I just spent $50 on one bag of groceries and toilet paper at giant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prepared foods are more expensive.

Ok, I get it, prepared foods right - BUT I used to go to Whole Foods and get chili and sandwich and sushi (for 2) for $15 for lunch for two. How can grocery store sushi be $9?? So now it’s cheaper to go to chipotle than the grocery store for lunch? And the tp price!! Come on.

You’re remembering incorrectly or remembering 15 years ago. Sushi (6 pieces) has been $7+ for a long time there.

[Anonymous]

I went to TJ yesterday and paid $80 or for two bags of groceries. Some of this included potted herbs, which increased the price by around $10.

That seemed a good deal to me.

OJ
Sweet potatoes
Apples
Oranges
Washed greens
Prepared chicken soup
Frozen pizza
4 herb plants
2 loaves bread
2 cans of $3 chili
Oatmeal
Other stuff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy! I’m kind of in shock.
Tp - $ 20
Sushi - $9
Chili - $6
Sandwich $7

I mean it’s restaurant prices from a few years ago. Am I crazy to be shocked by this?

Well you bought a bunch of prepared food and apparently a premium brand of TP.

[Anonymous]

Posters who post threads as stupid as this one should be banned from DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Prepared foods aren’t “groceries.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to TJ yesterday and paid $80 or for two bags of groceries. Some of this included potted herbs, which increased the price by around $10.

That seemed a good deal to me.

OJ
Sweet potatoes
Apples
Oranges
Washed greens
Prepared chicken soup
Frozen pizza
4 herb plants
2 loaves bread
2 cans of $3 chili
Oatmeal
Other stuff

It wasn't that long ago when it'd have been 40-50, not 80. That's inflation for you.

[Anonymous]

You're going to need that TP with all that other junk you bought!

[Anonymous]

You bought takeout and tp, not groceries OP.

You could still buy bread and sandwich fillings and have sandwiches for a week; add the rice and veg to make vegetarian sushi at home and it would be $50 for a week of lunches.

[Anonymous]

OP, is it possible that you are writing a thread about inflation at grocery stores without actually shopping at grocery stores? Or that you do not understand how quantities work?

Please show us the can of beans that was almost $4. What kind of beans are they? How large is the can? Is there anything special (seasonings, dietary restrictions that make production complicated, organic, etc.)?

The only way that you are spending $20 on toilet paper is if you are buying very fancy toilet paper or buying a lot of it. That is not a normal price for a normal quantity of normal quality TP.

Yes, it is true that things cost more and that is difficult. But this thread is like people talking about how they can barely make ends meet on $300k/year after maxing out all retirement and college funds, paying mortgage and tuition, and they have nothing left after all that. WAY tone deaf.

[Anonymous]

I bought a week’s worth of groceries for two people at Walmart the other day for $60. TP is expensive though. But you need to shop smarter. Prepared foods have never been cheap. I make everything I can from scratch. You can make a big batch of chili for under $10 if you shop it right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, it is true that things cost more and that is difficult. But this thread is like people talking about how they can barely make ends meet on $300k/year after maxing out all retirement and college funds, paying mortgage and tuition, and they have nothing left after all that. WAY tone deaf.

It’s true there isn’t much left after all that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um sushi has been $9 for a while. A $7 sandwich is normal. Tp depends o the size. You didn't get groceries, you got prepared food that was made at a grocery store.

This. Prepared foods will always cost more.

[Anonymous]

Bidens America

[Anonymous]

Sandwich? Ugh. Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can buy a week's worth of groceries at Trader Joe's for $50, and I live in San Francisco. Here's my tip: don't buy prepared foods or sushi if you want your money to go further.

Rice and beans have always been extremely cheap.

I'm not so poor that I have to eat only rice and beans and canned tomatoes. I did that in my grad student days.

Inflation in the supermarkets has been real and serious in the last two years.

Complain to MTG