Anonymous wrote:I think what’s crazy is they’re expected to increase 40% by August.
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:I think what’s crazy is they’re expected to increase 40% by August.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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: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.
Don't worry. You will still vote blue for local elected officials who will be happy to collect your taxes and fritter them away with failed redistribution policies.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.![]()
What would make you think that Asian grocery stores don’t use pesticide? That seems backwards. China is not exactly known for food safety.
Anonymous wrote: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.![]()
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.
Anonymous wrote:\Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Agree. Anyone trying to nitpick prices is just being disingenous.
ANYONE who regularly grocery shops knows the prices have increased rapidly.