Inflation: a pound of hamburger is over $5/lb. Apples are $2/lbs. Vegetables and fruits are more expensive than processed foods.
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My strategy (from necessity): Gardening & hunting .... saves a lot of $$ on produce and beef (we don’t eat beef any more unless some else is doing the buying/cooking). So does shopping at Goodwill or other thrift stores for clothes, shoes, etc. Hand make all my presents (Christmas, birthday, etc.). I can’t tell you the last time I was at a “mall”.
Pork is still reasonable. I’m buying that.
Thanks to the legislature, even eggs as protein is out due to $6/doz eggs.
Couple days ago in this town ALL the major coffee brands (not beans, I’m talking normal coffee) shrunk their containers from around 30 ounces down to 22 or 23 ounces.
All of them. Same day. Big sale signs $8.95!!!
Prior to the 2008 crash coffee containers were nearly uniformly 32+ ounces. The first container shrinkage came them but not every brand at once.
Nine bucks for 23 ounces for Folgers. Don’t tell me there’s no f’n inflation.
We paid $10 for a small packet of stew meat. STEW MEAT!
North Korean economics at work.