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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just spent $7 on flour (used to cost $4-5) and $9 on butter (used to cost $6-7). And these were standard brands from Harris Teeter (King Arthur flour, house brand butter) -- nothing fancy.

Is this stuff ever coming back down? Eggs are better than they were for a while but still more expensive than pre-Covid. I was making a special cake for a family birthday so I don't mind too much, but when you combine that with the ingredients I expect to be pricier anyway (chocolate, vanilla, etc.), it's a lot of money for a homemade cake.

[b]I thought the government was working on addressing inflation for food staples, in particular. [/b]Did we just give up? Do I need to permanently adjust my thinking on food costs? Our incomes have not gone up 30-40% in the last three years, so continuing to see these prices is kind of exhausting.[/quote]

Lol!! Sure, the government is totally working on that, they always fix everything, right? Omg lol.

I quit buying stuff that the price got too high on. I try to buy stuff on sale or on clearance. I don’t find Giant to be a good place to save money, but sometimes I’ll go in there and stock up on something like canned soup when the price is really good. I find Trader Joe’s does have pretty good prices on some things and so does Costco and sometimes Walmart.

I also try to do meal planning to make sure I use up what I have and send leftovers (if we have them) for school lunches.

I wouldn’t buy stuff to bake a cake because it’s too expensive and wasteful since we have a small family. We just get a few cupcakes from a bakery.[/quote]

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