Wow! I guess the 3, 5 gallon pails of rolled oats in the preps are appreciating! I paid more for the pails and mylar bags than the oats!
Summerthyme
FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2022 Edition
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ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Buy A GOOD ( doesn't stretch) CLOTHESLINE, (and clothes pins ) you (everyone) will need them.
You'll thank me later.
( If they can outlaw small gasolime engines and fossil fueled cars and trucks, THEY WILL OUTLAW ELECTRIC DRYERS Sooner or later, sooner I suspect ! )
You'll thank me later.
( If they can outlaw small gasolime engines and fossil fueled cars and trucks, THEY WILL OUTLAW ELECTRIC DRYERS Sooner or later, sooner I suspect ! )
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ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Did you realize that there are different vital nutrients in dark chicken meat than chicken breasts? And the skin has nutrients that the flesh does not? Even the bones contribute vital nutrients that flesh and skin do not. (most when boiled)
You are deciding to rob yourself of the more complete nutrition God provides available in whole poultry. I'd suggest having some of all of it, including the chicken livers which are rich in Vitamin A, a lung health nutrient. support.
It is not good to give children the leg or thigh, while the adults get the breasts. each breast can be split in half, and the thighs likewise so everyone gets the same nutrient rich meal.
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Zagdid
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Just shopped for cloths line to tie down a tarp over my shed roof. Harder to find than expected. Found 100ft, 5/16" cotton 'sash cord' at tractor supply for $19.99. the last one on the shelf.
John Deere Girl
Veteran Member
A 24 pack of Diet Pepsi is over $11 at Walmart now, and 150 count Dixie paper plates are over $15. I try to keep the soda on hand for a close friend and neighbor who likes an occasional Diet Pepsi, and I was planning on stocking up on paper plates for the upcoming holidays. I passed on both.
Barry Natchitoches
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I found a receipt recently, dated June 16, 2020, from the local WalMart.
I only bought one thing back on that day in 2020: ten 8 ounce blocks of Great Value cream cheese (for my keto diet). It was 80 cents plus tax for a single block.
Well, I bought some again today. Same cream cheese, same WalMart store.
Only difference was that they were not selling individual blocks at all. You had to buy a 2-pack.
Two 8 ounce blocks on June 16, 2020 cost me $1.60. (80 cents times 2 blocks = $1.60).
Today’s price for a 2-pack?
$3.15 !!!
That is just under DOUBLE what the same cream cheese cost two years ago!
Yeah, food inflation is only 8% Year over year.... Right....
I only bought one thing back on that day in 2020: ten 8 ounce blocks of Great Value cream cheese (for my keto diet). It was 80 cents plus tax for a single block.
Well, I bought some again today. Same cream cheese, same WalMart store.
Only difference was that they were not selling individual blocks at all. You had to buy a 2-pack.
Two 8 ounce blocks on June 16, 2020 cost me $1.60. (80 cents times 2 blocks = $1.60).
Today’s price for a 2-pack?
$3.15 !!!
That is just under DOUBLE what the same cream cheese cost two years ago!
Yeah, food inflation is only 8% Year over year.... Right....
I noticed the French bread at Walmart had gone from $1 to $1.49. If you're late in the day, there is often no bread at Aldi. Prices of Aldi's bread has gone up some, but not as much as other stores. Now that the weather is cooler, I plan to start baking my own bread again. I've been stocking up on flour and also have wheat berries I can mill for bread.
Currently I'm harvesting from my garden and preparing things for storage. I canned chili sauce last week. I shredded and dehydrated summer squash/zucchini and okra which make good additions to winter soups. I've not tried rehydrating the shredded squash to make zucchini bread as I always freeze a supply for that but may give it a try one day. This week I'm debating between canning diced tomatoes or making tomato juice. I also have a lot of green peppers that I'm hoping will turn red before frost but will harvest green if necessary. Those will be chopped and frozen green or red. To keep myself motivated to do the hard work I keep reminding myself what these foods cost at the grocery store. I've harvested a few acorn squash which are curing in the garage before going to the basement. The cured sweet potatoes went to the basement last week. I'm also seed saving from tomatoes, zinnias and cosmos.
For clothesline, I'd suggest vinyl covered wire. Rope is impossible to wipe clean and will leave marks on laundry. My original lines were heavy wire which is hard to work with -- actually impossible for my old hands -- but the vinyl covered wire is very manageable for me. The posts are welded pipes and will probably last forever and they are already over 40 years old. I also have nice clotheslines in my basement as my old hands do not appreciate hanging wet laundry when its freezing outside.
