Grocery Prices Are Out Of Control

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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.

I’m well aware they are not the same. But people who look at the $0.50-0.99 difference while slipping $10.000+ on game tickets to see everything on a screen is ridiculous.

Despite claiming you’re aware they’re not the same, you clearly aren’t aware that they’re not the same.

I bought a house this year - does that mean I can’t complain about gas prices?

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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.

That PP did not specify that they were talking about a pound of coffee. We buy coffee at Costco and it literally went from 10 to 22 (now back down to 21) when the tarriffs hit. The issue is not harvesting conditions. It's tarriffs, which were a choice not a need.

Seems like the problem is you not being a smart shopper. If my coffee went up $2 a bag while yours doubled, it's your issue, not mine. But you illustrated a problem with anecdotal posts. No proof. Maybe we shouldn't take anything seriously without links or screenshots of prices alongside proof of year.

I totally agree with inflationary spikes in food prices but hyperbole is something else.

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

Lol, the 2026 version of the Reagan-era welfare queens!

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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.

That PP did not specify that they were talking about a pound of coffee. We buy coffee at Costco and it literally went from 10 to 22 (now back down to 21) when the tarriffs hit. The issue is not harvesting conditions. It's tarriffs, which were a choice not a need.

Seems like the problem is you not being a smart shopper. If my coffee went up $2 a bag while yours doubled, it's your issue, not mine. But you illustrated a problem with anecdotal posts. No proof. Maybe we shouldn't take anything seriously without links or screenshots of prices alongside proof of year.

I totally agree with inflationary spikes in food prices but hyperbole is something else.

Wait, the PP and I provided "anecdotes" with no proof but you say "nuh unh" and you're some kind of authority? Simple enough: you are lying. Coffee went up 31% in a year. If you're drinking chicory, just say that.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/u-s-coffee-prices-are-surging-at-a-record-pace

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Costcos coffee did not double. That is a lie.

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Anonymous wrote:Costcos coffee did not double. That is a lie.

There are so many lies on this thread and clearly OP is a sock puppet it's best to abandon this thread in place at this point.

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

You’re becoming a broken record and WTH is slipping?

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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.

That PP did not specify that they were talking about a pound of coffee. We buy coffee at Costco and it literally went from 10 to 22 (now back down to 21) when the tarriffs hit. The issue is not harvesting conditions. It's tarriffs, which were a choice not a need.

Seems like the problem is you not being a smart shopper. If my coffee went up $2 a bag while yours doubled, it's your issue, not mine. But you illustrated a problem with anecdotal posts. No proof. Maybe we shouldn't take anything seriously without links or screenshots of prices alongside proof of year.

I totally agree with inflationary spikes in food prices but hyperbole is something else.

You have illustrated a problem with the educational system in this country. And American exceptionalism.

Honestly, you don’t even understand the very basics of the conversation you have waded into, and yet you are arrogant, condescending, and confidently incorrect in your conclusions.

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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.

That PP did not specify that they were talking about a pound of coffee. We buy coffee at Costco and it literally went from 10 to 22 (now back down to 21) when the tarriffs hit. The issue is not harvesting conditions. It's tarriffs, which were a choice not a need.

Seems like the problem is you not being a smart shopper. If my coffee went up $2 a bag while yours doubled, it's your issue, not mine. But you illustrated a problem with anecdotal posts. No proof. Maybe we shouldn't take anything seriously without links or screenshots of prices alongside proof of year.

I totally agree with inflationary spikes in food prices but hyperbole is something else.

Wait, the PP and I provided "anecdotes" with no proof but you say "nuh unh" and you're some kind of authority? Simple enough: you are lying. Coffee went up 31% in a year. If you're drinking chicory, just say that.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/u-s-coffee-prices-are-surging-at-a-record-pace

Your link says coffee went up 31% on average. I posted saying coffee beans at MOMs went from $8.99 to $10.99, which is a 22.5% increase. The PP (you?) claimed her coffee at Costco doubled from $10 to $21, which is more than a 100% increase. 100% is not 31%. At least my example is closer to your link. I guess MOMs is doing something clever with their coffee orders.

