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    Catseye3
    wrote on 24 May 2022, 23:37 last edited by
    #8

    1lb. chopped walnuts = $13.69

    A 2lb. loaf of Pepp Farm bread = $5.19

    An 8-count pkg Ball Park beef franks = $6.49

    1lb. Philly cream cheese = $7.59

    Fresh pears = $1.39 ea

    Bananas = $.28 each (wasn't that long ago they were 28 per pound -- sale price, at least.)

    Cantaloupe = $3.99 each

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 24 May 2022, 23:52 last edited by
      #9

      Ok, ground rules for this thread.

      You can’t just post a price. That’s meaningless. How TF are we supposed to know what it used to be?

      Post a before and after.

      Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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        Mik
        wrote on 24 May 2022, 23:57 last edited by
        #10

        Hie thee to Aldi. Great prices.

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        • J jon-nyc
          24 May 2022, 23:52

          Ok, ground rules for this thread.

          You can’t just post a price. That’s meaningless. How TF are we supposed to know what it used to be?

          Post a before and after.

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          George K
          wrote on 25 May 2022, 00:12 last edited by
          #11

          @jon-nyc said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

          Ok, ground rules for this thread.

          You can’t just post a price. That’s meaningless. How TF are we supposed to know what it used to be?

          Post a before and after.

          Yeah, shopping for groceries via Amazon makes this easy, hence my post.

          I'll look at more items tomorrow. Right now, I've had too much (cheap) Scotch) I'm too old I'm just too lazy

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • C Catseye3
            24 May 2022, 23:37

            1lb. chopped walnuts = $13.69

            A 2lb. loaf of Pepp Farm bread = $5.19

            An 8-count pkg Ball Park beef franks = $6.49

            1lb. Philly cream cheese = $7.59

            Fresh pears = $1.39 ea

            Bananas = $.28 each (wasn't that long ago they were 28 per pound -- sale price, at least.)

            Cantaloupe = $3.99 each

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            Jolly
            wrote on 25 May 2022, 00:25 last edited by
            #12

            @Catseye3 said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

            1lb. chopped walnuts = $13.69

            A 2lb. loaf of Pepp Farm bread = $5.19

            An 8-count pkg Ball Park beef franks = $6.49

            1lb. Philly cream cheese = $7.59

            Fresh pears = $1.39 ea

            Bananas = $.28 each (wasn't that long ago they were 28 per pound -- sale price, at least.)

            Cantaloupe = $3.99 each

            Sam's club, 2lbs $12
            Don't use PF, but I can get something like SL honey wheat for $3
            Bought all-beef Oscar-Meyer at Kroger last week for $1.99
            Unless we're making a cheesecake, I'll bypass Philly for a store brand or by the block at Sam's. I want to say the last was a store brand at about $4lb.
            Fresh pears, about the same. Come summer, I have a friend who will give them to me, and we'll can them.
            Bananas, bought them at Albertson's last week for $0.29/lb.
            Cantaloupe, about the same.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

            C 1 Reply Last reply 25 May 2022, 00:27
            • J Jolly
              25 May 2022, 00:25

              @Catseye3 said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

              1lb. chopped walnuts = $13.69

              A 2lb. loaf of Pepp Farm bread = $5.19

              An 8-count pkg Ball Park beef franks = $6.49

              1lb. Philly cream cheese = $7.59

              Fresh pears = $1.39 ea

              Bananas = $.28 each (wasn't that long ago they were 28 per pound -- sale price, at least.)

              Cantaloupe = $3.99 each

              Sam's club, 2lbs $12
              Don't use PF, but I can get something like SL honey wheat for $3
              Bought all-beef Oscar-Meyer at Kroger last week for $1.99
              Unless we're making a cheesecake, I'll bypass Philly for a store brand or by the block at Sam's. I want to say the last was a store brand at about $4lb.
              Fresh pears, about the same. Come summer, I have a friend who will give them to me, and we'll can them.
              Bananas, bought them at Albertson's last week for $0.29/lb.
              Cantaloupe, about the same.

