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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: potluck6 on April 29, 2017, 02:15:47 pm
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At the store today a head of lettuce was 3.49 wow i bought a bag for 2.50 .I heard because of all the rain in Ca this year prices were going up they were right.Wanted miracle whip but not for 5.69 geez .Other items also have gone way up .
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Try to buy food when it is on sale. Also, visit your local Food Bank...
to get some of your food absolutely free.
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Sometimes i wonder about all of this pricing things higher and higher every year. Yes Ca. got a lot of rain. But before there were so dry. So one way or another they are going to just keep raising the prices until it gets to where people won't buy it and then what will they do? I don't buy as much lettuce as i used to here in our little store because 2 days later is is already turning brown. Just buy other fresh veggies and make up for it.
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Yes I know right, and it is ridiculous
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Anyway for the food companies to increase prices is to blame mother nature.
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HUMBUG
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we live in GA and some vegetables are cheap
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Yea food is so expensive. I hate it because im so broke.
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Everything increasing it price not only food. :) But I do agree the food increase the big amount lately.
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Yes, the price of food is getting higher all the time. I save money by checking the store's circular to see what's on sale, linking my store card to their online savings site, using the site Ibotta for cash back on select items, and of course I also use regular paper coupons.
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I have been trying to grow my own veggies but not with a lot of success. Hopefully I will get better at it.
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California, lol, expect things to go up more, land of fruits and nuts :silly: 8)
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I have not bought red meat in 8 months because of its price, when will it go down
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When minimum wage goes up, so does food and everything else. I also think there is a shortage of lettuce so that is why that has been going up lately.
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Soon it will be farmers market time and produce will be less expensive
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I was watching a show on History channel once that was talking about Germany in the 1920's. They interviewed this man who said he had paid 1 million marks for a sausage and bread. Germany had a huge debt and was printing money, sort of like the US has been doing for decades. I hope this never happens to us, but the signs of inflation is beginning to rear its ugly head.
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I usually get some coupons before going to stores and I also use those apps like flipp or ebates where you can know who has the lowest deals and can also get some cash back
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I was shocked how much lettuce cost the other day.
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Yes I have noticed the same up in prices but it is always some excuse. In the past they anticipated a raise in prices due to something that didn't even end up happening but they still raised the prices - it is just a scam I believe but we have to eat. The scary thing also is all the recalls there is no quality any more and it costs more at that - it is what my granny called adding insult to injury. :(
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Would love to do ibotta but don't gotta smartphone. My son who lives with us does so will see if his phone can.
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Yes, every time we went to a store cost are always up especially here in a tourist place.
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I have an Aldi right next door to me and shop there all the time now. their prices are pretty cheap, especially the produce but not as cheap as they used to be.
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Food cost will always increase more people made more people got to eat.
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Prices goes up as expected of inflation, but as to consumer goods, it goes up and down as well throughout the season as well. I try to not fret about it. If something really goes up, I try to look for a substitute and that goes for lettuce.
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Yes, the price of food is getting higher all the time. I save money by checking the store's circular to see what's on sale, linking my store card to their online savings site, using the site Ibotta for cash back on select items, and of course I also use regular paper coupons.
I am right there with you. I also secret shop and do a lot of my grocery shopping that way, which makes it free to me. I am amazed at how much milk as gone up.
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Yes, food costs is going up that's why I feel so lucky to live in my state because we have doller stores. I get frozen vegetables & meat, eggs @lower prices. Eggs $1.50-3, I pay $1, frozen veges $1.80-3, I pay $1, snacks chips $2.50+ I pay $1. I wish every state could have a dollar store!
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Whoa! I noticed this past Saturday the price increase on the lettuce...the bags went up .50 more (and that was the "on sale this week" price) and regular head of lettuce (usually $1.29 to 1.49 here) was close to $3...I was in disbelief. I REALLY wanted lettuce but did NOT really want to pay that.... so I left it.
Then I found this topic in the FC forum, so that explains it... ;D
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Get used to it, everything goes up and has been forever and it's not going to stop. I still remember my mom complaining because she had to pay a quarter for a loaf of bread when it used to be a nickel. Now for the good bread it's FIVE BUCKS.
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I love to get my produce from the farmers markets around me. Its so much cheaper!
But yeah there's a drought and it's hurting romaine and iceberg. I work at a salad bar and we are using other greens because the price went up
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Food prices are out of control! It's pricey to eat healthy anymore.
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Food is very expensive and good produce is hard to find. Also cereal is outrageous
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This Country can feed children overseas and hat is great. I love to know that,but not to be able to feed food to people in our own country is ridiculous. No one should ever have to be hungry. Thi subject just touches a nerve with me. :'(
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surveypro2016 hit the nail on the head. To eat healthy isn't economical. There was a time when I would shop 90% of the time without going through the aisles. Produce, meat, dairy and a few grain staples and I was good to go. Now that I'm working so much.. suppose to be making more money to pay for groceries... and I don't have the time, energy or money to buy, prepare and then clean up. It's sad I've diverted to the convenience of horrible meals out of cost and convenience.
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I am 68 and food prices have always gone up
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Wow! $3.49 for a head of lettuce? It is $0.99 a head here in KY. Fresh fruits and veggies are getting more expensive as well as meat prices. High food costs used to be blamed on the high cost of fuel. Fuel cost is down but grocery costs are still up.
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Food is going up,but when the minimum wage will be $15..... holy schmoly!
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The cost of some veggies and fruits have been skyrocketing. The price of one of my favorite, cauliflower is 4.99 .
And last year was oranges. I am tring to grow some vegetables this year.
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I hate how healthy food is considerably expensive. Well no wonder everybody eats so bad here.
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It's not going up, it has gone way up. This is ridiculous how everything has gone up or in the process of going up.
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All the prices in the store going up
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At the store today a head of lettuce was 3.49 wow i bought a bag for 2.50 .I heard because of all the rain in Ca this year prices were going up they were right.Wanted miracle whip but not for 5.69 geez .Other items also have gone way up .
Wow. Where do you live that a head of lettuce is $3.49? Was it organic? Or that Miracle Whip is $5.69? Just curious. Yes I agree food prices have went up but I am not seeing them that high. Miracle Whip might be that much for the gigantic jar but you can get a smaller one for less.
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Thankfully, I can grow fresh lettuce, spinach, veggies in my garden in the summer. I freeze a lot to use till the next garden.
To replace fresh lettuce when I do not have it growing, I keep a bunch of fresh sprouts growing, like broccoli, in my kitchen all year around. So healthy, and cost a few pennies worth of sprout seed for a whole big handful of health and goodness.
As far as other items, I keep checking for coupons (order online cheap, or print (but that is costly with ink), and match coupons with sales.
Have to be diligent, to live on my budget.
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Clinton stopped the government subsidizing American farmers in the 90's so the food can go as high as it wants to
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I currently live in Arkansas and we have those drought notices in the produce areas also. Even before that I saw a rise in the cost of food, for example: when I first started purchasing avocados they were 69 cent each, now they're 1.25.
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I need to install my printer and get back in the habit of couponing. I did it before but wasn't able to gather enough coupons on things I already buy to keep me motivated to do it.
I usually get some coupons before going to stores and I also use those apps like flipp or ebates where you can know who has the lowest deals and can also get some cash back
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True, I aspire to grow my own vegetables.
Anyway for the food companies to increase prices is to blame mother nature.