Jedi Master Scot
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Purchased lettuce in the state of Georgia yesterday, publix was $4.29 so I went to the farmers market and paid $3.59, last week I paid around $2.00 a head of lettuce
FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2022 Edition
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Barry Natchitoches
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One thing I love about my garden this time of the year:
One head of very nutritious, completely organic, fresh out of the garden head of romaine lettuce - $ 0.00 .
Fits my limited grocery budget perfectly…
Silly me, but isn’t it spelled “roux”?
IIRC “rue” in French is a street.
IIRC “rue” in French is a street.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Yeah. "Rue" also means "regret", which is how you feel when you burn the roux.
So would “Rue Rue” be “Regret Street?”
Walmart in St George, Utah.
No ramen "squares". They had the single serving ramen in a cup, and the ramen in trays, (outrageously priced, imho, at $1.25 ea), but no cases of ramen squares or single squares.
Isn't ramen one of the four college food groups? Pizza, ice cream, ramen, and chocolate?
No ramen "squares". They had the single serving ramen in a cup, and the ramen in trays, (outrageously priced, imho, at $1.25 ea), but no cases of ramen squares or single squares.
Isn't ramen one of the four college food groups? Pizza, ice cream, ramen, and chocolate?
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
You forgot the fifth college food group: popcorn.Walmart in St George, Utah.
No ramen "squares". They had the single serving ramen in a cup, and the ramen in trays, (outrageously priced, imho, at $1.25 ea), but no cases of ramen squares or single squares.
Isn't ramen one of the four college food groups? Pizza, ice cream, ramen, and chocolate?
You are correct. Munching popcorn as I type.
Mac & cheese and Lipton Sides.Walmart in St George, Utah.
No ramen "squares". They had the single serving ramen in a cup, and the ramen in trays, (outrageously priced, imho, at $1.25 ea), but no cases of ramen squares or single squares.
Isn't ramen one of the four college food groups? Pizza, ice cream, ramen, and chocolate?
This week, again not a lot of good deals. The grocery stores are pushing store brands in canned and packaged goods, but the meat store has fresh lean 10# burger bags for $3.99/lb and country-style pork ribs for $1.99/lb. so still reasonable meat to be had. The little Rez store is advertising Wright extra thick-cut bacon again at $4.29/lb in a 15# box. Thankfully, I still have freezer space after getting the fall meat share from the neighbor's Angus butchering. Gotta fit a turkey in there before long, too.
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Dobbin
Faithful Steed
Owner's wife went food shopping today.
I heard them (Owner & wife) as they unloaded the car.
"Lots of empty shelves at the store - things you normally would find are not there. (shaking her head) Frozen peas, carrots separately they don't have. But you can still buy the combination bag - although they were down to six - I bought all six."
"Lots of empty shelves - and yet lots of shelves of what I consider 'crap food' - bread, potato chips, Ring-Dings - you'd love it if I fed them to you (pointing at Owner) but I don't keep those around."
She says it's very "hit or miss" on certain items. Frozen pizza she says the better brands are not there - but you can buy the cheap store brands that to her taste like cardboard.
Dobbin
I heard them (Owner & wife) as they unloaded the car.
"Lots of empty shelves at the store - things you normally would find are not there. (shaking her head) Frozen peas, carrots separately they don't have. But you can still buy the combination bag - although they were down to six - I bought all six."
"Lots of empty shelves - and yet lots of shelves of what I consider 'crap food' - bread, potato chips, Ring-Dings - you'd love it if I fed them to you (pointing at Owner) but I don't keep those around."
She says it's very "hit or miss" on certain items. Frozen pizza she says the better brands are not there - but you can buy the cheap store brands that to her taste like cardboard.
Dobbin
psychgirl
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Went to Kroger yesterday. Indiana.
We have plenty of products, it’s just how rapidly prices are going up
One example; I keep a few bags of Kroger brand frozen French fries in the big freezer.
For YEARS they’ve always been 1.79$.
And they’re almost as good as Ore Ida.
I was down to one only bag left.
The “new locked in low price” is…..2.50$!
Same with their frozen vegetables. Large bag size of mixed veg was always 1.79$!
It’s now 2.89$! (I think I’m remembering the prices correctly)
Example number two; Kroger brand coffee has always been around 6.99$ for the big canister size. I’ll buy the good brands when on sale, but not at regular price. I’m not a coffee snob just sitting home.
Anyway, my preps are low, so I go to grab one and see that the price is now 8.99$!
I could go on and on.
