Anonymous wrote:I just paid $6 for cream cheese. Won't be doing that again

Same here, a few weeks ago. I think it was the first time we managed to finish the entire container, though, because no way was I going to let any of it go to waste.

I have red lines for everything, always. We eat a lot of meat and if brisket is over $6/lb we get pork shoulder. If pork shoulder is over 1.49/lb we get chicken. And so on. I hit my red line on oxtail a couple of years ago when it got to be $8-10/lb. I haven't bought it in years. Hopefully it will fall out of favor with whoever just discovered it and I can eat it again some day.

Produce we buy sales and seasonal. The name of the game is no fixed menus so we can always pivot in the grocery store.

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.

Anonymous wrote:I was just going to write the $7.99 strawberries, and I see it is someone else’s sticking point too. Insanity.

They're available at my farmer's market for $5, FYI. Locally sourced is less impacted by gas prices I guess.

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.

A bag of kimchi for 27 at Hmart. omg

I just paid $6 for cream cheese. Won't be doing that again

Not there yet

Hummus for $4.99
Any box of cereal over $5

I was just going to write the $7.99 strawberries, and I see it is someone else’s sticking point too. Insanity.

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

$8 for a carton of organic strawberries. Nope.

Meat - I have become quite the vegetarian cook!

Honestly, I haven’t gotten there yet. The only thing I can think of that’ll are sauces, like specialty BBQ/marinade sauces. I won’t pay $5-$6 for a bottle of sauce.

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.