[bgill]

Heads up! If you're going to stock up, do so YESTERDAY! Prices are skyrocketing in my grocery store. They've been rising but this week was the worse. Roma tomatoes went from .82/lb last week to $2.32/lb this week (no tomatoes on the tacos I'd put on this week's menu). Yellow squash is at $2.48/lb. Canned veggies have gone up 20%. And meat, well, is out of this world though I did get some limit 2 boneless chick thighs for $1/lb so need to go back for more but I'm not going to waste gas to make a special trip.

FYI, the thighs were preseasoned with Mexican spices but you can always rinse them off to remove some of the flavor or use them as is in a Chinese dish as those flavors blend well enough. I passed up the bone-in thighs for limit 2 $1/lb but some people wouldn't realize it wasn't the same savings what with having to pay for the bones.

Over the past few months, I've noticed that my HEB store (only store in town) is always out of some of the weekly ad specials. It used to be a good local chain but something has changed. Yeah, HEB, I'm calling you out. The same store over in the next town is also having that problem so I don't know what's up. It's a not only aggravating that it's not there, but when so many around here live in the country and have to limit grocery runs, it a real pain. This week it was $1 cauliflower.

[libertarian27]

A friendly heads up on pre-seasoned meats in ‘some’ grocery stores....’some’

Many meat departments, instead of reducing the packages of fresh meats getting close to code (or if they have too much at once hitting a date)- will open and pre-season the meat to cover the ‘getting close to funkiness’ smell. Same with fish departments.

I’ve witnessed it done in the backrooms many times.
Again - in some chains and more rampant in small operations.

A hint to watch out for - if the store randomly has pre-seasoned meats (instead of a dedicated section daily with a nice variety)it’s most likely going on.

[TomGuy]

Prices are skyrocketing in my grocery store.

At my Save-a-lot this week,

Celery jumped to $1.99.
Roma Tomatoes to $1.49, but the selection was very poor. (They have been much higher sometimes in the past).

Bagged salad (12 oz) remained at $1.18.

Bananas at $0.57 (the price always varies).

Generally, so far, it seems only a few select items had sizeable price jumps.

[Gabz]

Prices are skyrocketing in my grocery store.

It's not just your store, believe me. I think it is everywhere.

[Kakaze]

Prices are skyrocketing in my grocery store.

Same here, in NM. This weekend we are starting tomatoes and peppers from seed indoors, heck I'm tempted to try and start spinach and lettuce in the window sill.

[willyd]

I think the price of gasoline is forcing grocers to wait longer between restocking. This is my guess any way. we are seeing the same here in houston.