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Post by ripvanwinkle on Jun 7, 2022 22:38:11 GMT -5
I think we need a weekly inflation thread. I buy groceries and gas for my car every 2 weeks. Since I'm single I don't buy much. 2 week sago I filled up my car. $4.78 gal. 2 weeks ago I bought some groceries - 7oz grapefruit cups $.98ea, 1 qt jug 2% milk $1.39, package of apple turnovers (4) $2.98, 1 dozen extra large eggs $2.50. Today's price 6-7-22: Gas - $5.15/gal (+$.37) Grapefruit 7oz cups - $1.38 (+ $.40) 1 qt 2% milk - $1.79 - (+$.40) 4 apple turnovers - $3.39 - (+$.41) 1 dozen xl large eggs - $$2.98 - (+$.48)
I'm not good on math so I don't know the percentage of cost rise. Whats your increase?
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Post by plugginaway22 on Jun 8, 2022 5:35:22 GMT -5
Those are all pretty significant increases. Can you share the general area you live in? Our gas has held pretty steady at $4.99. I am in mid-Atlantic area.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 8, 2022 6:52:42 GMT -5
Ashamed to say that other than gas I have not kept track of rising prices, and I only know the gas increases because of the $ signs on the road. We live 19 miles from town, so I already consolidate my driving - there is not much more driving that I can cut out, so I am pretty much stuck with whatever the price is. We do drive to the river most weekends, but that is needed for mental health and we are not in a position where that hurts us.
Same with groceries. We have to eat. Could we eat cheaper? Definitely. But I will continue to shop the way I always have until it becomes a burden.
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Post by nidena on Jun 8, 2022 9:26:22 GMT -5
Ashamed to say that other than gas I have not kept track of rising prices, and I only know the gas increases because of the $ signs on the road. We live 19 miles from town, so I already consolidate my driving - there is not much more driving that I can cut out, so I am pretty much stuck with whatever the price is. We do drive to the river most weekends, but that is needed for mental health and we are not in a position where that hurts us. Same with groceries. We have to eat. Could we eat cheaper? Definitely. But I will continue to shop the way I always have until it becomes a burden. Same for me. I don't really pay attention to the prices. I'm still going to get gas. I'm still going to buy Haagen Dasz ice cream. I'm still going to get the things my kitties need from Chewy. Heck, I even just made a road trip from IN to (almost) NJ. The only time I paid attention to gas prices was making the conscience decision to not get gas at particular stops on the PA Turnpike because, at the time, it was more than $5/gal and to get it from the one that was $4.79/gal.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 8, 2022 9:54:38 GMT -5
** ADDED*** warning: I've had too much caffiene (a pot of coffee AND 2 xtra strenght Excedrin) I don't want to delete my posts... I'm sorry... ***
Prices on most of the routine groceries I buy have gone up .10 or .15 cents per item every time the price changes - versus the more typical .05 cent increases that happened pre pandemic. It's a big deal for me. I'm a Flexitarian so I don't eat meat on a daily basis. Eggs and milk have always fluctuated wildly in price in a cyclical fashion. The Big Box stores are ALWAYS way more expensive than my local mom and pop groceries and Aldi. This is the longest I've seen eggs and milk stay at a higher price.
It's impossible to base a comparison on gas prices for me. In my area the prices vary wildly from gas station to gas station - due to the layers of taxes or fees or other charges applied to the price (there are gas stations in my City that have an added fixed charge that goes to my city's Park District to maintain the green space (it was that or an increase in property taxes). I've always been "frugal" with driving - as in combining errands, carpooling with friends, not letting my car idle endlessly (in a parking lot or while waiting for the train to pass).
On an errand run (total mileage 40 miles) last weekend - I visited a sibling and we had dinner together, I stopped at a grocery store and a pet supply store as well while I was out that way - combining errands).
