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I wonder if people will start panic buying, driving prices up still further?
I personally started buying more each week starting about six weeks ago as we have a freezer and ample pantry space, but I am only buying what we would use in a year, and I am careful not to buy anything that will go bad before 2024.
P.S. And I call B.S. on those articles that say prices will increase only about 5-6% overall. I have already seen an average of 10-15% increase in food prices, with some things (like eggs) increasing almost 100%. (However, I was told that was due to bird flu.)
I have a few rolls left of my pre- pandemic TP hoard.
Competitive shopping is my hobby and when the price is right I buy in bulk. I am grateful I have room for storage and live in a highly competitive grocery market area.
There are thousands of local economies in the US and food is a huge variable, even when under a common Big Grocery umbrellas, like Albertsons, Kroger and Walmart.
I am equal distance ( less than 5 miles) from 2 Walmarts and prices vary by location.
As posted, Publix is not in my area. I do however, frequent it when in Florida, mostly Lee and Collier Cty, and am always shocked by the prices.
My husband love his bacon. It was $8.99/ lb for Publix brand pre-pandemic. About 1/3 of slices were pure fat. Disgusting.
I have no idea why grocery shopping is not more competitive in Florida.
Back in the day when I ate meat and had three boys at home, I would buy this giant pack of chicken breasts at Walmart for approximately $9.00. One day while running into Publix to pick up something I needed, I looked at the chicken section and saw that the same quantity of chicken breasts at Publix was $18. NFW.
Back in the day when I ate meat and had three boys at home, I would buy this giant pack of chicken breasts at Walmart for approximately $9.00. One day while running into Publix to pick up something I needed, I looked at the chicken section and saw that the same quantity of chicken breasts at Publix was $18. NFW.
You can literally do that today. Publix is pretty expensive next to other stores especially if one was running a sale.
Right now, 2.18/lb at walmart using my zipcode.
It's 4.99/lb at the Publix equivalent a mile from where I live.
Chicken breasts have not shot up in price, you're just shopping at a different store or used to buy on sale etc.
Republicans are using inflation as a scare tactic because they don't like social spending programs.
Those 17 Noble Laureates have no idea what is going on with the economy, because they just look at made up propaganda from the federal government.
EBT and Section 8 indeed cause tremendous amounts of inflation. Each penny of demand from a social program is increasing inflation.
Every penny a large families spends with their $1,000+ month EBT card is causing more and more inflation.
Ivy Leaguer Janet Yellen kept saying the inflation was transitory.
Social Spending Programs do cause tremendous amounts of inflation. The EBT program raises the cost of groceries. EBT is a worthy program for the elderly and physically disabled but there are families that get a thousand or more of EBT and cause tremendous amounts of inflation for food.
Section 8 causes a tremendous amount of housing inflation. Rents are far higher in low vacancy rate cities because of Section 8 housing vouchers.
You can literally do that today. Publix is pretty expensive next to other stores especially if one was running a sale.
Right now, 2.18/lb at walmart using my zipcode.
It's 4.99/lb at the Publix equivalent a mile from where I live.
Chicken breasts have not shot up in price, you're just shopping at a different store or used to buy on sale etc.
they absolutely are increasing in price, just not as radically as that example.
"Nationwide, boneless chicken breasts are averaging $3.93 per pound according to the USDA's National Retail report, compared to $3.14 last week and $2.48 a year ago."
they absolutely are increasing in price, just not as radically as that example.
"Nationwide, boneless chicken breasts are averaging $3.93 per pound according to the USDA's National Retail report, compared to $3.14 last week and $2.48 a year ago."
I haven't seen that yet (this whole thread is anecdotes after all ) but mostly my point was not to try to expect to see the same prices at Publix as Walmart at any time.
Imagine going from Aldi's to Whole Foods (even more extreme) and screaming how prices tripled.
I'm sure I'll be seeing the bird flu impacts at my grocer very soon. It happens.
P.S. Have all these people that discard any information from the federal govt. as "fake" but then turn around and cite it when it supports them. Not saying you, but between that and the anecdotes it gets old.
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