There's inflation, which no one is disagreeing, and there's clearly hyperbole, or at best, self selective extreme exceptions.

I can tell you and the last post (same person) are clearly very upset. Suggest you learn to cook and shop smarter. Which is what people do when prices increase. Good luck.

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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.

That PP did not specify that they were talking about a pound of coffee. We buy coffee at Costco and it literally went from 10 to 22 (now back down to 21) when the tarriffs hit. The issue is not harvesting conditions. It's tarriffs, which were a choice not a need.

Seems like the problem is you not being a smart shopper. If my coffee went up $2 a bag while yours doubled, it's your issue, not mine. But you illustrated a problem with anecdotal posts. No proof. Maybe we shouldn't take anything seriously without links or screenshots of prices alongside proof of year.

I totally agree with inflationary spikes in food prices but hyperbole is something else.

Wait, the PP and I provided "anecdotes" with no proof but you say "nuh unh" and you're some kind of authority? Simple enough: you are lying. Coffee went up 31% in a year. If you're drinking chicory, just say that.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/u-s-coffee-prices-are-surging-at-a-record-pace

Your link says coffee went up 31% on average. I posted saying coffee beans at MOMs went from $8.99 to $10.99, which is a 22.5% increase. The PP (you?) claimed her coffee at Costco doubled from $10 to $21, which is more than a 100% increase. 100% is not 31%. At least my example is closer to your link. I guess MOMs is doing something clever with their coffee orders.

There's inflation, which no one is disagreeing, and there's clearly hyperbole, or at best, self selective extreme exceptions.

I can tell you and the last post (same person) are clearly very upset. Suggest you learn to cook and shop smarter. Which is what people do when prices increase. Good luck.

What are you gaining from arguing with your fellow plebes? Hoping Elon will inseminate you when he learns what a smart little shopper you are?

[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.

That PP did not specify that they were talking about a pound of coffee. We buy coffee at Costco and it literally went from 10 to 22 (now back down to 21) when the tarriffs hit. The issue is not harvesting conditions. It's tarriffs, which were a choice not a need.

Seems like the problem is you not being a smart shopper. If my coffee went up $2 a bag while yours doubled, it's your issue, not mine. But you illustrated a problem with anecdotal posts. No proof. Maybe we shouldn't take anything seriously without links or screenshots of prices alongside proof of year.

I totally agree with inflationary spikes in food prices but hyperbole is something else.

Wait, the PP and I provided "anecdotes" with no proof but you say "nuh unh" and you're some kind of authority? Simple enough: you are lying. Coffee went up 31% in a year. If you're drinking chicory, just say that.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/u-s-coffee-prices-are-surging-at-a-record-pace

Your link says coffee went up 31% on average. I posted saying coffee beans at MOMs went from $8.99 to $10.99, which is a 22.5% increase. The PP (you?) claimed her coffee at Costco doubled from $10 to $21, which is more than a 100% increase. 100% is not 31%. At least my example is closer to your link. I guess MOMs is doing something clever with their coffee orders.

There's inflation, which no one is disagreeing, and there's clearly hyperbole, or at best, self selective extreme exceptions.

I can tell you and the last post (same person) are clearly very upset. Suggest you learn to cook and shop smarter. Which is what people do when prices increase. Good luck.

NP - on average is how these things work. And how they are reported. A "market basket" of goods. An index.
On the micro scale, people who don't really watch their pennies are buying what they "always" buy and wow it was 200 and now it's 250. That's still valid. People will refuse to pay a certain price for something and find substitutions or go without. So their bill will end up about the same but they don't have the same purchasing power. That's also valid.

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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.

That PP did not specify that they were talking about a pound of coffee. We buy coffee at Costco and it literally went from 10 to 22 (now back down to 21) when the tarriffs hit. The issue is not harvesting conditions. It's tarriffs, which were a choice not a need.

