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The price of the orange went up almost 50% in the span of just a few days. Same company, same state, same pricing, right?
The price of fresh produce is very volatile, that isn't surprising at all. Some producer may have a ton of oranges they need to unload, they will sale them cheap within 1-2 weeks the surplus may be gone and prices back to normal.
Increase in food costs online at Amazon and in grocery stores of southeast KS. Also am seeing a lot of added water, smaller sizes at the bigger size price and the $1.00 items are now $1.48 at the Super store. Converting to a raw diet with a garden and will be shopping the roadside for produce soon.
In the fall of 2008, I did notice an across the board hike in food prices’ that I regularly buy @ the grocery store. Since then the monthly food costs have been relatively the same.
I have done some switching because of higher prices, but it’s been for the better. One example is peanut butter; I switched to Smucker’s** because of the lack of ingredients & value. I don’t consider this inflation because I didn’t resort to an inferior product (dumpster diving).
I’m able to stumble through winter & still get fruits/vegetables for a fair price. The prices’ are reasonable when they are overstocked or product is not moving fast enough—as user_id alluded to.
I tried switching away from Dannon Plain yogurt because of the higher price but I couldn’t find a comparable value to substitute. However, I don’t consider this inflation either; my anecdotal logic says that the product wasn’t priced correctly beforehand.
**I tried grinding my own peanuts (blender), but it wasn’t worth it—Smucker’s tastes the same without the hassle.
I keep here people complain about the costs of food going up, I hear it on the forums, I hear it from (some) people in daily life, you hear it in news articles, etc. None of the claims are justified with anything other than personal opinion..
Anyhow, where in the world are people seeing noticeable increases in price beyond those you'd expect from the shift in season?
I'm near the east coast and I've seen a, wait let me check...
I've seen a 40% increase in my monthly food costs.
I'm near the east coast and I've seen a, wait let me check...
I've seen a 40% increase in my monthly food costs.
Not knowing your age of family situation I can't reply to your stat exactly but if we look at averages it will tell us some information.
According to the BLS consumer expenditure Survey (most recent year 2009) here are he average spending numbers on food for consumer units by age.
25-34 = $6,169
35-44 = $7,760
45-54 = $7,445
Lets assume that you are in the 35-44 cohort, so you are saying that you now spend $10,864 on food with no change in buying habits or your family situation?
Not knowing your age of family situation I can't reply to your stat exactly but if we look at averages it will tell us some information.
According to the BLS consumer expenditure Survey (most recent year 2009) here are he average spending numbers on food for consumer units by age.
25-34 = $6,169
35-44 = $7,760
45-54 = $7,445
Lets assume that you are in the 35-44 cohort, so you are saying that you now spend $10,864 on food with no change in buying habits or your family situation?
I do not spend $160/week in food to get to $7,445 per year.
I'd say I'm up about 10% per week and that is with switching to store brands over the past year. I used to spend $70/week and didn't watch closely what or how much. Now I spend near $80/week and I do watch what I buy and look for sales and have switched to store brands.
Not knowing your age of family situation I can't reply to your stat exactly but if we look at averages it will tell us some information.
According to the BLS consumer expenditure Survey (most recent year 2009) here are he average spending numbers on food for consumer units by age.
25-34 = $6,169
35-44 = $7,760
45-54 = $7,445
Lets assume that you are in the 35-44 cohort, so you are saying that you now spend $10,864 on food with no change in buying habits or your family situation?
Is that expenditure per week? Per month? Per Year? Does it include groceries AND dining out? Are we to believe this BLS of which you speak means Big Load of S**t?
I am always fascinated by these "statistical reports" since no one has ever asked me. Given that I've been on this planet for over seven decades, and given the number of "statistical reports" that abound, it seems logical that I would have been included in one of these studies by now.
Believe what you like. I believe what my register tape tells me. TYVM
Or...perhaps you can actually read the article? The article cites commodity price indexes not retail food prices.
To say it again, commodity prices spiked 2~3 years ago and it never resulted in any major increases in food costs, there were some modest increases in some food groups but they were all short lived.
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The term Inflation is misused/overused IMHO!
