I just spent $68 at Giant...
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Anonymous
| I find it less expensive to shop sales at Whole Foods and sales at Harris Teeter than to step foot in a Giant. |
Anonymous
| Giant is expensive and poor quality. |
Anonymous
| When you dump trillions of dollars into the economy . . . Ta da! This is literally Econ 101. |
Anonymous
Oh, I can definitely see it. I only like 1 type of blue cheese dressing. It's always been $3.99, even during the pandemic. I noticed last month that it jumped a dollar to $4.99. The entire pandemic (and prior) Harris Teeter had their iceberg lettuce for $0.99 per head and it's now $2.79 and a sale price is like $1.99 and they are tiny heads. I used to get my fat free milk for $1.79 and it's now $3.29 and I don't even buy organic milk. My weekly Costco haul always includes a pack of their raspberries (not organic) and they were always $4.99 and now they are $7.99 with organic being $9.99! A three dollar hike? Really? We always spent ~$220/week on groceries as a family of 5 and now we are up to close to $400 some weeks if we need staples. I've noticed our favorite local restaurants have all gotten new menus recently because their prices went up. We just at our favorite local BBQ joint tonight and for 5 meals it was $88 before tip. That's 2 pulled pork sandwiches w/ sides of cole slaw, smoked turkey plate w/ cole slaw & collards, a cobb salad, and a bbq chicken quesadilla. Their prices didn't raise until recently because we eat there a few times a month and our bill was never over $60-65. |
Anonymous
| I’d like you guys to go talk to the parents on the college forum who think thst you’re absolutely spoiling your college kid if you give them more than $200 a month to spend on food. |
Anonymous
NP and I think this was the lede that was buried. OP bought a fair amount of food. It wasn't just a handful of items. I get that OP must have bought a few fancier versions of things (bread, maybe blueberries, etc.) And I do think $5-10 of this is inflation or supply chain issues (read: reduced staffing d/t COVID). But this was actually... a fair amount of food. Yes, I also mostly shop Aldi/Lidl and could get these things for probably $40, and if I shop Giant, I mostly just pick up sale items. But it's not like OP only got enough food for last night's dinner and tomorrow's lunch, unless she has a family of 6 or more. |
Anonymous
I mean, I will say it's mostly dinner and lunch (for more than 4 people), but also breakfast plus another $10 worth of stuff. It's not outrageous to think groceries cost about $800-1000 a month for a family of 4 that is not on a tight budget, and this is consistent with that. |
Anonymous
| Family of 4 with 2 teens! Our groceries are $1200-$1500 a month (includes paper goods, like toilet paper and paper towels, as well as laundry detergent, aluminum foil, etc.). I limit myself to once a month at Costco, spending about $400 each time |
Anonymous
| Aldi is not immune. I did a top-up shop there last week that would have cost me $16 not six months ago. It was $25! Tomato paste has nearly tripled in price, eggs have doubled, snacks are mostly up 33%. |
Anonymous
We’ve been shopping at the DC Aldi for about 5 years now. The prices there have gone up quite a bit as well, but it’s still less expensive than Giant. |
Anonymous
| And a large roll of foil is now $12.99. I buy it less than once a year, but it was never close to that much. |
Anonymous
I agree with most of your post, but buying fruits and veggies at the farmers market is not less expensive than the grocery store. We often do it, but it is a splurge and we have to budget what we will spend more on at the market and what we will get at the store. |
Anonymous
| I suggest starting your own vegetable garden, even on your balcony. |
Anonymous
| Food lion on Rockville Pike in Moco. Worth the drive for price and quality |
Anonymous
365 brand has quietly turned into our family's go to brand |