Gas stations by me prices: 5.25 to 5.85 per gallon depending on which taxing zone they are in. Gas out by my sibling: station by the expressway $6.05, station on a busy thru street corner "shopping area" $5.65, station, local main street station near siblings house $5.35
By far the biggest jumps in prices have been on cat food. The "cheap canned cat food" is not $1.25 a can on sale (not on sale it's $1.50 up to $1.89 depending on the store). The special diet perscription food is $3.50 a can - it was just under $2 at the beginning of the pandemic. The wet cat food was going up in price every 6 weeks. The dry cat food jumped up and then stayed steady months ago.
The next biggest jump was in kitty litter - I stock up every fall at $10 to $12 per 35/40 pound bucket/bag. I buy several different brands and try to get prices in that range. My last stock up at those prices was October 2019 (which got me thru August 2020). I've been paying in the $14 to $15 dollar on sale range for "house brands" litter since August 2020... The big name brand litters are $19 and up ON SALE.
I am starting to see sales (and more inventory) on canned cat food.
For what it's worth - prior to March 2020 - I was seeing an increase in canned cat food prices - they were going up .05 and .10 cents every 3 months. The Pandemic (or maybe Bird Flu) caused the prices to really jump faster.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 8, 2022 10:15:52 GMT -5
My grocery expenses haven't skyrocketed - because of the foods I buy and my style of shopping (a list based on a menu plan based on what I have at home (bought on sale) and what's in the sale paper, my willingness to improvise a recipe, my lack of brand loyalty for the majority of what I buy). Yes, I am paying more - but my grocery spending was pretty "rock bottom" before the Pandemic. And I have plenty of money to spend on groceries. I did a grocery run for a friend. they had had close contact with someone sick with Covid19 and needed a routine "run to the grocery". I shopped from the grocery list they provided along with pictures of the products they wanted (so no doubt/easier to find) provided via cell phone. It was eye opening to me. It wasn't a list based on "feeding a sick person" it was routine grocery shopping. The list was filled with brand name products (usually some special variety - "honey wheat bread" or "apple strawberry jelly "all natural" " and precut up fruit and fancy bags of salad. I bought stuff I have never purchased in the past and had no idea the stuff existed. some of the stuff was on sale most was not. I spent 4 times as much as I spend on my typical "food for the week" run. And this list wasn't the full list of what they would typically buy. I can't imagine how much they were spending on groceries PRE pandemic - probably a heck more than I was... What really hit me - was that nearly all the things I bought for a friend - were "too expensive" for me to have bought PRE pandemic (that's why I'd never purchased them in the past). There was no way I was paying for cut up fruit in cups pre pandemic - too expensive I can make my own fruit cups. There was no way I was paying full price for brand name products pre pandemic. And I don't buy the latest "flavors" or need to try the trendy versions of "junk foods". That said, comparing my experience with inflation is like comparing apples to oranges. We most likely do NOT shop the same way or eat the same kinds of things. I eat plenty of fruit and veggies - they just don't come in individual prepared servings... for example. I don't eat anything that comes in an individual pre-prepared serving size. I eat very little that comes in a "heat and eat" version either. I will now jokingly say I only have "ingredients" at home to eat and that I only buy "ingredients" (there's a Homer Simpson joke about him looking for food in the kitchen and complaining "D'oh, we only have ingredients".
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Post by Tiny on Jun 8, 2022 10:27:35 GMT -5
And one last point - since I have 'tracked' my grocery spending for years and years... in the years leading up to the pandemic - grocery prices consistently went up - .05 and .10 every 2 to 3 months. It was relentless. And easy to miss. So what if your weekly or monthly grocery run went up $5.00 or less - would you even notice? But by the end of the year your grocery bill was $20 or $30 more than it was at the beginning of the year... would you even notice - because it went up a little at a time - and the bill that was $30 dollars more than the a bill from the beginning of the year - was pretty close ($5 or less) more than the LAST time you shopped. One of the big difference pre-pandemic was that there were cyclical sales that would offer the products at a much lower price and there were more coupons to help lower the cost if you were buying off "sale cycle". Ok, after the eye opening experience with a friend's routine grocery list... maybe the sales prices didn't matter (not buying those products anyway) and coupons for "trendy convenience" products are few and far between.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 8, 2022 10:52:33 GMT -5
And then there is this It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see.
