Grocery Prices Are Out Of Control

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump! MAGAs must be so proud.

He ran on a campaign of lowering food costs and now…this. And yet we hear nothing but crickets from the magas

[Anonymous]

Coors seems optional.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

It’s the cost of the war- oil, aluminum, plastics, naphtha to make dyes- all shortages. Gas to transport the goods to the store. The actual items themselves, as well. Tariffs (an extra tax we paid) now the war.
Even if the peace agreement is signed today, it will take until November 2027 to get back to normal. You think prices will go down then? No, because now the producer knows you will pay that price. But, those profits will go to create more jobs, unlike now.

[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?

I just checked and both target and Amazon have the chips for $8. You need to check prices before you purchased items

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Vitamins are chemicals!

[Anonymous]

Groceries are up for sure, but they are a drop in the bucket compared to the increases we are paying in health insurance premiums/deductibles/copays, and homeowners and car insurance. All way more expensive and covering way less.

I don’t know why it isn’t being discussed more. It’s hitting me way harder than groceries.

[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?

I just checked and both target and Amazon have the chips for $8. You need to check prices before you purchased items

No one should be normalizing $8 chips. I think Lidl wins for the best prices. Aldi and Walmart tie for second.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Groceries are up for sure, but they are a drop in the bucket compared to the increases we are paying in health insurance premiums/deductibles/copays, and homeowners and car insurance. All way more expensive and covering way less.

I don’t know why it isn’t being discussed more. It’s hitting me way harder than groceries.

Stock market gain lessens the pain for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree. A few years ago we used to be a $300/week family and could do mostly organic for that, and now we’re at $450 for the same stuff.

Crackers (which I don’t really buy, but noticed) are $6/box. Bread is $8/loaf. Eggs are $12 for a dozen. We pay $8-$9 for half a gallon of organic milk.

Where are you seeing these prices????? I pay $4 a loaf for my fancy bread loaf and I bought 30 eggs for 3.99 today (regular price) and I typically buy the 18 pack from target for 2.50ish.

[Anonymous]

Paper is expensive for packaging. Eve try thing is a bout to get more expensive as oil and dowel for trucks and ships is going to be super pricey and we get everything shipped from farms and china to our stores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree. A few years ago we used to be a $300/week family and could do mostly organic for that, and now we’re at $450 for the same stuff.

Crackers (which I don’t really buy, but noticed) are $6/box. Bread is $8/loaf. Eggs are $12 for a dozen. We pay $8-$9 for half a gallon of organic milk.

Where are you shopping. I use Walmart delivery and it’s not close to that.

I haven’t seen eggs at $12 a dozen, anywhere-ever. Even when we were having that egg issue a few months ago. It’s hard to take you seriously when you are just flat out lying. And even at whole foods a half gallon of milk isn’t $8-9 for organic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree. A few years ago we used to be a $300/week family and could do mostly organic for that, and now we’re at $450 for the same stuff.

Crackers (which I don’t really buy, but noticed) are $6/box. Bread is $8/loaf. Eggs are $12 for a dozen. We pay $8-$9 for half a gallon of organic milk.

Where are you seeing these prices????? I pay $4 a loaf for my fancy bread loaf and I bought 30 eggs for 3.99 today (regular price) and I typically buy the 18 pack from target for 2.50ish.

Also curious to see where that poster is shopping. I paid almost $9 for a gallon for organic milk at Safeway. Not half gallon.

[Anonymous]

I pay $5.49 for a bag of the pita chips at Harris Teeeter. I just checked the app and that’s the current price. As a matter of fact, it shows they’re BOGO today so about $2.75. Did you buy the large 16oz bag instead of the typical size? Those are $9.99. I don’t buy things like this unless they’re on sale. Inflation is crazy so I now buy more generics and keep track of typical prices for foods I buy frequently. I have not found any one chain to have across the board cheaper prices. One store is cheaper on milk, another on eggs, another on produce. It’s a pain to chase the best prices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree. A few years ago we used to be a $300/week family and could do mostly organic for that, and now we’re at $450 for the same stuff.

Crackers (which I don’t really buy, but noticed) are $6/box. Bread is $8/loaf. Eggs are $12 for a dozen. We pay $8-$9 for half a gallon of organic milk.

Where are you seeing these prices????? I pay $4 a loaf for my fancy bread loaf and I bought 30 eggs for 3.99 today (regular price) and I typically buy the 18 pack from target for 2.50ish.

Also curious to see where that poster is shopping. I paid almost $9 for a gallon for organic milk at Safeway. Not half gallon.

Sounds right. Costco is $11.50-$12 for 1.5 gallons of organic milk.