I don’t eat most of the stuff on your list so it’s maybe better to have a personal food inflation list. I know you can get 40 bottles of water at costco for 1.99. Ribeye, a better cut of meat than strip, is going for less than your price at costco as well. 42 oz maxwell house coffee is 7.99 at costco. I don’t think big mac would count as a grocery item. I don’t own costco stock, I hate their mask policy, and I know they are large rat contributors, but I go there to experience capitalism.
People shop for various items where they are cheapest, usually.
I used to be a Sam’s Club member but there’s neither a Sam’s or Costco anywhere near us now because we went rural. I buy meat at our little independent grocery store and prices are decent except for beef. Only beef we can afford is ground chuck or a cheap roast that we cook in the instant pot. Ribeye is $15/lb here.
For the record, the Big Mac was chosen because it represents all the food groups.
A Freeper advised that the McDonalds Quarter Pounder might have been the better example and I won’t disagree.
However I have the Big Mac base line in January and will have to stick with it
I suspect that you have cited differences, variables, that make a government food inflation number to be problematic. I was looking for a trend to satisfy my own curiosity.
For the record, the Big Mac was chosen because it represents all the food groups.
A Freeper advised that the McDonalds Quarter Pounder might have been the better example and I won’t disagree.
However I have the Big Mac base line in January and will have to stick with it
I suspect that you have cited differences, variables, that make a government food inflation number to be problematic. I was looking for a trend to satisfy my own curiosity.