From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It’s dubbed “shrinkflation,” and it’s accelerating worldwide.
In the U.S., a small box of Kleenex now has 60 tissues; a few months ago, it had 65. Chobani Flips yogurts have shrunk from 5.3 ounces to 4.5 ounces. In the U.K., Nestle slimmed down its Nescafe Azera Americano coffee tins from 100 grams to 90 grams. In India, a bar of Vim dish soap has shrunk from 155 grams to 135 grams.
Shrinkflation isn’t new, experts say. But it proliferates in times of high inflation as companies grapple with rising costs for ingredients, packaging, labor and transportation. Global consumer price inflation was up an estimated 7% in May, a pace that will likely continue through September, according to S&P Global.link
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Post by Ryan on Jun 8, 2022 11:10:12 GMT -5
My son just texted me that gas just passed $6.00/gallon by me. I wasn't very good at noticing the costs of things up until this point, so can't really comment on prices of random things. Every once in awhile though, something really sticks out as being REALLY expensive compared to what I remembered. I usually never go to Subway, but was out and about and stopped there. I got a 6" sub and it cost $7.50, which seemed really expensive to me.
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Post by nidena on Jun 8, 2022 11:13:57 GMT -5
My son just texted me that gas just passed $6.00/gallon by me. I wasn't very good at noticing the costs of things up until this point, so can't really comment on prices of random things. Every once in awhile though, something really sticks out as being REALLY expensive compared to what I remembered. I usually never go to Subway, but was out and about and stopped there. I got a 6" sub and it cost $7.50, which seemed really expensive to me. Considering it hasn't been that long since they were touting "$5 footlongs", that is a huge increase.
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Post by Bonny on Jun 8, 2022 11:15:51 GMT -5
Gas in my Coastal Bay Area town is crossing the $7.00 mark. Coastal CA pricing is probably the highest in the country. I still think I can get regular at Costco for under $6.50 but I'll find out tomorrow.
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Post by CCL on Jun 8, 2022 11:26:12 GMT -5
My grocery expenses haven't skyrocketed - because of the foods I buy and my style of shopping (a list based on a menu plan based on what I have at home (bought on sale) and what's in the sale paper, my willingness to improvise a recipe, my lack of brand loyalty for the majority of what I buy). Yes, I am paying more - but my grocery spending was pretty "rock bottom" before the Pandemic. And I have plenty of money to spend on groceries. I did a grocery run for a friend. they had had close contact with someone sick with Covid19 and needed a routine "run to the grocery". I shopped from the grocery list they provided along with pictures of the products they wanted (so no doubt/easier to find) provided via cell phone. It was eye opening to me. It wasn't a list based on "feeding a sick person" it was routine grocery shopping. The list was filled with brand name products (usually some special variety - "honey wheat bread" or "apple strawberry jelly "all natural" " and precut up fruit and fancy bags of salad. I bought stuff I have never purchased in the past and had no idea the stuff existed. some of the stuff was on sale most was not. I spent 4 times as much as I spend on my typical "food for the week" run. And this list wasn't the full list of what they would typically buy. I can't imagine how much they were spending on groceries PRE pandemic - probably a heck more than I was... What really hit me - was that nearly all the things I bought for a friend - were "too expensive" for me to have bought PRE pandemic (that's why I'd never purchased them in the past). There was no way I was paying for cut up fruit in cups pre pandemic - too expensive I can make my own fruit cups. There was no way I was paying full price for brand name products pre pandemic. And I don't buy the latest "flavors" or need to try the trendy versions of "junk foods". That said, comparing my experience with inflation is like comparing apples to oranges. We most likely do NOT shop the same way or eat the same kinds of things. I eat plenty of fruit and veggies - they just don't come in individual prepared servings... for example. I don't eat anything that comes in an individual pre-prepared serving size. I eat very little that comes in a "heat and eat" version either. I will now jokingly say I only have "ingredients" at home to eat and that I only buy "ingredients" (there's a Homer Simpson joke about him looking for food in the kitchen and complaining "D'oh, we only have ingredients". We eat a lot of fruit at my house. Every week I buy fresh blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, bananas, watermelon, pineapple, pears and other random fruit depending on what looks good. Some fruit I buy in individual little cups just for convenience or because they will go bad before we eat it all. The kids love peaches, but they are slippery and hard to slice into little pieces. The little cups of Mandarin oranges taste better and I don't have to peel them. Applesauce is much easier to serve the kids in the little cups. I don't worry too much about the prices. I'm going to buy them, regardless, but I do buy them at certain stores. Fruit cups I buy at Sam's Club, for example. No way I would buy some things pre-sliced, though. Fruits like watermelon, strawberries or cantaloupe are triple the price. We eat them all before they have a chance to spoil, anyway. I cook most things from scratch, so I always have plenty of "ingredients" on hand.