We have plenty of products, it’s just how rapidly prices are going up
One example; I keep a few bags of Kroger brand frozen French fries in the big freezer.
For YEARS they’ve always been 1.79$.
And they’re almost as good as Ore Ida.
I was down to one only bag left.
The “new locked in low price” is…..2.50$!
Same with their frozen vegetables. Large bag size of mixed veg was always 1.79$!
It’s now 2.89$! (I think I’m remembering the prices correctly)
Example number two; Kroger brand coffee has always been around 6.99$ for the big canister size. I’ll buy the good brands when on sale, but not at regular price. I’m not a coffee snob just sitting home.
Anyway, my preps are low, so I go to grab one and see that the price is now 8.99$!
I could go on and on.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Seeing the same at Kroger in TN.
Kroger brand frozen vegetables (12 oz) such as peas & carrots have been 10/$10 as long as I can remember. They're now "locked in low price" of $1.25, which is not bad but still 25% increase. 12 Oz. frozen limas are $1.69 for some reason.
Still varying stock on fresh potatoes, and up over 25%.
Kroger butter is about $4 (and likely climbing), up 100% from last year, I think. We have a Kroger (Heritage Farms) dairy plant here, but I don't think they make butter there. I've not seen any shortage of trucks delivering milk there, but I work from home and don't get out much.
bracketquant
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After rising, some fresh meat and veggies are falling in price at the local WalMart (western MA). But, they are still higher than other stores, so I'm not buying.
I will buy the clearance items, like the 20 pounds of chicken leg 1/4s that I picked up the other day for .34/lb.
As I expected, bulk potatoes in 10 lb bags are now containing much more bruised/blemished spuds. I just peeled a newly bought bag, and I had 2 lbs of peelings. I'd guess that previously it would have been 1/2 lb to under 1 lb of peelings. But, the price was much better than the smaller bags, 5.49 for 10 lbs, 4.99 for 5 lbs.
After the store has been virtually fully stocked to overstocked for the past couple of months, with only frozen potato items and canned cat food being about half filled, the fresh veggie/fruit area has been more than half cleaned out. I suppose it was just that particular day that I went shopping.
I will buy the clearance items, like the 20 pounds of chicken leg 1/4s that I picked up the other day for .34/lb.
As I expected, bulk potatoes in 10 lb bags are now containing much more bruised/blemished spuds. I just peeled a newly bought bag, and I had 2 lbs of peelings. I'd guess that previously it would have been 1/2 lb to under 1 lb of peelings. But, the price was much better than the smaller bags, 5.49 for 10 lbs, 4.99 for 5 lbs.
After the store has been virtually fully stocked to overstocked for the past couple of months, with only frozen potato items and canned cat food being about half filled, the fresh veggie/fruit area has been more than half cleaned out. I suppose it was just that particular day that I went shopping.
DH and went to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the Intercourse area.. last Wednesday...we live in central Virginia.. hadn't been up there in years....
They did have a few bargains years...ago...bulk boxes of bacon...rolls of Amish butter.. the cheapest bacon was $10.95 for one lb regular bacon..think grocery store....no bulk bacon to be had...roll of butter just a little over 2 lbs...was just over $16.. pushing $17....very small half ham was $50...nothing special again think grocery... link and bulk sausage crazy expensive,..but sit down for this one...3 double yolk eggs were $10...a dozen large eggs was $10....The Amish girl who had the eggs said prices in NYC and NJ...were even higher ...we did get did the main things we went to get at reasonable prices..but the food prices were mind boggling...they have a bulk store that carries loose metal lids with a rubber seal inside....that fit most grocery store jars and went by the harness shop for new belt for DH...$80...on the web plus shipping...$38 there ....they last about 20 years plus....so they are a great deal..also a few out small things we wanted and a couple of canning books..$14.50 each there and $25..each on Amazon ...we did manage to time it to see God's wonderful handy work as the fall leaves were in peak color...that alone was worth the trip..