Seems like the problem is you not being a smart shopper. If my coffee went up $2 a bag while yours doubled, it's your issue, not mine. But you illustrated a problem with anecdotal posts. No proof. Maybe we shouldn't take anything seriously without links or screenshots of prices alongside proof of year.

I totally agree with inflationary spikes in food prices but hyperbole is something else.

Wait, the PP and I provided "anecdotes" with no proof but you say "nuh unh" and you're some kind of authority? Simple enough: you are lying. Coffee went up 31% in a year. If you're drinking chicory, just say that.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/u-s-coffee-prices-are-surging-at-a-record-pace

Your link says coffee went up 31% on average. I posted saying coffee beans at MOMs went from $8.99 to $10.99, which is a 22.5% increase. The PP (you?) claimed her coffee at Costco doubled from $10 to $21, which is more than a 100% increase. 100% is not 31%. At least my example is closer to your link. I guess MOMs is doing something clever with their coffee orders.

There's inflation, which no one is disagreeing, and there's clearly hyperbole, or at best, self selective extreme exceptions.

I can tell you and the last post (same person) are clearly very upset. Suggest you learn to cook and shop smarter. Which is what people do when prices increase. Good luck.

What are you gaining from arguing with your fellow plebes? Hoping Elon will inseminate you when he learns what a smart little shopper you are?

[Anonymous]

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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.

I’m well aware they are not the same. But people who look at the $0.50-0.99 difference while slipping $10.000+ on game tickets to see everything on a screen is ridiculous.

Despite claiming you’re aware they’re not the same, you clearly aren’t aware that they’re not the same.

I bought a house this year - does that mean I can’t complain about gas prices?

Big difference if you bought a $400-500K house vs. $1-3 million dollar house.

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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.

That PP did not specify that they were talking about a pound of coffee. We buy coffee at Costco and it literally went from 10 to 22 (now back down to 21) when the tarriffs hit. The issue is not harvesting conditions. It's tarriffs, which were a choice not a need.

Seems like the problem is you not being a smart shopper. If my coffee went up $2 a bag while yours doubled, it's your issue, not mine. But you illustrated a problem with anecdotal posts. No proof. Maybe we shouldn't take anything seriously without links or screenshots of prices alongside proof of year.

I totally agree with inflationary spikes in food prices but hyperbole is something else.

Wait, the PP and I provided "anecdotes" with no proof but you say "nuh unh" and you're some kind of authority? Simple enough: you are lying. Coffee went up 31% in a year. If you're drinking chicory, just say that.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/u-s-coffee-prices-are-surging-at-a-record-pace

Your link says coffee went up 31% on average. I posted saying coffee beans at MOMs went from $8.99 to $10.99, which is a 22.5% increase. The PP (you?) claimed her coffee at Costco doubled from $10 to $21, which is more than a 100% increase. 100% is not 31%. At least my example is closer to your link. I guess MOMs is doing something clever with their coffee orders.

There's inflation, which no one is disagreeing, and there's clearly hyperbole, or at best, self selective extreme exceptions.

I can tell you and the last post (same person) are clearly very upset. Suggest you learn to cook and shop smarter. Which is what people do when prices increase. Good luck.

NP - on average is how these things work. And how they are reported. A "market basket" of goods. An index.
On the micro scale, people who don't really watch their pennies are buying what they "always" buy and wow it was 200 and now it's 250. That's still valid. People will refuse to pay a certain price for something and find substitutions or go without. So their bill will end up about the same but they don't have the same purchasing power. That's also valid.

Some things that people are skipping just because they are outrageous:

Chips - Lays admitted that they are pricing their customers out of their brand chips.
Concert tickets - of course
Fast food - when your fast food comes up to $80, people are opting for fast casual sit down restaurants instead to feel like they are getting some value. These restaurants are reporting better times vs. fast food.