The Grocery Inflation Thread

[Axtremus]

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

[Horace]

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.

[brenda]

@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?

[Axtremus]

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."

[89th]

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

[Jolly]

That's because it is a loss leader.

[89th]

@Jolly said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

That's because it is a loss leader.

LOL I know. It's also delicious.

[Axtremus]

@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.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
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• "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."

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

[89th]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

@Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
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• "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

[jon-nyc]

@89th

Why? They still take dollars.

[89th]

i hate you

[Axtremus]

I have seen quite a few “dollar stores” now selling items at $1.25 each (before tax).

[89th]

@Axtremus lol yeah that was my point

[Axtremus]

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.

[taiwan_girl]

@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.