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Post by laterbloomer on Jun 8, 2022 11:34:07 GMT -5
Inflation has hit here too but I've kept my grocery spending down by cutting down on waste, becomimg committed to buying whatever meat is on sale a given week and meal planning. It doesn't hurt that I have been on a weight loss kick so my portions are smaller. I work from home now so my regular gas usage has gone way down. But there is only so much I can do this. Pretty soon I'm going to have to increase the budget.
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Post by swamp on Jun 8, 2022 11:55:32 GMT -5
Gas just hit $5.00 a gallon here.
A few weeks ago, NY instituted a "tax holiday" on gas and removed a state $0.16 tax per gallon. The price went down the 16 cents one day, from $4.89 to $4.73. The next day it rose 10 cents a gallon to $4.83. Oil companies have record profits right now. I know companies are in business to make a buck, but geez, we don't need record profits every year, and I say this as an Exxon shareholder.
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Post by swamp on Jun 8, 2022 11:56:14 GMT -5
My morning cup of tea went from $2.26 to $2.43. Previously, all increases were 5 cents at a time.
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Post by jerseygirl on Jun 8, 2022 12:30:05 GMT -5
Prices have been increasing but I notice on check out. My bill at the grocery store has increased about $10-15 week. Even after I’m buying more store brands. Went yesterday to the large indoor farmers market , usually $19-$20 but was $31 Gas in north NJ is now about $5 gallon, Our church announced the need for us to donate more to food pantry. Very difficult for low income folks
Price of oil - gas and diesel- influences most goods. Oil companies are hesitant to start more big projects . Banks not willing to fund oil companies as it might harm their ESG scores, tighter regulations on drilling, pipelines etc and lots of political influence to stop use of oil and gas. About million barrels of oil less produced by US than in 2019. I’d much rather US companies produce more than buying from Venezuela or Saudi . Besides the miserable governments there think the US oil industry is probably more environmentally cleaner br]Yes oil companies making big profits now but they’re looking at the future and it’s bleak
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Post by pooks on Jun 8, 2022 12:32:00 GMT -5
Thankfully we drive less in the summer. Gas is right around $5 a gallon, but I haven't filled up in over a month.
Looked up the dog's food price. Bought a 15lb bag 4/2021 for $32, then 1/2022 $37, now it is $39.
In general my grocery bill is up about $100 a month, but I don't pay enough attention to know what items cost now versus what they were. I also go to the more expensive store more often than the cheaper store, because they stock something the other doesn't.
I noticed shrinkflation at a restaurant yesterday, smallest servings I have ever seen. We even considered having a second dinner somewhere else.
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Post by nidena on Jun 8, 2022 14:08:59 GMT -5
Gas just hit $5.00 a gallon here. A few weeks ago, NY instituted a "tax holiday" on gas and removed a state $0.16 tax per gallon. The price went down the 16 cents one day, from $4.89 to $4.73. The next day it rose 10 cents a gallon to $4.83. Oil companies have record profits right now. I know companies are in business to make a buck, but geez, we don't need record profits every year, and I say this as an Exxon shareholder. The station nearest my house, here in Indy, is showing $5.25. I recently learned that IN puts more than 50 cents tax on each gallon of gas.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 8, 2022 14:52:28 GMT -5
I'm on vacation this week and was reminded of why I buy lots of stuff at Sam's Club.
