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Anonymous wrote:Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE.

SureOP, sure. Butter, flour and sugar will run you $15 max- all pantry staples. No fruit is in season except strawberries, and those are not costing you $20.

Butter: $8.50
Flour: $8.79
Sugar: $5.99
Berries: $7.50

Add tax. $35.

Go back to your expired food section in the lowest of the low store, Carol. I bet you buy flour with weevils in it, then brag about how thrifty of a shopper you are, lol.

I buy 50 lb for $20 then store it in the freezer like a normal person. I don’t waste $9 for 5-10 lb flour, Susan.

That’s not normal. And I grew up middle class/lower class. That is some depression era bs. I’m not wasting freezer space to save 15 dollars.

Anonymous wrote:No idea what you are talking about.

My groceries went from $275/cart to $400/cart in 2021. Been about the same ever since, except for Aldi. I do feel like their prices have gone up a bit, but still super cheap.

Prices went up because of a pandemic…and continue to go up. Even I have noticed it and I just don’t pay attention to stuff like that. Granted, I’m wasting my money at Balduccis. But just the other day, I was so shocked by my bill from Safeway that I looked at the receipt to see if there was a mistake. I never look at receipts.

And news articles confirm that nothing is super cheap.

The average nationwide price of a dozen eggs decreased by about a quarter in March, according to data from consumer research firm NIQ. But at $6.27 for a dozen, the cost of eggs is still up 75% in the last 12 months, an increase that is greater than those of any other of the six staple grocery items tracked by NBC News.

While eggs are up the most in the last 12 months, the average price of a pound of ground beef is up 51 cents — nearly 9% — and orange juice is up nearly 7%. The price of a pound of chicken breast meat is down 13 cents, 2% lower, and pork bacon is down 1.8%. Sandwich bread is even with its price in March 2024.

Anonymous wrote:some things are definitely going up. They are just not going up the way you are describing-OP. The prices you post look like they are from a fancy food store like balduccis. Which maybe the prices have gone up but they Have Always been higher than everyone else even before-by a lot.

At regular grocery stores i’ve seen some increases but like increases like bananas going from .29 cents a point to .39 a pound. Not butter going from 4.99 to 8.99. And it seems as though eggs are starting to get further and further back to normal. The price went down 3x in the last 2 weeks at my target.

The frozen salmon I buy went up $2 a bag. It was already a pretty great deal and yes, now it’s less of a great deal but still not unattainable.

Are there increases? yes. Are they being highly exaggerated? Also yes.

+1

It’s not everything but it’s some things. Nilla wafers which seemed weird to me were way up. I bought the store brand.

Tariffs are taxes so I expect more price increases. I’ve been building a small pantry to stay ahead of it.

If you don't waste any food and only buy exactly what you need its manageable. I feel like people shop as a sport around here and throw away a ton of food its so wasteful and expensive to live like that.

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE.

SureOP, sure. Butter, flour and sugar will run you $15 max- all pantry staples. No fruit is in season except strawberries, and those are not costing you $20.

Butter: $8.50
Flour: $8.79
Sugar: $5.99
Berries: $7.50

Add tax. $35.

Go back to your expired food section in the lowest of the low store, Carol. I bet you buy flour with weevils in it, then brag about how thrifty of a shopper you are, lol.

I buy 50 lb for $20 then store it in the freezer like a normal person. I don’t waste $9 for 5-10 lb flour, Susan.

Normal people do not buy 50 pounds of flour and store it in the freezer.

+1 nobody non-commercial has that kind of space. And commercial would be using the flour up quickly.

I don’t live in a DC shoebox, plenty of room for a few pounds of flour.

You're feeding your family too much white flour.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE.

SureOP, sure. Butter, flour and sugar will run you $15 max- all pantry staples. No fruit is in season except strawberries, and those are not costing you $20.

Butter: $8.50
Flour: $8.79
Sugar: $5.99
Berries: $7.50

Add tax. $35.

Go back to your expired food section in the lowest of the low store, Carol. I bet you buy flour with weevils in it, then brag about how thrifty of a shopper you are, lol.

I buy 50 lb for $20 then store it in the freezer like a normal person. I don’t waste $9 for 5-10 lb flour, Susan.

No ones does this. WHO needs 50 pounds of flour?

Anonymous wrote:My bill has been getting cheaper. Same with gas.

Gas maybe, food not really.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE.