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              Catseye3
              wrote on 25 May 2022, 00:27 last edited by
              #13

              @Jolly Thanks, but I'm restricted to Instacart right now.

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

              J 1 Reply Last reply 25 May 2022, 00:53
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                Jolly
                wrote on 25 May 2022, 00:51 last edited by
                #14

                Things I bought last week...4 chuck roasts at $3.49/lb, 10lb chicken leg quarters for either $3.90 or $4.90 (I'm old, I forget), Jimmy Dean sausage $5/2lb. Store brand drinking water $1.99/24pk. Ground chuck $2.99/lb. 12oz Cokes $2.99/12 pack. Kroger brand complete buttermilk pancake mix $1.50 box. Yellow onions $1.99/3lbs. Bell peppers 3/$1. Eggs (large) $1.59 dozen.

                I bought some other things, too, but that's what I remember as bargains go. I shopped three stores to get those prices, but that's normal for me.

                BTW, the wife and I picked snap beans yesterday and between us and her mom, we put up 30 jars (1.5pt jars). I'll pick again Thursday and should do close to the same. I've already gotten a few squash and cucumber, but that stuff is still in the early stage. First two rows of field peas are blooming, and I have four more rows of peas stagger planted behind them. My corn is a huge disappointment this year and if I make fifty ears, I'll call it good. I normally do over 200.

                I built two more small raised beds this spring (5x6) and they have butterbeans about 6" tall. I also have an experimental bucket planting with 17 buckets planted in rattlesnake pole beans.

                I don't do Amazon, too costly, at least in my world. I grocery shop when I need to go to town, combining it with another trip, and I grocery shop like a fiend.

                The garden does cost me in terms of diesel, seed, fertilizer (about 50lbs) and time, but I do put up quite a bit. I could cut the cost if I went to all heirlooms and saved the seed, along with using more mulch and stomp (barnyard) fertilizer.

                That's what some common items cost me when compared to Cats and what I'm trying to do to keep the food bill down. If I had any sense, I'd get me a couple of settin' hens and a couple of young barrows, and have planted a half-acre of field corn. But Lordy, that's hard work.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • C Catseye3
                  25 May 2022, 00:27

                  @Jolly Thanks, but I'm restricted to Instacart right now.

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                  Jolly
                  wrote on 25 May 2022, 00:53 last edited by
                  #15

                  @Catseye3 said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                  @Jolly Thanks, but I'm restricted to Instacart right now.

                  Tough row to hoe, then.

                  Are you able to tend (and have room for) a couple of 4x8 raised beds?

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • HoraceH Horace
                    24 May 2022, 19:39

                    My go-to bag of dog food doubled in price. I've been skipping from brand to brand now trying to find reasonable prices.

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                    taiwan_girl
                    wrote on 25 May 2022, 01:06 last edited by
                    #16

                    @Horace said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                    My go-to bag of dog food doubled in price. I've been skipping from brand to brand now trying to find reasonable prices.

                    Have you noticed any taste difference? 🤔

                    HoraceH brendaB 2 Replies Last reply 25 May 2022, 02:38
                    • J jon-nyc
                      24 May 2022, 23:52

                      Ok, ground rules for this thread.

                      You can’t just post a price. That’s meaningless. How TF are we supposed to know what it used to be?

                      Post a before and after.

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 25 May 2022, 01:27 last edited by LuFins Dad
                      #17

                      @jon-nyc said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                      Ok, ground rules for this thread.

                      You can’t just post a price. That’s meaningless. How TF are we supposed to know what it used to be?

                      Post a before and after.

                      @jon-nyc said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                      Ok, ground rules for this thread.

                      You can’t just post a price. That’s meaningless. How TF are we supposed to know what it used to be?

                      Post a before and after.

