mzkitty
I give up.
My mother had a cute little dog that she used to cook two whole chickens a week for. Then they later had two cats who ate $6.00/lb roast turkey from the deli. While they ate baloney. Sigh..............
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My mother had a cute little dog that she used to cook two whole chickens a week for. Then they later had two cats who ate $6.00/lb roast turkey from the deli. While they ate baloney. Sigh..............
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Our elder girl is picky, and has some allergies. Some of the canned food gives them noxious gas. Lol. So, I get Kroger pulled chicken to put in her dinner. We cycle various grain-free dried foods, along with some grain-free wet.My mother had a cute little dog that she used to cook two whole chickens a week for. Then they later had two cats who ate $6.00/lb roast turkey from the deli. While they ate baloney. Sigh..............
Lately, they've gotten trimmings from when we canned pork or venison. Tonight, they got my leftover carnitas from last night. And I'm using up some chicken canned in 2012 for them and us.
Their dinner takes me as long to prep as ours.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
But, rabbits are delicious. It's an investment!
We had a ton of wild rabbits around here, until the bobcat moved in. Now, I don't see any. Bobcat started with a deer fawn but I couldn't track it quickly enough. Now rabbits are gone. Still several squirrels and some wild turkeys. And a few does, including an injured one which we feed. I've never hunted or dressed deer, but looks like I might need to learn.
Not to worry. My little guy will not be going hungry!Aw, just look at that sweet little face. He deserves $26.00 a bag dog food. Not that it's any fun for you to pay that. Wow.
When I was preparing bankruptcies, I saw this many times primarily with older ladies. I would always tell my clients that they needed to take care of themselves because what would happen to their pet if they had to go to a nursing home or died. It's also true for any caregiver, if you don't take care of yourself, you will not be able to care for others.My mother had a cute little dog that she used to cook two whole chickens a week for. Then they later had two cats who ate $6.00/lb roast turkey from the deli. While they ate baloney. Sigh..............
mzkitty
I give up.
That's the thing -- they had plenty of money. They just thought funny sometimes. They ate well, except for the spoiling the pets thing.
momma_soapmaker
Disgusted
We went ahead and bought a turkey and everything needed for Thanksgiving.
Got a 13# Butterball for $1.18/lb.
South central Arkansas.
Got a 13# Butterball for $1.18/lb.
South central Arkansas.
briches
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Hubby grows lettuce, spinach and Bok choy (not sure how to spell that) all winter for is in the garage. He has “his system” down pat, and it works beautifully. We eat BIG salads at least once a week.
He started it last year after I came home from the grocery store bemoaning that the spring mix I usually purchase had increased in price to $6.29 a container.
Hubby to the rescue …… I’m quite thankful for him (and yes, I tell him too).
Lettuce is nice, but holds little to zero food value. I can easily live without it, (especially at bankruptcy prices), but if I was blowing up the electric bill growing greens indoors, it would be spinach. Even then, there are more much substantial, nutritious vegetables that will get you a lot further in hard times and also preserve/store very well so you don't need to mess around growing inside during winter. Carrots, squash (real squash, not water-bag summer squash), green beans, peas and corn, cabbage.
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ioujc
MARANTHA!! Even so, come LORD JESUS!!!
I use Alfalfa pellets (@ 12 dollars a 40 pound bag) and whatever weeds and grasses I can scrounge during the winter months. During summer, that get a fill buffet of things they can safely eat from the garden.....cukes, sweet potatoes and the vines, grape leaves, etc. Plus grass and branches from honey suckle, etc.
ioujc
MARANTHA!! Even so, come LORD JESUS!!!
Noticed gas here was $3.33 a gallon here on Tuesday, when I was out.
Turkeys $1.08 to 3.88 a pound, depending on how chemically treated you wanted your turkey. Cabbage .47 cents a pound. Potatoes ranged from Yukon's @ $3.99 for 8 pounds to 89 cents each for large Russet bakers.
Broccoli remains outrageous at $3 per medium sized head.
Turkeys $1.08 to 3.88 a pound, depending on how chemically treated you wanted your turkey. Cabbage .47 cents a pound. Potatoes ranged from Yukon's @ $3.99 for 8 pounds to 89 cents each for large Russet bakers.
Broccoli remains outrageous at $3 per medium sized head.
skwentnaflyer
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All the hamburger at the local grocery store had expired yesterday and was marked down. I haven't seen that before, it's usually just a couple of packages. There were quite a few roasts marked down as well.
mzkitty
I give up.
Did you buy any?
skwentnaflyer
Veteran Member
One pack, it looks ok. In the pan it smelled a little off, but not bad. It's no worse than when I've forgotten a package in the fridge for a couple of days. I'd probably be pitching it tomorrow, though.
Kibbles and Bits is terrible food, and now you’re paying premium for crap. Switch over to Taste of the Wild. Not much more in price, its 10x the quality. Might as well. I mean, if you’re paying for first class, you might as well sit at the front of the plane….
psychgirl
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Agreed.
mzkitty
I give up.
