Prices Already Rising

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Its probably true that it depends on what you buy and where you live.

But the major reason for dropping - boycotting - Amazon is not over price and schedule, but morality. Amazon is a huge supporter of the LGBT, socialist, BLM, etc agenda. Why fund the people who wage war against Christianity and all it stands for?

I do what I can, but in reality, there are very few businesses anymore that can or will stand up to immorality and political correctness.
I try to patronize Christian and Jewish businesses, and try not to patronize objectionable places. Sometimes, because of voting with our pocketbooks, we do without an item or preferred brand, but sometimes, as in the case of supplements that actually work well enough to take the place of prescription drugs and avoid side effects, and which don't source any ingredients from China, etc., I have to fish or cut bait.

 

[ChildofLight]

I really don’t understand the shortage of products. The fast food place we eat at often complains they can’t get products from the supplier. My brother already broke a tube on his CPAP machine. I dropped by the medical supply place and she said she’ll look and see if she had one. Fortunately she did and said it was probably one someone brought back. She said they are having a hard time getting supplies.
At the grocery store I noticed they have the huge sacks of flour, sugar and Masa Harina again. They haven’t had those in a long time. I figure they know people are stocking up. Course there are a lot of food trucks that may purchase from there as well.
I’ve been stocking up on stuff but it’s like at what point do I stop. With the rising cost, it’s gets harder and harder to stay under $80 a week and I always have very few items in the cart.

 

[fl2007rn]

I do most of my grocery shopping at the military base here in Florida and a pack of bacon is now $ 4.07 and the price of chicken breast has doubled. Gas is $ 2.97/gal for regular.

I have a few grocery stores within a few miles of my house so I check their weekly flyers for sales and BOGO. We hardly go out to dinner anymore because it seems like it is $ 50 or $60 by the time we tip.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I do most of my grocery shopping at the military base here in Florida and a pack of bacon is now $ 4.07

I buy BACON out of the meat case by the piece, and we don't have it nearly as often as we used to. Last time I looked at a package, it was $9.99

 

[Batman]

I really don’t understand the shortage of products. The fast food place we eat at often complains they can’t get products from the supplier. My brother already broke a tube on his CPAP machine. I dropped by the medical supply place and she said she’ll look and see if she had one. Fortunately she did and said it was probably one someone brought back. She said they are having a hard time getting supplies.
At the grocery store I noticed they have the huge sacks of flour, sugar and Masa Harina again. They haven’t had those in a long time. I figure they know people are stocking up. Course there are a lot of food trucks that may purchase from there as well.
I’ve been stocking up on stuff but it’s like at what point do I stop. With the rising cost, it’s gets harder and harder to stay under $80 a week and I always have very few items in the cart.

Correct.......corporate leaders have caved or they don't want wholesome and good things any longer if it stands in the way of profits. They also are pushing the social engineering to that insane socialist/marxist, race baiting, and sexually immoral angle.

 

[Tall Timbers]

But the major reason for dropping - boycotting - Amazon is not over price and schedule, but morality. Amazon is a huge supporter of the LGBT, socialist, BLM, etc agenda. Why fund the people who wage war against Christianity and all it stands for?

If I was a boycotter (I'm generally not), there wouldn't be many places I could do business with if I were honest about it. I'd be two-faced if I boycotted Amazon but not Target, or Walmart, or (name almost any business here).

I'm pretty sure I could eat at inandout burgers and chickfila, but I probably ought to get a list off all of their suppliers first... after I see the list there's a good chance I'd need to boycott them as well.

I could buy a place with a few acres and grow my own food, but from whom would I purchase the tools that I'd need, and the seeds and whatnot? It would be hard to find a source that I shouldn't be boycotting.

If I did want to buy a place, I wouldn't want my property taxes going towards worldly end time agendas... where could I live? Not many places... if any.

Generally speaking, I don't boycott. If others want to boycott, have at it. I do hope that nobody tries to pressure me to boycott when I'm not interested in such or try to shame me for not jumping on that bandwagon.

 

[Tall Timbers]

I buy BACON out of the meat case by the piece, and we don't have it nearly as often as we used to. Last time I looked at a package, it was $9.99

Whenever I'm at the commissary I check the bacon section and if they've discounted some because it's about to go past the sell by date I'll buy 10 or 20 pounds of the stuff and freeze it. It lasts a very long time in the freezer. Thankfully I've got a big stash of the delicious stuff at the moment.

I'm watching the regular prices creep and/or jump higher. I don't buy to many things at the regular price so it's the sale prices that affect me. The sale price changes sometimes lag the regular price changes.

Where I live it's easy to pay 4 or 5 dollars a pound for apples. My wife likes to have apples in the fridge. I buy them when I can find them for $1.49 or less. 20 years ago my price limit was .69 a pound. Then that went to .99 a pound. And now, $1.49 a pound... I draw the line like that on almost everything. My family members understand the way I shop. If it's so important for them to have something that's not currently in the house... they can buy it themselves.

 

[Classic]

If I was a boycotter (I'm generally not), there wouldn't be many places I could do business with if I were honest about it. I'd be two-faced if I boycotted Amazon but not Target, or Walmart, or (name almost any business here).

