People got exactly what they wanted and ordered. The problem is we are all screwed right along with them.
Yes, I’ve seen the soda hanging over the edge thing.I agree with everything said but in general I see the majority of shopping carts packed with processed garbage a hula hoop of soda around the edge of cart being pushed by someone that couldn’t hardly walk alone without it holding them up. Just giving my grocery store observation.
You stole my saying Trav...People got exactly what they wanted and ordered. The problem is we are all screwed right along with them.
Yeah we lived it...We went through this in the "70's. Anyone remember Mary Tylor Moore tossing an item into her grocery cart during the intro of the show?
I was working at a deli counter in '73 when a porcine woman asked us young and virile countermen what we thought about prices.
I offered to look through her cart and informed her that she selected only fluffy, air filled, processed garbage....no real food.
Fast forward decades: I do all the cooking and the price hikes / gouging isn't nearly as high for real foods. It's the "products" you must watch.
Take notice of how many sodas and waters there are as well as chips and snacks....and sugar cereals....and flavored coffee creamers...
Hey, Starbucks is closing a slew of stores all over. Maybe thermos bottles will make a comeback.
When we get times like these I like to do without too. I don't want to support the forces to be.My recent price observations.
Here in the heartland Gas has gone done to $3.499
My last trip to the grocery store yielded $1.99 lb 85% ground beef. Limit two pounds, but they are trying.
8 oz PRIME sirloin center cuts, were 2 for $11.99 Choice 8 0z were 2 for $8.99
1/2 gallon of milk at WM was $2.09
Bays English muffins went up 24¢ to $3.00
Smucker Strawberry preserves gave back 50% of a recent price increase
Grocery stores here are running great specials every Wednesday on meat, beef included.
The numerous pastures NE of my home on the Eastern edge of the Metro, are just packed with cattle ready for slaughter in a month or so. The pasture grasses are starting to grow and all the cows heads are down grazing.
Our electric just went down 1.2¢ kwh, their solar farms in the area are paying benefits according to the Elec CO
The price of a collector watch I wanted for a year or so went down 33% . I bought it
Last two pounds of bacon I purchased were under $4 a pound
Bought good quality eggs for 88¢ a dozen.
Amazon was six + bucks cheaper than Lowe's on Scoots Weed and Feed and cheaper than last year.
Was just in N Arkansas and they are harvesting pines like crazy. Tons of long load log trucks on all three of the major roads in N.W AR. Maybe lumber may ease a bit. Not that I buy any.
Around here people are starting to do without. I see it more everyday.
That's nothing compared the the Vegemite crisis of the mid-2000s when based on misinformation many US retailers stopped selling the product believing it had been banned by the FDA. I remember driving 90 miles to stock up on severely overpriced Vegemite.Noticed the price of Marmite has gotten out of hand.
I agree with everything said but in general I see the majority of shopping carts packed with processed garbage a hula hoop of soda around the edge of cart being pushed by someone that couldn’t hardly walk alone without it holding them up. Just giving my grocery store observation.
My point is. Do what you can, for as long as you can, to make ends meet. Then, and only then ask for assistance. I have no problem with anyone who has exhausted all options asking for a lifeline. You’ve earned it. Some folks have it backwards.I refuse to knuckle down to inflation. My remedy, spend less, make more. I’m 71, still have my CDL. School bus driver in the morning, crossing guard in the afternoon. Between the two I gross an extra $1600 a month. Grateful I can still get out there.
Just hold on for a little bit more. It will get better.Same here. I'm 53, and this is the worst economy I've ever seen since I entered the work force at 16 (mid 1980s).