What is your inflation “red line” at grocery stores?

[Anonymous]

Everything is going to go up a lot. The price of fertilizer has quadrupled. Diesel for my farm equipment has more than doubled. For me and every other farmer out there, we can’t lose money to do this (very stressful and taxing) job.

This is just the beginning.

I stopped buying Diet Coke, that’s my hard line. It was not great for me anyway, but $6 for a 12 pack is not happening for me. I’m buying a bag of limes and letting them infuse water, which is healthier anyway…but I do miss my Diet Coke.

[Anonymous]

I’m less likely to get things we normally only have once in a while anyway. Since we already purchase mostly single item ingredients and do a lot of scratch cooking, I’m trying to crack down on food waste and make sure we eat the leftovers and don’t forget about things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everything is going to go up a lot. The price of fertilizer has quadrupled. Diesel for my farm equipment has more than doubled. For me and every other farmer out there, we can’t lose money to do this (very stressful and taxing) job.

This is just the beginning.

I stopped buying Diet Coke, that’s my hard line. It was not great for me anyway, but $6 for a 12 pack is not happening for me. I’m buying a bag of limes and letting them infuse water, which is healthier anyway…but I do miss my Diet Coke.

I noticed the price of Diet Coke too. I feel like it was $9 though? Something outrageous.

[Anonymous]

This thread is bizarre in so many ways but... I really haven't seen this kind of significant price increase anywhere in the last month? I live inside the Beltway and have shopped Lidl, Giant and Whole Foods in that time. Oh, and the Amish market, but that probably doesn't count. What am I missing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everything is going to go up a lot. The price of fertilizer has quadrupled. Diesel for my farm equipment has more than doubled. For me and every other farmer out there, we can’t lose money to do this (very stressful and taxing) job.

This is just the beginning.

I stopped buying Diet Coke, that’s my hard line. It was not great for me anyway, but $6 for a 12 pack is not happening for me. I’m buying a bag of limes and letting them infuse water, which is healthier anyway…but I do miss my Diet Coke.

I noticed the price of Diet Coke too. I feel like it was $9 though? Something outrageous.

$8.49 at Giant tonight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is bizarre in so many ways but... I really haven't seen this kind of significant price increase anywhere in the last month? I live inside the Beltway and have shopped Lidl, Giant and Whole Foods in that time. Oh, and the Amish market, but that probably doesn't count. What am I missing?

The price increases are hit and miss. I was just out tonight with this thread in mind and got my vegetables, salads, yogurt, and luncheon meat for basically the same prices they have been. But there are items that have really crept up, like soda and canned soup already mentioned here. Things that are never really off-season are more noticeable because they don’t vary in a normal time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really have a "red line" on a particular product or price. More that if there's a less expensive substitute I'd pick it, but if not, there's not much to do. Like a $5.00 can of soup is pretty expensive, but a can of a soup and some bread is still a pretty cheap meal for the family, whether that's a total of $8 or a total of $12.

one can of Progresso is one serving.
Wont come anywhere near feeding a family.

Very odd that you're telling me that what I do about twice a month is impossible? A can of soup is 2 servings, there's 3 of us but between that and, as I said, a loaf of bread, it gets the job done.

I’m calling BS on this.

[Anonymous]

$9.99 for a gallon of stony fields farms milk. I don’t pay that much attention but that seemed like a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$9.99 for a gallon of stony fields farms milk. I don’t pay that much attention but that seemed like a lot.

Yes, it’s outrageous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As we all know, costs have gone up for many items. Whether you can afford it or not, what are the items where the cost has risen to a point where you just don’t find the value in the product any longer?

I’ll start with Progresso Soup. I saw it recently at Giant for $4.09. Sorry, no.

But you dint draw the line on how disgusting canned soup is?

[Anonymous]

We don’t eat beef filets anymore. Used to get prime at Costco. Now it’s $28/lb.

[Anonymous]

We don’t eat beef/chicken/pork either. Neighbors with dogs have been surprisingly helpful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Texas governor Abbott needs to reopen the Texas borders! Some of the inflation is being caused by his humongous hold up

You are a few days out-of-date. And no, this is a blip in inflation that started in January 2020.

I believe you mean 2021 and it really didn't start increasing beyond expecations until Feb/March. Nice try though.

[Anonymous]

I think I would notice if berries cost more than $10 or milk cost more than $8 but I would still buy too much prepared food. Maybe if we got to $10 berries I would cut back on sushi and wraps.

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Anonymous wrote:One dozen egg was ~$3.50 at Safeway. Used to be 1/2.

This is a pretty normal price for eggs? The Harris Teeter by me carries one brand that is $8 a dozen! Now that I won't do.

We get the super expensive eggs for animal welfare reasons. Our eggs actually haven't gone up in price - I guess inflation isn't yet affecting the bespoke, more humane farming industry (and hopefully won't).

Think about it this way: If you're now spending $4 for a dozen factory farmed eggs, why not spend just $4 more on the eggs produced by chickens who aren't tortured!

Basically because I don’t think it’s that different. I think the free range and the grass fed seem pretty marginal in terms of the overall experience. Unless they literally live in someone’s backyard, I think it’s marketing, and even then they have a pretty crappy life. I think the “humane” thing to do would be to not raise them. And also among animals, chickens are not my favorite.

So basically I don’t pay the extra $4 because I think it’s just $4 to absolve yourself emotionally but the actual differences are fairly meaningless.