Anonymous wrote:It’s not just good. It’s car insurance, home insurance, personal property tax (in Fairfax this was a killer year), property tax, utility bills…I mean just everything. I am hemorrhaging money just to pay all of the bills that come with owning a non-luxury car and house on a single income that hasn’t increased much in the last 5 years.

I just got a water bill that is higher than ever on top of everything else and I wonder…where does it end?

+1 This is us. We were already running on tight margins due to two in daycare but our monthly expenses have cumulatively gone up by over 1k+ in the past two years... we are struggling

Food, hotels, airfare, entertainment, everything.

Interesting take from FT about price gouging

https://www.ft.com/content/837c3863-fc15-476c-841d-340c623565ae

Housing. We had intended to move in the next year or so to upgrade to a better house. Given the run up in prices and interest rates, that now seems like a pipe dream.

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Anonymous wrote:Food and getting takeout, which we only do rarely. I shop sales for groceries, but notice some foods, especially premade foods are getting more expensive.

We have stopped eating out for the most part. I feel like restaurants are trying to make up for losses during the pandemic by price gouging now. Which is totally bogus because most restaurants were sure to line up for all that Covid relief funding. Greed.

The restaurants are definitely price gouging. But all are doing it. Dont think is is collusion. Wonder why none keep the same prices as 2019, they may go out of business.

Food prices are up
Rent prices are up
Labor costs are up
Utilities are up

But you want restaurant food prices to stay the same.
I guess you don’t know how business work.

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Anonymous wrote:Food and getting takeout, which we only do rarely. I shop sales for groceries, but notice some foods, especially premade foods are getting more expensive.

We have stopped eating out for the most part. I feel like restaurants are trying to make up for losses during the pandemic by price gouging now. Which is totally bogus because most restaurants were sure to line up for all that Covid relief funding. Greed.

The cost of food has gone up for restaurants as well. Do you think they have some special source for food that we don't?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Food and getting takeout, which we only do rarely. I shop sales for groceries, but notice some foods, especially premade foods are getting more expensive.

We have stopped eating out for the most part. I feel like restaurants are trying to make up for losses during the pandemic by price gouging now. Which is totally bogus because most restaurants were sure to line up for all that Covid relief funding. Greed.

The restaurants are definitely price gouging. But all are doing it. Dont think is is collusion. Wonder why none keep the same prices as 2019, they may go out of business.

Anonymous wrote:Food and getting takeout, which we only do rarely. I shop sales for groceries, but notice some foods, especially premade foods are getting more expensive.

We have stopped eating out for the most part. I feel like restaurants are trying to make up for losses during the pandemic by price gouging now. Which is totally bogus because most restaurants were sure to line up for all that Covid relief funding. Greed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are we calling it inflation and not price gouging?

+1

But to answer the question, food.

+2

+3 One of my favorite farmers market bakery vendors makes these delicious cheese rolls. They used to be $4 a piece which I thought was alot, then after the pandemic they were $5 and for the last few weeks they have been $6 a piece. This is a roll, mind you, not a loaf of bread. I quit buying them at $5. But I still go up to the vendor every week and ask "how much for the cheese rolls?" and when they say $6, I just walk away. I definitely feel they are trying to gouge. Maybe it works for them? They are pretty good!

Food and getting takeout, which we only do rarely. I shop sales for groceries, but notice some foods, especially premade foods are getting more expensive.