I'm pretty sure I could eat at inandout burgers and chickfila, but I probably ought to get a list off all of their suppliers first... after I see the list there's a good chance I'd need to boycott them as well.

I could buy a place with a few acres and grow my own food, but from whom would I purchase the tools that I'd need, and the seeds and whatnot? It would be hard to find a source that I shouldn't be boycotting.

If I did want to buy a place, I wouldn't want my property taxes going towards worldly end time agendas... where could I live? Not many places... if any.

Generally speaking, I don't boycott. If others want to boycott, have at it. I do hope that nobody tries to pressure me to boycott when I'm not interested in such or try to shame me for not jumping on that bandwagon.

Very true! Many businesses are "woke" and to boycott them all would mean living in the stone age.

But I can boycott the worst, the ones that actively and whole heartedly promote an anti-Christian agenda.

So I boycott Amazon, but still shop Walmart.

 

[Classic]

I really don’t understand the shortage of products. The fast food place we eat at often complains they can’t get products from the supplier. My brother already broke a tube on his CPAP machine. I dropped by the medical supply place and she said she’ll look and see if she had one. Fortunately she did and said it was probably one someone brought back. She said they are having a hard time getting supplies.
At the grocery store I noticed they have the huge sacks of flour, sugar and Masa Harina again. They haven’t had those in a long time. I figure they know people are stocking up. Course there are a lot of food trucks that may purchase from there as well.
I’ve been stocking up on stuff but it’s like at what point do I stop. With the rising cost, it’s gets harder and harder to stay under $80 a week and I always have very few items in the cart.

I have seen the same here. The local Walmart and Publix have empty spots on the shelves, and carry a lot more of the jumbo size cans and bags. 40 lb bags of rice at Publx!

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I have seen the same here. The local Walmart and Publix have empty spots on the shelves, and carry a lot more of the jumbo size cans and bags. 40 lb bags of rice at Publx!

The Walgreen's stores here have huge open, empty spaces Some things are conspicuously absent

The last time I went into a Target, there were large empty spaces where certain items had been wiped out

The same things missing from Walgreen's and Target are also missing from the grocery stores here

And these things are either not available online at all in the U.S., or are only available at price-gougy prices

Two items we use are among the missing. Both manufacturers are claiming higher demand and no supply chain issues. I talked to a store Manager today, and she said the item I asked her about is a supply chain issue and not higher demand.

 

[fl2007rn]

I buy BACON out of the meat case by the piece, and we don't have it nearly as often as we used to. Last time I looked at a package, it was $9.99

I have also seen $9 and $10 for a pack of bacon at the Publix and Winn Dixie grocery stores here in Florida. That is crazy!

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

So much for BACON, eggs, and toast being a (relatively) cheap dinner
(or BACON and waffles with fresh fruit, or BACON and blueberry pancakes)

 

[Tall Timbers]

I buy BACON out of the meat case by the piece, and we don't have it nearly as often as we used to. Last time I looked at a package, it was $9.99

I have also seen $9 and $10 for a pack of bacon at the Publix and Winn Dixie grocery stores here in Florida. That is crazy!

What size packages are we talking about? 1 lb, 1 1/2 lb, 3 lb?

 

[Andy C]

I have also seen $9 and $10 for a pack of bacon at the Publix and Winn Dixie grocery stores here in Florida. That is crazy!

I knew I had arrived in the south for the first time in 1997, when I noticed two supermarkets, Winn Dixie, and Piggly Wiggly…

 

[Andy C]

I dont like looking at prices, so, while shopping….

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

What size packages are we talking about? 1 lb, 1 1/2 lb, 3 lb?

12 ounces. Only 3/4 of a pound And one pound, but we don't like that brand as well.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I knew I had arrived in the south for the first time in 1997, when I noticed two supermarkets, Winn Dixie, and Piggly Wiggly…

The first Piggly Wiggly I ever saw was in northern Wisconsin, so yeah, in the south

 

[Tall Timbers]

12 ounces. Only 3/4 of a pound

Wowza! That's some pricey bacon! I don't think I've seen that high a price here yet for a 12 oz package. Yesterday I saw some chuck roast on sale for $9 a pound... It wasn't too long ago that I wouldn't pay more than $5 a lb for my favorite steaks... Now I have to pay a few times that if I want steak... When I think chuck roast my brain thinks I should see it at about $2 a pound. How quickly pricing changes when money loses value mostly due to govmint shenanigans.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

That same bacon USED to be $2.99 a pound out of the case or $4.99 for the package. Guess paper and plastic and wear-and-tear on the wrapping machine was expensive

 

[ChildofLight]

I thought Joe was concerned about "kitchen table" issues. At this rate, we will have to sell our tables and chairs and eat Spam* out of the can, standing up.

*This post is not intended as an endorsement for Spam or other Hormel products. Check with your doctor about dietary issues. If you are planning to vote Democrat, check with your psychiatrist.

Really. Have you looked at the price of Spam? It’s going to be beans or potatoes only before long and eggs if you raise chickens.