Currently I'm harvesting from my garden and preparing things for storage. I canned chili sauce last week. I shredded and dehydrated summer squash/zucchini and okra which make good additions to winter soups. I've not tried rehydrating the shredded squash to make zucchini bread as I always freeze a supply for that but may give it a try one day. This week I'm debating between canning diced tomatoes or making tomato juice. I also have a lot of green peppers that I'm hoping will turn red before frost but will harvest green if necessary. Those will be chopped and frozen green or red. To keep myself motivated to do the hard work I keep reminding myself what these foods cost at the grocery store. I've harvested a few acorn squash which are curing in the garage before going to the basement. The cured sweet potatoes went to the basement last week. I'm also seed saving from tomatoes, zinnias and cosmos.
For clothesline, I'd suggest vinyl covered wire. Rope is impossible to wipe clean and will leave marks on laundry. My original lines were heavy wire which is hard to work with -- actually impossible for my old hands -- but the vinyl covered wire is very manageable for me. The posts are welded pipes and will probably last forever and they are already over 40 years old. I also have nice clotheslines in my basement as my old hands do not appreciate hanging wet laundry when its freezing outside.
For the first time in four years I cancelled my entire Aldi home delivery order because of too many out of stock items.
I got one phone text after the other from my personal shopper detailing out of stock items. I finally told her to scrap the entire order and credit me with a refund. She was just about to check out.
Out of 12 items on the order, 6 items were out of stock. Previously it has been 2 or 3 items at most.
What was really worrisome is that they were out of stock of their plain white bread. What? I've been going to Aldi a total of 20 years or so and I have -never- seen their plain old white bread out of stock. The shopper had to send me a photo until I believed her. The pallet area was completely empty.
Interestingly, where there is a rare choice of brands, the very cheapest ones were out of stock. A more expensive item could be had but I'm not paying 20% - 40% more.
Aldi didn't have their cheap bologna, cheap American cheese slices, or the cheap white bread to put them on. C'mon man!
And of course, two of the German food items were out of stock. Verdamdt.
I hope this is not going to be a trend at Aldi's.
I got one phone text after the other from my personal shopper detailing out of stock items. I finally told her to scrap the entire order and credit me with a refund. She was just about to check out.
Out of 12 items on the order, 6 items were out of stock. Previously it has been 2 or 3 items at most.
What was really worrisome is that they were out of stock of their plain white bread. What? I've been going to Aldi a total of 20 years or so and I have -never- seen their plain old white bread out of stock. The shopper had to send me a photo until I believed her. The pallet area was completely empty.
Interestingly, where there is a rare choice of brands, the very cheapest ones were out of stock. A more expensive item could be had but I'm not paying 20% - 40% more.
Aldi didn't have their cheap bologna, cheap American cheese slices, or the cheap white bread to put them on. C'mon man!
And of course, two of the German food items were out of stock. Verdamdt.
I hope this is not going to be a trend at Aldi's.
With Aldi, it pays to figure out which day they usually stock. Here it used to be Wednesdays, but that was when the weekly ad started. Seems lately, their deliveries aren't always on time.
Still...I usually shoot for middle of the week..Wednesday or Thursday.
Adding: Been wondering about places like Kwik Trip that advertise super cheap bread (.69 for a loaf of white bread last week), burger, bananas, milk, eggs, etc. at the pump. I try to never go into the stores..they are always a zoo. Do they manage to keep their cheap loss leaders in stock? Sure worth it if it was a tight week/month. Breakfasts and lunches for a lot less money.
Still...I usually shoot for middle of the week..Wednesday or Thursday.
Adding: Been wondering about places like Kwik Trip that advertise super cheap bread (.69 for a loaf of white bread last week), burger, bananas, milk, eggs, etc. at the pump. I try to never go into the stores..they are always a zoo. Do they manage to keep their cheap loss leaders in stock? Sure worth it if it was a tight week/month. Breakfasts and lunches for a lot less money.
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packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Aldi is having an issue with the bread supply nationwide. When I asked the manager about it yesterday she said they have no idea when the issue will be resolved. Aldi was out of flour as well. Need to pick some up from Fareway today, cause it looks like I'm going to be making my own bread here and soon.
