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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven’t been so affected by the price increases, maybe $10-15/week because I’m a nanny and one of the DCUM poors. I just refuse to pay $4.50 for bagels when they used to be $2.50, so I don’t buy bagels. Same with bread. I’ve cut out a lot of things I used to eat, just because I won’t pay the price increases and now make food from scratch. I feel like the poors will fare better, only because we know how to tighten our belts more than DCUM with their designer goat cheese. [/quote]

I'm. a long time budget shopper and I tend to agree, however, my big challenge has been that I've used the sale/buy ahead strategies for years and the sales are no longer there. Most staples were on a 6 week sale cycle (or sales around certain holidays). So I would always buy butter when it was on sale for the lowest price and get enough to last until the next sale or buy enough baking supplies during the pre-christmas sales to last for 6 months and that strategy is just not working anymore.[/quote]

This is what I do in a world without sales with inflation/corporate greed driving up food prices: I just buy the good stuff. [b]The organic berries cost the same as conventional, f[/b]ilet mignon is the same price per pound as ground beef. Why pay 6 bucks a pound for pink slime when you can dine on steak? When you start comparing prices, you'll be surprised at how "cheap" the expensive stuff has gotten.[/quote]

?? Where are you shopping where the organic berries cost the same as conventional?[/quote]

safeway. but that's only because regular berries are 4.99, too.[/quote]

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