We went to Publix to buy steaks for dinner. I nearly died at the prices. $5 for 18 eggs, $6 for the big bag of Tostitos Scoops and so on. We are pretty brand loyal due to my food allergies. I generally buy on sale or at Sam's.
Maybe the prices are higher due to it being a tourist area.
We already cook most things from scratch due to my allergies. We have not gone out to eat much at home due to the gas prices going up. DH has to go in the office 2 days a week now and has an 80 mile round trip commute.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 8, 2022 15:04:02 GMT -5
I'm kind of bummed my 5% cash back reward on gas purchases ends June 30th. I will have to check my other cards to see if any of them have a gas cash back promotion for July thru Sept. I'm kind of happy I have 5% cash back on groceries (unlimited I think) for 12 months (I think) - as part of a sign up bonus for a Chase card. Over all it's not that great of a card for me (as it's built for "travel" rewards) but the sign up bonus and that 5% groceries cash back and the 1.5% on everything else made me take it. I have to check this card's reward plan again...to make sure it's doing what I think it's doing.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 8, 2022 15:14:06 GMT -5
Gas here was $4.79 per gallon this morning.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2022 16:26:53 GMT -5
I've seen the creep in prices at the grocery over the last year. I don't usually compare item to item at the grocery as I get what we need for the most part, divided by what they have on the shelves. Fresh fruits and veggies are definitely higher, with fuel costs and the Mexican border shutdown factoring into that. I got frozen ocean scallops at $14.99/pkg, up from $11.99/pkg last year. Pricey? Yes, but a great treat and at $7/serving, a fabulous special dinner for two.
Gas is running around $4.59 around Houston for credit purchases
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Post by ripvanwinkle on Jun 8, 2022 21:14:38 GMT -5
Those are all pretty significant increases. Can you share the general area you live in? Our gas has held pretty steady at $4.99. I am in mid-Atlantic area. Vancouver WA
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Post by djAdvocate on Jun 8, 2022 23:22:54 GMT -5
i gave a COL increase back in Jan. it was 4.2%
i don't honestly care about gas prices. it represents less than 2% of my budget. i am moving to either Turkey or Spain this year. food prices are 25% and 50% of what they are here, respectively.
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Post by msventoux on Jun 9, 2022 0:10:59 GMT -5
I think we need a weekly inflation thread. I buy groceries and gas for my car every 2 weeks. Since I'm single I don't buy much. 2 week sago I filled up my car. $4.78 gal. 2 weeks ago I bought some groceries - 7oz grapefruit cups $.98ea, 1 qt jug 2% milk $1.39, package of apple turnovers (4) $2.98, 1 dozen extra large eggs $2.50. Today's price 6-7-22: Gas - $5.15/gal (+$.37) Grapefruit 7oz cups - $1.38 (+ $.40) 1 qt 2% milk - $1.79 - (+$.40) 4 apple turnovers - $3.39 - (+$.41) 1 dozen xl large eggs - $$2.98 - (+$.48)
I'm not good on math so I don't know the percentage of cost rise. Whats your increase?
Gas-$5.39 gallon Grapefruit, Del Monte 7oz cups-$2.00 1 qt 2% milk-$2.49 4 Apple fritters-$4.99 1 dozen XL eggs-$3.29 Looking at my grocery app, prices from a year ago to now: 1lb ground beef-$4.99/$6.99 2lb carrots-$2.99/$2.99 Loaf whole grain bread $3.99/5.99 16oz baby spinach-$5.99/$6.99 1 banana-$.89/$.89 I should apparently be eating more carrots and bananas. Or moving to your area.
