Anonymous wrote:Everything is up. It'll get worse. We're spiraling out of control and it's interesting so few see it. We are a $350k HHI family of 4 and I'm aware of our financial fortune but that still gives me anxiety because I know soon it will require so much more to keep the standard of living we know. Within 5 years, this country will be hell for anyone on less than $150kpp min in a major metro area when considering average cost of living.

I've been saying this for years- we will see a large migration away from the cities soon. It is unsustainable. AI will only expedite this.

Aldi has become my weekly shop for fruits and vegetables

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from my weekly grocery trip at the Giant in Potomac Yard. A bag of Stacy's pita chips was $11. Conventional Giant brand baby carrots were $3. Radishes were $3 a bunch. A case of garbage domestic lager (Coors, Miller) is THIRTY DOLLARS. I lived on $30 a week in college in the late 90s.

Two years ago, the chips were $6, and the carrots and radishes were routinely $0.99.

What the hell is actually going on? Where is the money going?

I make my own pita/nacho chips. I also buy veggies that does not get overly sprayed with pesticides from Asian grocery stores. So all root veggies are sourced from Asian grocery stores. I but the carrots and radishes, scrub and wash them, air dry them and then cut it into sizes and shapes that I want.

BTW - baby carrots are a fraud and a nothing burger. It is full grown carrots shaved into these tiny shapes.

Stop drinking alcohol. Instead brew your own kombucha.

Also...Trump is the result of America's collective bad Karma sent to kick our collective backsides. His boots are still not buried deep in the aaaaaahhh-nus still. So that's the hell that is actually going on. Yer welcome.

Everything is up. It'll get worse. We're spiraling out of control and it's interesting so few see it. We are a $350k HHI family of 4 and I'm aware of our financial fortune but that still gives me anxiety because I know soon it will require so much more to keep the standard of living we know. Within 5 years, this country will be hell for anyone on less than $150kpp min in a major metro area when considering average cost of living.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who regularly grocery shops understands that prices have gone up significantly across the board.

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The bickering over this item or that item at store x and store y is ridiculous. It's plain to anyone paying attention that costs are way up.

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I don't always know what the regular price is for this or that item. But I do pay attention to my food budget in general and it has crept up by about 30-40% over the past year and a half or so.

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Agree. Anyone trying to nitpick prices is just being disingenous.
ANYONE who regularly grocery shops knows the prices have increased rapidly.

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from my weekly grocery trip at the Giant in Potomac Yard. A bag of Stacy's pita chips was $11. Conventional Giant brand baby carrots were $3. Radishes were $3 a bunch. A case of garbage domestic lager (Coors, Miller) is THIRTY DOLLARS. I lived on $30 a week in college in the late 90s.

Two years ago, the chips were $6, and the carrots and radishes were routinely $0.99.

What the hell is actually going on? Where is the money going?

No kidding maga is to blame full stop

There is no reality that republicans are not to blame for this disaster

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who regularly grocery shops understands that prices have gone up significantly across the board.

+1
The bickering over this item or that item at store x and store y is ridiculous. It's plain to anyone paying attention that costs are way up.

+2

I don't always know what the regular price is for this or that item. But I do pay attention to my food budget in general and it has crept up by about 30-40% over the past year and a half or so.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who regularly grocery shops understands that prices have gone up significantly across the board.

+1
The bickering over this item or that item at store x and store y is ridiculous. It's plain to anyone paying attention that costs are way up.

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Anonymous wrote:Deli roast beef was $19.50 a pound the other day. A small hox of wheat thins was 4.50.

We stopped eating deli meat a decade ago, but I was craving a roast beef sandwich and almost added it to my shopping list last week. I never really look at prices when grocery shopping, but I would have been floored if I saw $19.50 a pound?!?! I would have laughed and walked away without it.

Yeah, I'm not great at knowing prices, but for the past year or so have gotten sticker shock when looking at deli meat.

Same. I used to look for 7.99 sometimes 8.99 a lb. Now it's all 11.99 and 12.99 a lb. And I don't buy much. I already slice and shred my own cheese.

Anonymous wrote:We use the following milk -



https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/grocery/product/B000YMXMQ8

Organic Valley Fat Free Milk, Ultra Pasteurized, Lactose Free, 64 Fl.Oz
$6.99

So $14 per gallon before taxes.

This is organic, lactose free milk. Not normal cheapo milk.

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Anonymous wrote:Grow your veggies and eat for $29-30 (includes seeds, soil, and containers) during 3 months. Try it.

I'm a bargain hunter, but the chipmunks eat mine. I'd have to build a lot of infrastructure to keep out the deer, rabbits and other critters.

I live in a mixed-income area in Chicago and nearly every house nearby has a vegetable garden out back. Hard to maintain a plot of land for fruit trees. Or dairy cows. Or even chickens (although some people have those -- and our neighborhood even has a store where you can take a chicken to be slaughtered). I've also struggled to grow my own wheat and can't fit a mill in my yard either.

People will do everything except acknowledge the real problems, including major wealth disparities, stagnating wages, inflation, and so on.

I mean people in my neighborhood have to build big mesh fences around their vegetables. I built a raised bed, got the recommended soil etc and got one $120 tomato after the critters had enjoyed my efforts. The only things they don't touch is basil and mint.

There are many strategies you can try to keep the critters away. These are just some:
1. Cover your plants with insect netting or bridal veil.
2. Surround your veggies with mint.

Grow lettuce in containers either on your balcony/ patio or yard.

NP. The squirrels climbed up onto the balcony. Not as easy as you seem to think.

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Anonymous wrote:Groceries are up for sure, but they are a drop in the bucket compared to the increases we are paying in health insurance premiums/deductibles/copays, and homeowners and car insurance. All way more expensive and covering way less.

I don’t know why it isn’t being discussed more. It’s hitting me way harder than groceries.

Stock market gain lessens the pain for us.

So you’re selling stocks to buy groceries and health insurance?!

MAGA copium. Absurd.

Anonymous wrote:We use the following milk -



https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/grocery/product/B000YMXMQ8

Organic Valley Fat Free Milk, Ultra Pasteurized, Lactose Free, 64 Fl.Oz
$6.99

So $14 per gallon before taxes.

so…specialty milk.

We use the following milk -



https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/grocery/product/B000YMXMQ8

Organic Valley Fat Free Milk, Ultra Pasteurized, Lactose Free, 64 Fl.Oz
$6.99

So $14 per gallon before taxes.

Anonymous wrote:A gallon of milk from Costco has fluctuated $2.89-3:19 for the past year-ish (compared to $3.99 at Giant!).

For the past couple weeks, $3.89 at Costco. What's that increase about??

Milk shortage. Liberal cows are on strike claiming hostile working environment against MAGA cows. They are withholding milk until all MAGA cows are sent to slaughterhouse. Not sure how it's going to work out.