Good. Handy hint someone told me a long time ago: Sprinkle a good amount of garlic powder on your burgers. Protects against food poisoning (which I one had a bad case of due to an undercooked restaurant burger). I think if I did buy some expired meat it would be the roasts since e-coli and that stuff only gets into ground meat.
skwentnaflyer
Veteran Member
I just had to go back to the store for something I forgot. No new hamburger out, that seems a bit odd. The shelf is still almost full of the discounted stuff, so I guess they want to move it. I've not seen them do this before
SouthernBreeze
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It's being reported on our local news that different restaurants in the city of Tupelo, MS. are running out of salads and potatoes. Some of them are even taking those items off their menus. I can confirm this, because Cary and I went to a certain restaurant a few weeks back, and there were no potatoes to be had. Cary got the last baked potato with his meal. Everyone else who wanted potatoes with their meal were told they were out. The news report didn't say how long this would last.
nomifyle
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We went to the local cafe the other day and if you wanted a baked potato it was $2 extra, even if potatoes came with the meal.
bracketquant
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A glut of potatoes, here, in western Massachusetts. Most potatoes are from Maine, northeast Canada, and there is one local grower. Because of fuel costs, perhaps producers will decide to ship the shortest distances in order to still sell all of their product. If this area runs low, or out, of sweet potatoes...
bev
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Same here in Columbus. We used to get a “bbq potato” once in a while from Shane’s BBQ. HUGE potato topped with a lot of pork bbq that was delicious. One of those was good for two meals. We went a few days ago and found they were out of potatoes. They still had fries, so I guess they buy them frozen.
i was looking at the online menu a few days ago for another local bbq restaurant. They have a similar potato, which is listed for Wednesdays only. I tried to order it on Wednesday - unavailable.
So disappointed.
I guess I’ll be making my own from now on.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Sounds like what we have in the White House, when he ain't hiding in his basement.
To drift back to topic, potato supply here in middle-TN has improved somewhat. Actual bags of potatoes in Kroger. Large single, washed and wrapped microwaveable potatoes in stock and still $1 each. Washed and wrapped single sweet potatoes went up to $1.99 each, but single bulk sweet potatoes not too bad.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
My local Stop & Shop (western MA) is continuing, again this year, their .49/lb turkeys (with an additional $25 purchase). The sale started today, but I doubt there were many shoppers buying turkeys in this hideous weather. I should be picking one up in a day or two.There is no room in my freezers for a whole bird. So, this one will be thawed, cooked, de-boned, packaged and then frozen. There is room for that. When that is complete, it will be just the right time for the last day of the sale, to buy another, and thaw it just in time to cook for Thanksgiving. That's if they have any turkeys left, on the last day of the sale. I'll still be happy with just the one.
school marm
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NE NV this morning Smith's did not look so good. I normally shop on Thursdays, but couldn't go in yesterday because of snow. DS and I went in this morning and started shopping around 10:30. The store should have been very well stocked for the weekend. They had next to nothing in the deli meat aisle and hardly any cheese. Little fresh chicken and for some reason they'd moved it to an entirely different area. They did have turkeys in for 79 cents per pound.
SouthernBreeze
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Gosh! Deviled eggs were once a cheap Thanksgiving dish to prepare. Not anymore when I have to prepare 2 dozen of them. 2 weeks ago, ours were $3.52/dozen. It won't surprise me to see ours at $4 this week.
psychgirl
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Our Kroger has Crisco oil (large bottle?) two bottles /10$….. that’s outrageous!
Used to be dirt cheap.
Taco Salad
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Not that high in my part of Michigan yet but I was shocked to see it at $1.79 for the tuna salad and crackers pack about a week ago. Way too much money for really crappy tuna salad.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
That pack is even more expensive. I use to get both of them at DT for a buck and I'm not sure they even carry them now.
It appears the grocery stores are taking the opportunity to price gouge also. Do your research. I am flying out today to head to the north slope. I was picking up a few things to put in my check back and went to look for a shampoo that I use as a body wash as well.
I can buy it at the only store we have on the slope for $10.95
The exact same bottle size and all was 11.99 at Albertsons yesterday in Helena, MT.
It will be interesting to see if it has gone up on the slope. They rotate stock pretty regular up there of things like that.
I can buy it at the only store we have on the slope for $10.95
The exact same bottle size and all was 11.99 at Albertsons yesterday in Helena, MT.
It will be interesting to see if it has gone up on the slope. They rotate stock pretty regular up there of things like that.
Taco Salad
Contributing Member
I have a few that I bought there in either AUG or SEPT not really sure because I never buy enough of that stuff for it to hang around more than 6 months or so. I did notice that they no longer carry any of the pouches of chicken at the ones closest to me.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Doesn’t surprise me, they can’t afford the loss
von Koehler
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Spent about $450 for Walmart and Hy-Vee to stock up for the month.
I am guessing that the same items a year ago would have been about $100 less.
Campbell's family size chicken soup was out of stock.
Wild Fork prices seem to be stable.
Southeast Iowa
I am guessing that the same items a year ago would have been about $100 less.
Campbell's family size chicken soup was out of stock.
Wild Fork prices seem to be stable.
Southeast Iowa
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tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Not sure of your area, but here in middle-TN many things are up 50-100% from last year.
Two years ago, we were spending about $200 for a cartful of groceries every week. Now, it's $300-400 and the cart isn't nearly as full. The "official" inflation numbers are pure bullshit and the continuing redefinition of "recession" too.
patriotgal
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Not groceries but something I use a lot of...copy paper. $10 to $12 for ONE ream at wally world. $5 per ream online. Caramels (for caramel apples) are as rare as hen's teeth.
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