The Grocery Inflation Thread
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My go-to bag of dog food doubled in price. I've been skipping from brand to brand now trying to find reasonable prices.
@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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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.
@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…
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@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?
@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.
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@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?
@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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That's because it is a loss leader.
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@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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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."
@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.
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@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.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
@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.
Don't go to the dollar store, either. It was always a risky name for a store, lol
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
@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.
Don't go to the dollar store, either. It was always a risky name for a store, lol
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Vox article on Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23207301/costco-rotisserie-chicken-poultry-farming-inflation
Speaks of Costco setting up its own supply (vertical integration) for this “loss leader” product that has been selling for $4.99 each for the last 11+ years, the “big chicken” industry trend, and associated environmental and societal impacts.
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Vox article on Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23207301/costco-rotisserie-chicken-poultry-farming-inflation
Speaks of Costco setting up its own supply (vertical integration) for this “loss leader” product that has been selling for $4.99 each for the last 11+ years, the “big chicken” industry trend, and associated environmental and societal impacts.
@Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
Vox article on Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23207301/costco-rotisserie-chicken-poultry-farming-inflation
Speaks of Costco setting up its own supply (vertical integration) for this “loss leader” product that has been selling for $4.99 each for the last 11+ years, the “big chicken” industry trend, and associated environmental and societal impacts.
Costco did the same thing with its hot dogs - moving them to vertical integration.
For all the talk people make about buyings sustainably, buying from the US, etc. buying habits of people are mainly driven by their wallet.
