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Originally Posted by peebola
YES! YES! YES! Food prices in my area (Upstate NY) having been rising steadily over the past 6 months.
Yesterday I went grocery shopping and I noticed:
1. Milk - gallon went up $1 in a week. $2.19 last week, $3.19 this week. It has been averaging $2.00 a gallon for a year. (NY is a milk state)
2. Potato Chips - store brand - $1.99 two weeks ago, $3.29 last week, $2.99 this week.
3. Ice cream - average price is $6.29 for a half gallon for name brand (I don't think they are really half gallons anymore) - $3.99 for store brand. A year ago ice cream averaged around $4.99 for name brand and $1.99 for store brand.
4. Bread - store brand white bread last week $1.19 a loaf, this week $1.29 a loaf.
5. Crackers - a year ago name brand crackers averaged $2.50-$3.99 a box, now the average is $4.99 a box.
6. Cereal - 6 months ago I could get store brand corn flakes for $1.99 a box. This week $2.99 a box.
7. Cheese - 8 oz block name brand averages this week around $3.50 ($2.50 on sale). I used to be able to get name brand cheese on sale for $2.00 a block 6 months ago.
8. Bakery Goods - have increased substantially the past 6 months. I used to be able to get store baked italian bread for $.99 a loaf, now it is $1.99 a loaf when on sale $2.19 a loaf regular price.
9. Potatoes - this week $2.50 for a 5lb bag on sale - $3.99 regular price. A year ago potatoes averaged $1.99 for a 5lb bag - regular price.
10. Meat - other than chicken, prices are getting too high for me to afford. $5.99 a pound for ground beef? I don't think so.
Needless to say, I have been buying less and less food each week at the grocery store. A year ago my spending averaged $30 a week for groceries, now I am averaging $20 a week for groceries. The more food prices go up the less I buy, kind of strange how that works.
Wow, that hamburger price must have been a fluke at that one store. I've lived in the Utica area, and generally speaking the prices in upstate NY were somewhat cheaper than any other places I've lived. Especially pasta. The other prices you listed are reasonable.
I just bought some supposedly diet-lean hamburger for $3/lb ..... maybe you could get a better price at a larger supermarket?
I've seen it. Seems like most items are $ 3-4/piece. Some sales every week, but it doesn't seem to make up for escalating costs. I honestly don't know what families w/ kids do. And, we only eat chicken (organic) and fish as far as "meat." Lots of veggie dishes mostly.
And, when I buy a candy bar, occasionally, I'll split it w/ my husband and we both get maybe 3 bites. Funny. We try to decrease our sugar consumption, but w/ these candy bars, not much to worry about!!
Location: where you sip the tea of the breasts of the spinsters of Utica
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Well, I can see a high price if it's organic meat rather than factory farmed, that's to be expected. But here in California organic veggies are often not much more expensive than conventional.
Well, I can see a high price if it's organic meat rather than factory farmed, that's to be expected. But here in California organic veggies are often not much more expensive than conventional.
Trader Joe's has organic chicken cheaper than anything. 2 1/2# for 7 bucks and no abx or hormones. But, if it were not for them....probably 7 bucks for 1 #.
Anecdotal examples do not prove anything. The biggest single cost for a family is housing. Over the last three-years, housing prices fell.
But I haven't bought a new house in 7 years and then I paid cash. It really doesn't matter to me until I go to sell it which hopefully will be a long time from now. I did buy groceries this week and will again next week. Month to month my expenses have been increasing do to food increase.
Anecdotal examples do not prove anything. The biggest single cost for a family is housing. Over the last three-years, housing prices fell.
also, if someone sold a house they took that lose on their sale. so many people arent able to benefit from that decrease. i guess renters and first home buyers were the best positioned to benefit from that drop.
also, if someone sold a house they took that lose on their sale. so many people arent able to benefit from that decrease. i guess renters and first home buyers were the best positioned to benefit from that drop.
You would think so, but a house ties you down. No jobs seem to be secure anymore. That is why I choose to rent. If I lost my job, I could have another one lined up fairly quickly, but trying to find one near an anchor (house)??? Yea, that would be a different story. And your likely to loose your job during local downturns, so finding one in your area would be even harder, because everyone else is trying to do the same! There is a reason housing prices are so low... Even at these prices, it would not be adventitious for young people like me to think about owning a home. We are likely going to become a nation of renters, just like many predicted. The government can do whatever they want to encourage us to buy a house, it wouldn't change my mind until this economy sorts itself out.
I am a huge tea drinker (Lipton in the mornings and 4-5 cups) - I stock up when it's on sale for usually between $1.99-$2.50 per box (100 bags) - this weeks "sale" at a local grocery - $4.19!!!
I am a huge tea drinker (Lipton in the mornings and 4-5 cups) - I stock up when it's on sale for usually between $1.99-$2.50 per box (100 bags) - this weeks "sale" at a local grocery - $4.19!!!
Ok, so how much of you spend annually on tea? At 5 cups a day, 100 bags would last 20 days. At $1.99/100 or 10 cents per day or $36.50/yr. At $4.19, it's $76.47/yr or $40 more a year -- for someone who drinks 5 cups a day! I'd contend that this makes very little impact on a family's annual budget considering the wide fluctuation of other items, like fuel.
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