Anonymous wrote:I tend not to look at individual prices at the grocery store. I buy what I want, then I think the cumulative prices is too high, but I never know what made it that way. It’s not a good way to shop, but I can never remember what something “should” cost, even my frequent purchases, because I don’t buy them separately. I would have been terrible at the price is right.

I can’t understand this. You just grab whatever you want and don’t look at the price?

Anonymous wrote:Hummus for $4.99
Any box of cereal over $5

These are mine too.

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Anonymous wrote:Haven’t noticed. I think the whole inflation thing is RW talking point. No one I know has been complaining. Just Fox watchers like the OP

What a clueless idiot.

- far left dem

+1 Zero chance anyone who regularly does the grocery shopping hasn’t noticed.

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

is this a joke? $3.50 is a deal!

Anonymous wrote:Haven’t noticed. I think the whole inflation thing is RW talking point. No one I know has been complaining. Just Fox watchers like the OP

What a clueless idiot.

- far left dem

Haven’t noticed. I think the whole inflation thing is RW talking point. No one I know has been complaining. Just Fox watchers like the OP

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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.

Happy Egg Heritage Blue & Brown? Like it's been fed so much beta-carotene/paprika/marigold your pee turns orange and the ever-runny yolk is squeezable like play-doh.

Safeway pasture raised organic for $3.74 seems reasonable to me.

If something is unreasonable to me I simply don’t buy it and switch gears. If the cream cheese is too expensive then I don’t buy bagels and get English muffins instead. If the cereal is too expensive I just get something different for breakfast. I find the price of crackers has been outrageous lately so we’ve been eating cheaper pretzels and popcorn instead. I couldn’t find ground beef on sale last week so tacos can wait until another day and I’ll make something with the chicken I did buy.

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

Yes, but I would still argue that is not a bad deal. I've always thought eggs were a great buy.

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.

I tend not to look at individual prices at the grocery store. I buy what I want, then I think the cumulative prices is too high, but I never know what made it that way. It’s not a good way to shop, but I can never remember what something “should” cost, even my frequent purchases, because I don’t buy them separately. I would have been terrible at the price is right.

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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.

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.

I mean, there are a lot of things I just don’t buy if they’re too expensive. But normally it’s things like produce that will come down in price once in season, or that I need to wait for a sale & stock up. Aldi’s prices have increased, like everywhere, but they’re still pretty good, & that’s where I mainly shop.

When prices in a Harris teeter start to get to Whole Foods levels, then I’ll start to panick.

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

This is mine too.