You're not crazy: Grocery prices are up in most categories

[Mycroft]

Your co-pilot can produce data but has no clue what it means. Do you?

Yes. I do.

No one is denying that inflation was high in 2021 to 2022 as we recovered from the supply chain problems of Covid. It took the rest of the Biden administration to bring this under control.

The Biden pukes did nothing to bring their skyrocketing inflation under control. That was done by the Fed.

The issue now is the guy who ran on the idea that he would make it go away has done the exact opposite and is now undoing the good work done during the Biden administration.

For the most part, inflation is in line with the norms the Fed always aims for. It's about time the Fed stops trying to fix things that don't need fixing.

 

[Roadvirus]

Increases in food prices are a fact of life.

Especially when a loser President chokes the life out of farmers & makes importing 10x more expensive.

What is "better" is lower rates of increases as opposed to skyrocketing rates of increases.

You're just C&Ping a Trump talking point. You have no idea the "hows" and "whys" of Fed Reserve rate cutting. And neither does Trump.

Leave the domestic & global economic stuff to people who actually went to college and studied that kind of thing.

 

[Roadvirus]

You're welcome.

It would be nice if you also agreed with the facts.

Hard to agree with your facts because they are wrong.

 

[Rexedgar]

This has to be fake news, I was told that groceries prices were going down on day one!

 

[Roadvirus]

I agree that the millions and millions in blue states and blue cities are probably paying more for food than they did last year.

I'm in a red state & a red county.

Beef is higher then it was last year. And there are more walking hamburgers in fields between my apartment building & the nearest Wal-Mart then there are ranches in Texas.

 

[Michael Cole]

Not mine. I have kept track of my expenses in a Quicken program for 16 years. This year to date under Trump I have saved $1300 on food costs for a family of four compared to the same period last year under Biden, with nothing different this year than last.

Cool. I don't believe that for a second, but the CPI is an averages across the entire economy. On the ground, it won't tell you that chicken breasts on sale have gone from $1.99 to $2.69 (Smith's.)

Ground beef that was $3.99 is now $4.99, on sale. Frozen salmon that was $5.99 is now $8.99. Milk is still cheap. Bread, as well. Smith's had fresh raspberries 2 pints for $3 last week. Strawberries $1.88/lb. this week. Cheap.

Vegetarians aren't seeing as much inflation as carnivores. How the graphs line up is irrelevant to the real life prices I listed. That's what I buy. CPI is irrelevant to my diet. My food costs have gone up.

 

[Brack]

Everything will ALWAYS rise in cost. That's called inflation. But you are all bent out of shape that inflation is happening under Trump and you won't admit that this inflation is NORMAL.

Inflation is now higher than it was a year ago. Link

 

[mrjurrs]

Food Inflation Breakdown (Aug 2021–Aug 2022)​

Food at Home (Grocery Store Items)​

This category saw a 13.5% increase, the largest 12-month jump since March 1979. Key contributors included:

Food Item	% Price Increase
Eggs	+39.8%
Butter	+24.6%
Flour	+23.3%
Milk	+17.0%
Bread	+16.2%
Chicken	+16.6%
Coffee	+17.6%
Fresh fruits	+7.6%
Fresh vegetables	+7.2%

Just saying...

btw, that info is from Copilot.

So the wanna-be king can't fire them?

 

[Mycroft]

So the wanna-be king can't fire them?

???

Who.

 

[KevinKohler]

Boneless skinless chicken thighs in my area, store brand, we're 3.49 per pound 2 days ago.

For an item that has traditionally never gone above 2$ per pound.

 

[Mycroft]

Inflation is now higher than it was a year ago. Link

For food at home it is almost completely within accepted norms...and it would be much lower if the Fed wasn't resisting cutting their funds rate because of their own political purposes.

 

[Mycroft]

Hard to agree with your facts because they are wrong.

shrug...

You can deny facts all you want.

 

[mike2810]

You still don't understand, do you?

Everything will ALWAYS rise in cost. That's called inflation. But you are all bent out of shape that inflation is happening under Trump and you won't admit that this inflation is NORMAL.

I've explained this over and over in this thread. I won't repeat myself any more. If you want to continue to blame Trump for something that is normal, have at it.

Bye.

ahh , the Bye.

Trump promised to lower costs. That has not even remotely started to happen.

What Trump is doing is not normal. Major changes in Trade policies (new/changed tariffs) is a factor you ignore.

 

[mike2810]

For food at home it is almost completely within accepted norms...and it would be much lower if the Fed wasn't resisting cutting their funds rate because of their own political purposes.

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Coffee jumping from $11 to $21 dollars is not normal.
We have experienced prices increases in the past due to lower harvest of coffee beans in the past. Prices went up but returned to lower rates the next year.

 

[roguenuke]

Not mine. I have kept track of my expenses in a Quicken program for 16 years. This year to date under Trump I have saved $1300 on food costs for a family of four compared to the same period last year under Biden, with nothing different this year than last.

And I can compare my prices on purchases in Walmart, as they keep track and see that several prices have gone up, especially on things like ground beef, where it was about $13 for 3lbs of the 73% in Nov and is currently $17 for that same product, same store.

In fact, if I put everything available I bought in my cart from a random Nov purchase last year into a cart today, it is $71.57 today, vice 65.77 for those same exact items then. All groceries, although one is an energy drink. I guarantee I can do that with almost any list from last year and will still see a difference. This is before tax too.

 

[Metric Mouse]

I'm in a red state & a red county.

Beef is higher then it was last year. And there are more walking hamburgers in fields between my apartment building & the nearest Wal-Mart then there are ranches in Texas.

Thankfully beef producers are finally getting better prices for their meat.

Can't fault small family farms for making statements profit, and who would really be upset that they are paying a living wage to ranchers?

As long as beef prices keep rising at the same rate they did under Biden (10% per year on average) I don't think anyone will be too upset.

And if they are, they can stop supporting one of the largest factors of climate change... and everyone other than them will be happy. And live longer.

 

[The AntiDonald]

Thanks for bringing this up. Didn't Taco say he was going to fix this?

How's that going?

That and energy was to cut by 50% in the first few months. He promised that by cutting energy prices, food prices would follow. He's not wrong with his assessment, he just failed to do anything about it. In fact, every move he's taken has caused increases in just about everything.