You have to stop buying it. Otherwise they will just keep raising prices.

I find if I buy simple food, veggies and basic bread and dried beans, my weight stays down and my pocketbook is happier. No sugar, no processed foods, etc. Most Americans can stand to lose 20-100 lbs.

A six-pack of mini soda is 2/$10. In the 2000s it was buy one get two free.

Packaged food prices are ridiculous. It’s definitely changed the way I shop. I haven’t seen as much escalation in meat and poultry, though. I bought a whole organic chicken for $17 yesterday which is pretty in line with what I’ve paid the last 5 years.

So when exactly were grocery stores not trying to make the maximum possible profit? As others have said, it's a very competitive industry, with very low profit margins (https://www.marketplace.org/2022/05/13/how-do-grocery-stores-make-money-when-their-profit-margins-are-so-low/)

Anonymous wrote:Supermarkets are among the most competitive industries with the lowest profit margins. Prices are going up because cost of food and labor is going up. It’s that simple. And it's called inflation.

Your options are to put up with it, find a cheaper market, which means going downscale to Walmarts or Aldi, or find a higher paying job.

Your Econ 101 professor called and wanted your degree back.

I e just stopped buying junk food like sodas and chips, etc... that's where the really high costs are coming for me.

It's pretty ridiculous. Walmart, Aldi, and Lidl are our solution right now.

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Anonymous wrote:It generally isn’t the grocery stores, it is the individual brands. The grocery stores don’t want to sell a 12-pack of coke at $7.99 (or higher!) but the Coca-Cola corporation wants them to.

I rarely buy sodas but a couple of months ago I grabbed a 12 pack of cokes and it was $13! I put them back. They used to be closer to $6.

I meant $15.

Anonymous wrote:It generally isn’t the grocery stores, it is the individual brands. The grocery stores don’t want to sell a 12-pack of coke at $7.99 (or higher!) but the Coca-Cola corporation wants them to.

I rarely buy sodas but a couple of months ago I grabbed a 12 pack of cokes and it was $13! I put them back. They used to be closer to $6.

Anonymous wrote:It generally isn’t the grocery stores, it is the individual brands. The grocery stores don’t want to sell a 12-pack of coke at $7.99 (or higher!) but the Coca-Cola corporation wants them to.

Following this: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/07/26/coca-cola-says-its-done-raising-prices-in-us-europe-this-year.html

For two years, Coca-Cola has been raising prices on its drinks to combat higher costs. But the company said Wednesday it's done hiking prices this year in developed markets like the U.S. and Europe.

Coke follows the lead of rival PepsiCo, which said in February it wouldn't raise prices beyond its usual hike for beverages in the fourth quarter. Both companies have reported strong sales growth thanks to higher prices, but consumer demand has weakened, although not as much as expected.

They raise prices until people stop buying. That isn’t happening.

It generally isn’t the grocery stores, it is the individual brands. The grocery stores don’t want to sell a 12-pack of coke at $7.99 (or higher!) but the Coca-Cola corporation wants them to.

Anonymous wrote:It feels like grocery stores are raising prices excessively, seemingly to see what they can get away with. I'm not talking for things like meat or organic pasture raised eggs, but for frozen vegetables, canned goods, and other typically less expensive things. Everything just keeps going up and seems out of control, and not stabilizing. When is grocery inflation going to slow down??

In this area it won't. What will happen is they will put stuff on sale more often. Some prices will get quietly lowered over time.

I shop at Aldi a lot. They went nuts raising prices but as of late I have seen them reduce some prices not all the way back to pre-inflation levels though.

Supermarkets are among the most competitive industries with the lowest profit margins. Prices are going up because cost of food and labor is going up. It’s that simple. And it's called inflation.

Your options are to put up with it, find a cheaper market, which means going downscale to Walmarts or Aldi, or find a higher paying job.

When is grocery inflation going to slow down??

When it stops producing more profits?

If you don't like the prices at your grocery store, then shop somewhere else. If they are all doing it, well...that's capitalism!

It feels like grocery stores are raising prices excessively, seemingly to see what they can get away with. I'm not talking for things like meat or organic pasture raised eggs, but for frozen vegetables, canned goods, and other typically less expensive things. Everything just keeps going up and seems out of control, and not stabilizing. When is grocery inflation going to slow down??