We went shopping here yesterday at Costco and Lidl.. at Costco got 4 lbs of bacon...$18.79..3 lbs..Jimmy Dean sausage for $10.59...some stores here nearly. ..$6.00 a pound...and of course the huge rotisserie chicken for $4.99...at Lidl a much larger half ham was $21... Land of Lakes butter was $5 something a lb...and... regular bacon was about $6 per lb.. large eggs under $3.00 per dozen..their large German milk chocolate candy bars are $1.25 each...much larger than Hershey bars..and in my humble opinion so much better..always grab a few when we are there
They did have a few bargains years...ago...bulk boxes of bacon...rolls of Amish butter.. the cheapest bacon was $10.95 for one lb regular bacon..think grocery store....no bulk bacon to be had...roll of butter just a little over 2 lbs...was just over $16.. pushing $17....very small half ham was $50...nothing special again think grocery... link and bulk sausage crazy expensive,..but sit down for this one...3 double yolk eggs were $10...a dozen large eggs was $10....The Amish girl who had the eggs said prices in NYC and NJ...were even higher ...we did get did the main things we went to get at reasonable prices..but the food prices were mind boggling...they have a bulk store that carries loose metal lids with a rubber seal inside....that fit most grocery store jars and went by the harness shop for new belt for DH...$80...on the web plus shipping...$38 there ....they last about 20 years plus....so they are a great deal..also a few out small things we wanted and a couple of canning books..$14.50 each there and $25..each on Amazon ...we did manage to time it to see God's wonderful handy work as the fall leaves were in peak color...that alone was worth the trip..
We went shopping here yesterday at Costco and Lidl.. at Costco got 4 lbs of bacon...$18.79..3 lbs..Jimmy Dean sausage for $10.59...some stores here nearly. ..$6.00 a pound...and of course the huge rotisserie chicken for $4.99...at Lidl a much larger half ham was $21... Land of Lakes butter was $5 something a lb...and... regular bacon was about $6 per lb.. large eggs under $3.00 per dozen..their large German milk chocolate candy bars are $1.25 each...much larger than Hershey bars..and in my humble opinion so much better..always grab a few when we are there
My bread just went up $1 a loaf and my eggs went up 79¢ a dozen.
I never get bagged potatoes anymore. I get the individual baking potatoes, usually four at a time. That will last me 3 weeks or so.
I get bagged potatoes....but I can them..for soups stews and home fries...
Saw $1.79 per pound turkeys at Walmart.
I'll wait. They will either be sold out in a week or drop in price.
Bacon prices!
Crazy prices. Store brand butter in 2lb shrink wrap, $8.98.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
i think it pays to remember the Russian citizens of ALL classes and incomes except the top political INNER KREMLIN members waited in long lines for limited supplies of bread, cabbage, onions,carrots, and potatoes. Few kinds of veggies and bread, organic may disappear.
They eagerly bought whatever protein they could get REGARDLESS of whether it was what they wanted, and regardless of the price of food. "ORgan meat", sausages, and offal enjoyed a resurgence of popularity.
People who ate steak and roasts will be glad to get beef tripe, kidneys, hearts. tongues, liver, pigs feet, cracklins, cheek meat, head meat.
Don't dwell on the price, any more while you still have ANY butter or ANY kind of fat to buy, or meat to buy or sugar (cane OR Beet) , DON'T be FUSSY OR you SOON BE WITHOUT. MOST FOOD.
You may like fresh salmon but there soon may, come a time when you cant get it, even canned, but are forced to buy canned mackerel even at a high price, because its either that or low grade tuna ( NOT ALBACORE) at a way inflated price.
Be grateful, these may be the "good times" you look back on, when most of the stuff you wanted, was at least available, in SOME brand, at an inflated price.
They eagerly bought whatever protein they could get REGARDLESS of whether it was what they wanted, and regardless of the price of food. "ORgan meat", sausages, and offal enjoyed a resurgence of popularity.
People who ate steak and roasts will be glad to get beef tripe, kidneys, hearts. tongues, liver, pigs feet, cracklins, cheek meat, head meat.
Don't dwell on the price, any more while you still have ANY butter or ANY kind of fat to buy, or meat to buy or sugar (cane OR Beet) , DON'T be FUSSY OR you SOON BE WITHOUT. MOST FOOD.
You may like fresh salmon but there soon may, come a time when you cant get it, even canned, but are forced to buy canned mackerel even at a high price, because its either that or low grade tuna ( NOT ALBACORE) at a way inflated price.
Be grateful, these may be the "good times" you look back on, when most of the stuff you wanted, was at least available, in SOME brand, at an inflated price.
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nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I'm still going to be fussy about a couple of things while I can, like butter. When I buy Kerrygold I'll also buy a cheaper brand, although I may stay away from the walmart brand for now, anyway. At some point I will buy what ever is available.
We Americans are very spoiled and the shock of some things will mentally cripple some people.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Factory in the town just east of us makes pizzas, and I'm talking tens of millions of pizzas every year for the big manufacturers. They had a shut down recently, for over a week, not sure why but I think they may have had an issue with birds in the building, again. The only reason I know about this is because I know someone who works there.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
Four potatoes in three weeks tells me you're not Irish.
