FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2024 Edition

[Milk-maid]

At Kroger yesterday, and finally they have organic butter again. it's been dry for months and months.
We've spoken to their HQ and they say they should have been able to get it, but the store says it was discontinued.
The left doesn't know what the right is doing.

 

[moldy]

Cheaper run to Safeway than usual, but I was just buying sale items. The checker commented, "Wow, you did good!" I did point out all I had bought was on sale. She's pretty young - but she'll learn. I think one of the best ways I learned to budget was watching customers when I worked at a grocery store as a teen,

 

[nomifyle]

It seems like everything is inching up, if its to be found.

 

[summerthyme]

Cheaper run to Safeway than usual, but I was just buying sale items. The checker commented, "Wow, you did good!" I did point out all I had bought was on sale. She's pretty young - but she'll learn. I think one of the best ways I learned to budget was watching customers when I worked at a grocery store as a teen,

LOL! My kids swore I was the reason 2 grocery chains went bankrupt! I *only* bought loss leaders and things on really good sales. Several cashiers confided that they waited to make their weekly list until after I shopped, because they knew I had researched all the deals!

Summerthyme

 

[Reasonable Rascal]

Wife is semi-passionate about her Mac's BBQ flavor chicharrones. We have always passed over the large barrels because the price per ounces also included a nice dividend for the barrel itself, which we don't otherwise use so the much smaller bags it was.

Had to hot W-M yesterday for the pharmacy and had a 20 minute wait for a refill so went wandering with a cart. They had the Mac's on close-out for $3/barrel, or about 40% of list. The bags are $2.38 for a 5 oz bag and the barrel is 11 oz. She made me stop after snagging her 7 barrels.

Elsewhere on the discount cart were Reeses peanut butter cup badges. $0.50 each. 4 of those for her home room teacher. Red, white and blue wrapped Hershey's kisses for more than 1/2 off. Yep, snagged a bag for her classroom. Kit-Kat birthday cake, $0.50 instead of $1.17. She snagged 4 of those and took 2 with her today for her kid.

At least the meds were ready when we went back that way.

RR

 

[WalknTrot]

I've got to motivate up to the local/regional this afternoon to pick up the meat specials before they are over. The good Minnesota Gold bacon (in-store sliced) @ $4.94/lb., boneless country style ribs - $2.49/lb. and Hillshire Farms brats - $3.49/19 oz.

Not earth-shattering, but about as good as it gets these days.

 

[nomifyle]

I just looked up the price of the small bottles of Skin so Soft anti itch spray. $25 for a small bottle, doable if you are desperate, but pretty expensive if you are looking to stock up. However from my heavy stocking up days I have three bottles with the sprayer. I'm glad I stocked up on things before they got so expensive, at least some things.

 

[Milk-maid]

Rt 18 secs
The difference between what groceries you can buy in 2019 and now.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1791242561249587480

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[Marseydoats]

You know those big bags of generic cereal that are on the bottom shelves at Kroger type stores?

I know I’ve seen generic coco krispies.
At our store anyway. But maybe your stores don’t carry that one

I'll check again next week. Our store only carries those absolutely huge bags that are equivalent to roughly 3 boxes of cereal, and I don't think dh could eat a whole one before it went stale. Wonder if I could freeze it without it getting mushy...

 

[herbgarden]

I have never tried freezing but,I have vacuum sealed in Qt jars. That works. so does putting in a mylar bag with an oxygen absorber. And if all else fails when stale I put into a 300 degree oven for 5 minutes to recrisp.

 

[psychgirl]

I'll check again next week. Our store only carries those absolutely huge bags that are equivalent to roughly 3 boxes of cereal, and I don't think dh could eat a whole one before it went stale. Wonder if I could freeze it without it getting mushy...

I think you can
It’s worth it id think to try it out once. Especially for prepping and to hedge against price increases to have extra on hand

Idk but try out a bag to freeze! I’d love to know!

 

[hd5574]

I vacuum seal my cereal half gallon jars...works great...

 

[hd5574]

My cousin in Surprise, AZ.... called and her Costco has chickens that were in plastic bags and the size of grocery store chickens but were still $4.99 also not seasoned
We were at Costco here in Central Virginia a couple of days ago and the chickens here were normal...big in the 2 piece containers and still seasoned and still $4.99

 

[Normallguy]

Ground beef at work was $4.99lb a month ago.
Now $5.99lb.
Other meats up too.
Tourist season getting in gear too.
Nice lake resorts down the road a short ways.

 

[von Koehler]

My younger brother and his wife got hamburger etc at McDonald's and it cost him $27 dollars.

When they got back home, both were sick.

 

[VinceU1]

Don't know if its a good deal, but just got an email from Sam's Club. They have 43.5oz Folger's coffee for less than $10.

 

[Tex88]

Hmmm, I wonder why nobody goes to the movies anymore...

 

[WalknTrot]

Hmmm, I wonder why nobody goes to the movies anymore...

Hahaha. Personally, I can (gasp!) go for two hours without eating and have always preferred to NOT drink a half-gallon of anything when I'm attending an expensive event (concert, movie, etc.) so I don't have to break away and find a bathroom in the middle of things.

 

[hd5574]

DH and I were out and stopped at Captain D's..we both got a take out meal plate DH had 3 piece fish with 5 shrimp add on and I had the 2 piece fish with the add on shrimp... it had fries, Cole slaw, hush puppies and drink...it was $29.44 without the tax..
It was so much food that we brought enough home to have a second meal..it was really good and bonus ...no one got sick..
For us it worked out to about $7.50 per meal..not bad in today's insane world.
We rarely eat out because the quality of fast food has really dropped and the prices have skyrocketed..but this worked out..

 

[Tex88]

 

[Reasonable Rascal]

What place is this menu board from? I want to make sure I don't walk in there.

RR

 

[WalknTrot]

What place is this menu board from? I want to make sure I don't walk in there.

RR

A lot of the more trendy restaurants even up here on the N MN tundra (I blame the tourists!) have prices like that. Usually the food is very good, beautifully presented, and plenty of it, but I prefer not to indulge that way unless it's a rare special occasion. Even my retired-from-workplace breakfast ladies group that meets early mornings monthly has finally settled on Perkins, because the prices are better, and you can order à la carte.

 

[Millwright]

Wife is semi-passionate about her Mac's BBQ flavor chicharrones. We have always passed over the large barrels because the price per ounces also included a nice dividend for the barrel itself, which we don't otherwise use so the much smaller bags it was.

Had to hot W-M yesterday for the pharmacy and had a 20 minute wait for a refill so went wandering with a cart. They had the Mac's on close-out for $3/barrel, or about 40% of list. The bags are $2.38 for a 5 oz bag and the barrel is 11 oz. She made me stop after snagging her 7 barrels.

Elsewhere on the discount cart were Reeses peanut butter cup badges. $0.50 each. 4 of those for her home room teacher. Red, white and blue wrapped Hershey's kisses for more than 1/2 off. Yep, snagged a bag for her classroom. Kit-Kat birthday cake, $0.50 instead of $1.17. She snagged 4 of those and took 2 with her today for her kid.

At least the meds were ready when we went back that way.

RR

Try the Mac's real pork cracklins.

Put 'em in a tupperware, a healthy sprinkling of Slap Ya' Mamma and a smidgee bit of cayenne, shook it up a bit.

Food of the gods....perfect with a cold beer.

I've tried their spicy version, not as good.