                      Well, I can’t say what it cost last time, but I remember refusing to buy Progresso for $3.00 last year because I could normally find it for $1.50-$2.00…

                      The Brad

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                      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl
                        25 May 2022, 01:06

                        @Horace said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                        My go-to bag of dog food doubled in price. I've been skipping from brand to brand now trying to find reasonable prices.

                        Have you noticed any taste difference? 🤔

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                        Horace
                        wrote on 25 May 2022, 02:38 last edited by
                        #18

                        @taiwan_girl said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                        @Horace said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                        My go-to bag of dog food doubled in price. I've been skipping from brand to brand now trying to find reasonable prices.

                        Have you noticed any taste difference? 🤔

                        All I can say is that it looks and smells about the same, before and after it’s put to its intended use.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          Axtremus
                          wrote on 25 May 2022, 02:41 last edited by
                          #19

                          Prepackaged salad “kit”, from $2.50 pre-COVID-19 to $3.00 these days.

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                            Horace
                            wrote on 19 Jun 2022, 01:50 last edited by
                            #20

                            My local supermarket used to sell watermelon at $5 or $6 each. Now it's $.56 / lb. Normal watermelons now cost more than $10, but you don't know until you weigh it.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl
                              25 May 2022, 01:06

                              @Horace said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                              My go-to bag of dog food doubled in price. I've been skipping from brand to brand now trying to find reasonable prices.

                              Have you noticed any taste difference? 🤔

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                              brenda
                              wrote on 19 Jun 2022, 03:08 last edited by
                              #21

                              @taiwan_girl said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                              @Horace said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                              My go-to bag of dog food doubled in price. I've been skipping from brand to brand now trying to find reasonable prices.

                              Have you noticed any taste difference? 🤔

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                                Axtremus
                                wrote on 19 Jun 2022, 03:10 last edited by
                                #22

                                Costco:

                                • dozen of butter croissants, from $4.99 to $5.99
                                • mixed green salad 1 lb. box, from $3.99 to $4.49

                                McDonald's:

                                • ice cream sundae, from $1.25 to $1.99;
                                • "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."
                                Aqua LetiferA 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jun 2022, 17:05
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                                  89th
                                  wrote on 19 Jun 2022, 04:13 last edited by
                                  #23

                                  The Costco (big) hot dog plus soda combo for $1.50 hasn’t changed since 1985.

                                  AxtremusA 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jun 2022, 12:57
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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on 19 Jun 2022, 12:14 last edited by
                                    #24

                                    That's because it is a loss leader.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

                                    89th8 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jun 2022, 12:20
                                    • J Jolly
                                      19 Jun 2022, 12:14

                                      That's because it is a loss leader.

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                                      89th
                                      wrote on 19 Jun 2022, 12:20 last edited by
                                      #25

                                      @Jolly said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                                      That's because it is a loss leader.

                                      LOL I know. It's also delicious.

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                                      • 89th8 89th
                                        19 Jun 2022, 04:13

                                        The Costco (big) hot dog plus soda combo for $1.50 hasn’t changed since 1985.

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                                        Axtremus
                                        wrote on 19 Jun 2022, 12:57 last edited by
                                        #26

                                        @89th said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                                        The Costco (big) hot dog plus soda combo for $1.50 hasn’t changed since 1985.

                                        Along that line, a full bird rotisserie chicken seems to have been holding the line at $4.99 for a long time as well at Costco.

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                                        • AxtremusA Axtremus
                                          19 Jun 2022, 03:10

                                          Costco:

                                          • dozen of butter croissants, from $4.99 to $5.99
                                          • mixed green salad 1 lb. box, from $3.99 to $4.49

                                          McDonald's:

                                          • ice cream sundae, from $1.25 to $1.99;
                                          • "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."
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                                          Aqua Letifer
                                          wrote on 19 Jun 2022, 17:05 last edited by
                                          #27

                                          @Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
                                          p

                                          • "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."

                                          They've been doing that for about a decade now.

                                          Please love yourself.

                                          89th8 1 Reply Last reply 20 Jun 2022, 11:38
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