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Post by susana1954 on Jun 9, 2022 8:43:16 GMT -5
I am eating differently than I did 6 months ago so it is difficult for me to compare. I know food has gone up, though.
The one common thing I can compare is the cost of diet drinks. They used to be 4 cartons/$10, and you could find them occasionally cheaper than that. They went to 3/$10. Now they are 3/$12. This is at a local gas station, the cheapest place around. They are $5-$7 a carton at WM and Publix although they do sometimes have sales. Even Costco was $14 for 35 cans the last time I looked there so basically 3/$14.
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Post by jerseygirl on Jun 9, 2022 9:34:29 GMT -5
I’ve stopped drinking diet soda. Now water or flavored seltzer. Yikes diet sodas have gone up a lot! Seltzer is up too but I have no problem using different or even store brands and usually one is on sale when I’m shopping When I was drinking diet it was only coke or Pepsi
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Post by tallguy on Jun 9, 2022 11:23:18 GMT -5
I am eating differently than I did 6 months ago so it is difficult for me to compare. I know food has gone up, though. The one common thing I can compare is the cost of diet drinks. They used to be 4 cartons/$10, and you could find them occasionally cheaper than that. They went to 3/$10. Now they are 3/$12. This is at a local gas station, the cheapest place around. They are $5-$7 a carton at WM and Publix although they do sometimes have sales. Even Costco was $14 for 35 cans the last time I looked there so basically 3/$14. Why are you buying cans? Two-liter bottles go on sale regularly, sometimes for 89 or 99 cents. Store brands are even less if you like those. Two of those bottles are almost equivalent to a 12-pack of cans so you are then well under 4/$10. If you really need them "on the go" then use a refillable bottle.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 9, 2022 12:32:56 GMT -5
Why are you buying cans? Two-liter bottles go on sale regularly, sometimes for 89 or 99 cents. Store brands are even less if you like those. Two of those bottles are almost equivalent to a 12-pack of cans so you are then well under 4/$10. If you really need them "on the go" then use a refillable bottle. You weren't asking me but: 12 can cases of name brand soda is now $5.00 and up per case. A local store is advertising 12 packs on sale buy 3 cases and get the sale price of $6.99 per case. Buy one or two cases and pay $7.99 per case. 2lt bottle prices are all over the board - I've seen prices between 2.49 and up to $3.49 a bottle. Sales are usually you must buy 3 bottles to get all three for $5.00 (so $1.66 per bottle) This 3 for $5 seems to be the new "lowest sale price" I tend to go with cans because I feel aluminum is more 'recycleable' (and more likely to be recycled) than plastic bottles and I don't like the soda after the bottle has been opened for 24 hours... cans are always "fresh" - ok carbonated and fizzy. The price of name brand soda at sale prices stayed the same for more than 10 years. The non-sale prices slowly crept up - but it was always offered on sale for a steady price no matter how expensive it was off sale. It's only since the pandemic that the sale price of brand name soda has gone up and the regular price has jumped up in leaps and bounds. This history made me think that soda was really cheap to produce so even the steady never changing low sale price was making a profit - and the everyday price was what was lining the soda companies pockets with gold...
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Post by susana1954 on Jun 9, 2022 12:46:28 GMT -5
I am eating differently than I did 6 months ago so it is difficult for me to compare. I know food has gone up, though. The one common thing I can compare is the cost of diet drinks. They used to be 4 cartons/$10, and you could find them occasionally cheaper than that. They went to 3/$10. Now they are 3/$12. This is at a local gas station, the cheapest place around. They are $5-$7 a carton at WM and Publix although they do sometimes have sales. Even Costco was $14 for 35 cans the last time I looked there so basically 3/$14. Why are you buying cans? Two-liter bottles go on sale regularly, sometimes for 89 or 99 cents. Store brands are even less if you like those. Two of those bottles are almost equivalent to a 12-pack of cans so you are then well under 4/$10. If you really need them "on the go" then use a refillable bottle. Not around here. Sale price is $1.99. Publix is $2.49 but has B2G1 free. I am actually transitioning to iced tea.
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