack a fruit in your kid's lunch boxes. 5) Learn to cook from scratch and teach the same to your kids. Expand your repertoire of recipes and cuisines to explore new ingredients that may be inexpensive compared to your regular fare. 6) Buy whole spices, rice, flours, lentils and beans from the Indian grocery stores in bulk 7) Make healthy, whole plant based, commercially unprocessed foods that costs less than animal based or processed foods. 8) no junk food. |
Anonymous
| Things are definitely more expensive. What’s helped in our house is meal planning so we’re not wasting anything and eating less meat. |
Anonymous
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I plan meals in advance, try to use meat sparingly, and shop the perimeter of the store. Lots of seasonal veg and fruit, very few packaged snack foods and convenience items.
If we have leftover X, the focus is on incorporating X into a new dish, not throwing it out. |
Anonymous
| We've been trying to make a detailed list of everything we need . Then we buy it online and pick it up at the store that way there's less random purchases . |
Anonymous
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We’ve been off meat mostly, due to Lent, so not feeling it yet. Beans help a lot! So cheap. Oranges, apples, potatoes and Brussels sprouts are all produced here so those are my go to fruits.
Stock up on vanilla extract now! It’s from Madagascar and now has a 46% tariff. Baking your own goods keeps the kids busy on a rainy day and it better for you. I invested in a giant bottle yesterday. |
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We do not eat a lot of meat or processed food and watch sales. We buy generic when we like it. I have noticed that our prices aren't off the rails but are certainly higher.
Here's what I got this week: - lots of fruits: raspberries ($2.50 each this week, blueberries, melon, limes, and we already have tons of apples at home. - lots of veggies: lettuce, pepper, cucumber, tomato, carrot, cauliflower, cilantro, onion, eggplant, avocado this week (we have lots of potatoes and celery at home, as well as frozen veggies) - store brand organic whole milk (just a half gallon is good for us) and store brand gallon of almond milk. We already have eggs. - lactose free ricotta (name brand), chobani yogurt, store brand butter, sour cream, three kinds of cheeses - store brand maple bacon, store brand chicken breasts - store brand beans, macaroni, lasagna noodles - name brand tortillas, enchilada sauce, chilis, jalapenos, and pickles. We keep an incredibly well stocked pantry so have lots at home (sauces, condiments, cans, etc... we have a whole cabinet lazy susan full of this). - baguette (2), store brand everything mini bagels - haggen Dazs x 2 (sale 2 for $7) - mornginstar burgers and buns - name brand shower cleaner I get a lot of drinks on Amazon or at Costco (protein shakes, gatorade, spindrift, seltzer, soda). We get paper towels, tp, and cleaning stuff at Target or Amazon. We get enough subscribe and save at Amazon that we get 15% off all of it. I do check the prices periodically. Pet food is expensive but we subscribe through Chewy. We save by not buying a lot of meat, prepared foods, or center of the store stuff. Everytime I go to the store and get prepared asian meals, toaster streudel, ground beef, oreos, chips, and sodas I spend easily 2x more. Sticking to the perimeter, buying store brand (easy with the perimeter), and having fewer conveinence foods has gotten our bill way down (we do this for health but works for $ too). |
Anonymous
Don’t worry. Democrats are on it Their plan is to import millions of low wage workers to inflation low. Catherine Rampell. WAPO’s favorite democrat and globalist. Dedicated to replacing US workers with cheaper labor. don't believe me? - read her articles … She wants to increase the overwhelming immigration of low wage workers - to reduce inflation by lowering wages of low wage workers. Increasing the supply of workers reduces wages. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/democrats-missing-real-immigration-threat-workers-economy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/immigration-inflation-worker-shortages-labor-costs/ Read the comments how the WAPO crowd love this |
Anonymous
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On Costco sharing, they’ve been checking IDs for not sharing.
BUT I think you can get 4 adults on the same membership…… (same household required?) Additionally, I think you can go with your friend and use gift cards or Venmo payment later to make it work. And if not, one idea is that one of you can shop and work on dividing up the items and cost. / settle over Venmo |
Anonymous
Uh oh You had better count in the Repubs They have all the reins now. We are seeing their plan in action |
Anonymous
Do you think Americans are going to pick fruits for below minimum wage? |
Anonymous
| Menu plan based on sales. Also, if you have an extra freezer stick based on sales. |
Anonymous
Oh and if you complain, you are weak And as the orange man said "ONLY THE WEAK WILL FAIL" |
Anonymous
Same. I am single and truly MC (a nurse) and inflation's impact on utilities, car/home insurance and grocery/pet supplies has been killing me for 3+ years. ie, cost increases outstrip any wage gains I've made in that period. |
Anonymous
| I don't think it's just trump prices have been getting out of hand for years . Every company just wants to make record profit . Look at what all these companies are doing smaller packages more price. |