But I AM diabetic.
Now is the time to learn how to make cheap foods palatable for your table. There are a lot of recipes that you should be trying now so if it's a failure you still have options and do not go hungry. You can then mark that recipe off your list!
I love beef stew but the price of stew meat is ridiculous. I've purchased round steak for a lower price and cut it into stew meat which works well because I like smaller pieces. My mother made stew with meatballs when my dad could not chew meat. I haven't tried that yet but for the last couple of years 99% of the beef I've purchased has been 80/20 ground beef. I can make 1# of ground beef stretch for many meals.
I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow for the first time since 10/3 so I'm assuming I will be suffering some sticker shock. I'm also taking a friend with me as a shopping buddy as has been suggested by southernprepper1. Current plan is Walmart, Aldi and Fareway only.
I love beef stew but the price of stew meat is ridiculous. I've purchased round steak for a lower price and cut it into stew meat which works well because I like smaller pieces. My mother made stew with meatballs when my dad could not chew meat. I haven't tried that yet but for the last couple of years 99% of the beef I've purchased has been 80/20 ground beef. I can make 1# of ground beef stretch for many meals.
I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow for the first time since 10/3 so I'm assuming I will be suffering some sticker shock. I'm also taking a friend with me as a shopping buddy as has been suggested by southernprepper1. Current plan is Walmart, Aldi and Fareway only.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
I guess that I'm lucky, because I consider food palatable. There are almost no foods, nor strange combinations of foods, that I won't eat. The most expensive foods have always been palatable, but the least palatable, like caviar and a few exotic cheeses, things that I would never buy to begin with. I like inexpensive foods, as they agree with me and my budget. Chicken, pork, pasta, rice, and beans are my mainstays.
I have a couple of bottom round roasts in the freezer, cost was 1.99/lb. One will be for beef stew, haven't decided on the other. And, as for strange combinations, my recipe for beef stew uses apple cider and cinnamon.
I have a couple of bottom round roasts in the freezer, cost was 1.99/lb. One will be for beef stew, haven't decided on the other. And, as for strange combinations, my recipe for beef stew uses apple cider and cinnamon.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
The WalMart rollback here was to 1.18, with about 80 of the 100 turkeys gone in a day.
undead
Veteran Member
1lb. boxes of pasta over the past year have gone from$1 a box (store-brand) to $1.79/boxCrazy prices. Store brand butter in 2lb shrink wrap, $8.98.
I'd say that's a hefty percentage increase
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Lol. I tell my wife that my Irish comes out a lot, 'cuz I eat a lot of them.
But, I'm way more Scottish. Supposedly back to Robert the Bruce, if Familysearch researchers can be believed. My experience is that they can't, because they will grab a mere name and ignore important details in their quest to fill a tree. Same on Ancestry and MyHeritage. Facts and records don't matter.
REAL genealogy is hard.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
I know it's considered "poor folks" food, but it's hard to beat beans and greens, with cornbread. Throw a bit of ham, bacon or smoked sausage in the beans and greens. Yum.
If TSHTF, I can do beans and rice for a long time, with FD ham, Yoder's canned bacon, etc to flavor it.
I also will eat almost anything given free choice. However, due to two separate health issues plus allergies there are many things I cannot eat. I dearly love almost all kinds of beans which is on both of the no-no lists, so I no longer eat them. Since I live alone, I do not have to consider anyone else which makes it easier to meal plan. However, if you are feeding a family, figuring out what they will and will not eat is important to your food storage plan. Also, getting them used to economical and/or storage foods bit by bit now will perhaps save them later. I would hate to be in the midst of a SHTF situation and be dealing with a bunch of picky eaters. Another point is food fatigue can cause people to not eat to the point of death.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
You CAN control it with diet.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
I just ordered ( a CASE) 360 3oz packages of Goya Ham Seasoning for $69.64, that with $22.50 shipping!
I saved hundreds of dollars over buying it in the grocery stores!
IT IS also something i can easily TRADE for eggs or other stuff.
BUY IT, FROM WEBSTAURANT!
I'd buy small boneless hams if I hsd more freezer space. I got 2 Bristal 1 lb canned hams the other day at wal mart.
I saved hundreds of dollars over buying it in the grocery stores!
IT IS also something i can easily TRADE for eggs or other stuff.
BUY IT, FROM WEBSTAURANT!
I'd buy small boneless hams if I hsd more freezer space. I got 2 Bristal 1 lb canned hams the other day at wal mart.
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