Flour: $8
Butter: $5
Sugar: $5

fruit... $8? What kind of fruit?

Where the eff do you shop, and how do you not have flour, butter or sugar on hand? Being out of one and needing some fresh fruit, I can see. But... You never bake? You never cook? How are you on E already?

I just paid $9 for what I deem is a small amount of red grapes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE.

SureOP, sure. Butter, flour and sugar will run you $15 max- all pantry staples. No fruit is in season except strawberries, and those are not costing you $20.

Butter: $8.50
Flour: $8.79
Sugar: $5.99
Berries: $7.50

Add tax. $35.

Go back to your expired food section in the lowest of the low store, Carol. I bet you buy flour with weevils in it, then brag about how thrifty of a shopper you are, lol.

I buy 50 lb for $20 then store it in the freezer like a normal person. I don’t waste $9 for 5-10 lb flour, Susan.

Normal people do not buy 50 pounds of flour and store it in the freezer.

+1 nobody non-commercial has that kind of space. And commercial would be using the flour up quickly.

I don’t live in a DC shoebox, plenty of room for a few pounds of flour.

No sane person buys 50 lbs of flour.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE.

SureOP, sure. Butter, flour and sugar will run you $15 max- all pantry staples. No fruit is in season except strawberries, and those are not costing you $20.

Butter: $8.50
Flour: $8.79
Sugar: $5.99
Berries: $7.50

Add tax. $35.

Go back to your expired food section in the lowest of the low store, Carol. I bet you buy flour with weevils in it, then brag about how thrifty of a shopper you are, lol.

I buy 50 lb for $20 then store it in the freezer like a normal person. I don’t waste $9 for 5-10 lb flour, Susan.

Normal people do not buy 50 pounds of flour and store it in the freezer.

+1 nobody non-commercial has that kind of space. And commercial would be using the flour up quickly.

I don’t live in a DC shoebox, plenty of room for a few pounds of flour.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE.

SureOP, sure. Butter, flour and sugar will run you $15 max- all pantry staples. No fruit is in season except strawberries, and those are not costing you $20.

Butter: $8.50
Flour: $8.79
Sugar: $5.99
Berries: $7.50

Add tax. $35.

Go back to your expired food section in the lowest of the low store, Carol. I bet you buy flour with weevils in it, then brag about how thrifty of a shopper you are, lol.

I buy 50 lb for $20 then store it in the freezer like a normal person. I don’t waste $9 for 5-10 lb flour, Susan.

Normal people do not buy 50 pounds of flour and store it in the freezer.

+1 nobody non-commercial has that kind of space. And commercial would be using the flour up quickly.

some things are definitely going up. They are just not going up the way you are describing-OP. The prices you post look like they are from a fancy food store like balduccis. Which maybe the prices have gone up but they Have Always been higher than everyone else even before-by a lot.

At regular grocery stores i’ve seen some increases but like increases like bananas going from .29 cents a point to .39 a pound. Not butter going from 4.99 to 8.99. And it seems as though eggs are starting to get further and further back to normal. The price went down 3x in the last 2 weeks at my target.

The frozen salmon I buy went up $2 a bag. It was already a pretty great deal and yes, now it’s less of a great deal but still not unattainable.

Are there increases? yes. Are they being highly exaggerated? Also yes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE.

SureOP, sure. Butter, flour and sugar will run you $15 max- all pantry staples. No fruit is in season except strawberries, and those are not costing you $20.

Butter: $8.50
Flour: $8.79
Sugar: $5.99
Berries: $7.50

Add tax. $35.

Go back to your expired food section in the lowest of the low store, Carol. I bet you buy flour with weevils in it, then brag about how thrifty of a shopper you are, lol.

I buy 50 lb for $20 then store it in the freezer like a normal person. I don’t waste $9 for 5-10 lb flour, Susan.

Normal people do not buy 50 pounds of flour and store it in the freezer.

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Anonymous wrote:Inflation is about to triple can not wait for MAGA to starve.

The cult will let Republicans continue to screw them under the guise of Christian crap.

They will let them ie all red states morons to keep voting in team only care about themselves and keeping their subjects poor and stupid

MAGA knows how to hunt and grow a garden. Democrats are dumb enough to pay $35 for pie fixings.

Democrats are smart and will make high enough incomes to pay increased grocery prices. MAGAS are the ones still whining about the “Biden economy”.

My bill has been getting cheaper. Same with gas.