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About 5-6 months ago I started shopping a lot at Whole Foods Market. My total at Whole Foods would usually be at least 50 dollars higher when I first started. Now, there is maybe a 10 dollar difference, and over the past few weeks the difference is negligible. My total at Whole Foods has only gone up 5-10 bucks in the past few months, while buying mostly refined/heavily processed foods at Publix set me back at least 40 dollars more than it did a few months ago.
Something that never made sense to me; brown rice costs more than white rice. We currently think of white rice as being "regular" but even though the bran is stripped by a machine and processed, it still costs less than brown rice just because there is way more of it/supply and demand. White rice USED to be a luxury until the industrial age. Brown rice and white rice are both escalating in price, but it seems like white rice is escalating in price much faster than brown rice. It can't be natural for something that is refined by a machine to cost more than something that is unaltered. I have noticed a similar trend with other whole grains vs refined grains. It also seems like non-organic foods are starting catch up in price with organic foods as well, at least in my area. Could it have to do with the petroleum based pesticides used to grown most conventional foods?
Anyone else noticed this kind of price correction in their community?
About 5-6 months ago I started shopping a lot at Whole Foods Market. My total at Whole Foods would usually be at least 50 dollars higher when I first started. Now, there is maybe a 10 dollar difference, and over the past few weeks the difference is negligible. My total at Whole Foods has only gone up 5-10 bucks in the past few months, while buying mostly refined/heavily processed foods at Publix set me back at least 40 dollars more than it did a few months ago.
Something that never made sense to me; brown rice costs more than white rice. We currently think of white rice as being "regular" but even though the bran is stripped by a machine and processed, it still costs less than brown rice just because there is way more of it/supply and demand. White rice USED to be a luxury until the industrial age. Brown rice and white rice are both escalating in price, but it seems like white rice is escalating in price much faster than brown rice. It can't be natural for something that is refined by a machine to cost more than something that is unaltered. I have noticed a similar trend with other whole grains vs refined grains. It also seems like non-organic foods are starting catch up in price with organic foods as well, at least in my area. Could it have to do with the petroleum based pesticides used to grown most conventional foods?
Anyone else noticed this kind of price correction in their community?
Food prices have went up about 9% across the board, with certain foods up as much as 40%. I see food prices doubling in the coming 18 months due mainly to energy prices and shortages world wide. That was not a mis-print either. I said doubling!
Food prices have went up about 9% across the board, with certain foods up as much as 40%. I see food prices doubling in the coming 18 months due mainly to energy prices and shortages world wide. That was not a mis-print either. I said doubling!
Maybe the only saving grace is we can substitute one food item for another. Not so likely with gasoline. Also, has not been that expensive to eat meals prepared from scratch. Granted, some dinners could get boring, but unless you are used to dining on rib-eye steaks and Guiness beer daily, there will be plenty of variety. Never has been a problem for me to shop the sales and stock up on great deals.
Anyone else noticed this kind of price correction in their community?
I've noticed rice prices going up, but they seem to be going up about the same.
Anyhow, I'm not sure why brown costs more. But white rice is consumed much more than brown rice so the issue may just be supply/demand.
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