ShadowMan
Designated Grumpy Old Fart
Went to Costco last Wednesday to miss the payday crowd. The place was packed to the gills and every cart was full to over flowing. We're here in SoCal, nothing going on. Talked to DW's aunt and DW's best friend and they saw the same thing when they went shopping this last week. Crazy busy....and of course prices are skyrocketing everywhere.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I can assure you that my daddy would not have shared his chicken breast, fried with the skin on. I still like the leg.
Walmart still has the cheap Bar S hotodgs, but only one row and not many there.
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Thanks for the Aldi information!
Perhaps it'd slipped your mind that Wednesdays are now when SocSec checks are scheduled for deposit? Not sure of the criteria which determine on which week of the month.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Our Indiana Kroger was a crap show this morning
Prices!!
And the checkouts, all but one cashier and one self serve line, called in sick.
The rest was all shut down.
I’d bet you fifty it’s Covid again.
Lines all the way over to the pharmacy.
It felt super creepy.
Prices!!
And the checkouts, all but one cashier and one self serve line, called in sick.
The rest was all shut down.
I’d bet you fifty it’s Covid again.
Lines all the way over to the pharmacy.
It felt super creepy.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Get used to it, so the return of the bread lines doesn't catch you by surprise.
I've mentioned it before but will again, both HyVee and Fareway have drastically reduced the shelf space for flour and sugar. I'm thinking it's now about a 4' section for each and the top two shelves were not flour. Used to be three times more shelf for both sugar and flour. This change happened at least three months ago and has stayed reduced. Also, the shelves have not been full although not empty either.
If you have flour, sugar, salt, yeast and oil, you can make bread, biscuits, muffins, crackers, flat bread, tortillas and much more. A basic cookbook will have good instructions and recipes. Make sure you have the necessary bread pans, muffin tins, etc. I highly urge people to make sure they are ready to make their own bread products.
EYW
Veteran Member
It is determined by your birthday. Mine is the 18th so I get paid on the third Weds of the month and my husband's birthday is the 23rd which is paid on the fourth Weds of this month.
Voortrekker
Veteran Member
Winco in Dallas Ft Worth area 9ut of Tillimook and Siggy's yogurt and cottage cheese.
Hy-Vee Columbus Nebrasky canned beans and hominy @ $.88 per can. Soups almost $4 per can. I suppose that's what the Hy in HyVee stands for.
Hy-Vee Columbus Nebrasky canned beans and hominy @ $.88 per can. Soups almost $4 per can. I suppose that's what the Hy in HyVee stands for.
I'll get food delivered from Amazon Fresh, Aldi's, and Woodman's here in SE WI.
All are OK and each one does certain things better than the other but I am clearly noticing a certain disturbing trend amongst all of those grocers.
More and more outages amongst the generic and private label items leaving only the more expensive Brand Name items as a substitute.
One day food producers are going to ask, "Why are we even bothering to make a low priced private label product at all?
All are OK and each one does certain things better than the other but I am clearly noticing a certain disturbing trend amongst all of those grocers.
More and more outages amongst the generic and private label items leaving only the more expensive Brand Name items as a substitute.
One day food producers are going to ask, "Why are we even bothering to make a low priced private label product at all?
Zagdid
Veteran Member
Was in Walmart last week looking for Sierra Mist (soda). They didn't have it for at least a number of weeks now. Local supermarket is missing it as well. Every Walmart employee that we encountered that day was coughing noticeably.Our Indiana Kroger was a crap show this morning
Prices!!
And the checkouts, all but one cashier and one self serve line, called in sick.
The rest was all shut down.
I’d bet you fifty it’s Covid again.
Lines all the way over to the pharmacy.
It felt super creepy.
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Can Bisquik serve the same purpose?
Bisquik for dumplings, biscuits, pancakes, pot pie topping, etc. Ingredients - flour, baking soda, sugar, oil (the mix will eventually go rancid), salt.
There's no eggs or milk (or enough sugar and oil) in it though for something like muffins or quickbread. Even for pancakes, I want eggs and milk in the batter.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yes, the Bisquick will go rancid, unless you store it in the freezer.
I have a Betty Crocker, Best Bisquick Recipes cookbook. IIRC, it only has one bread recipe in it and that's, Blueberry - Banana bread.
Yup. Get very far off the plain biscuit path with it, and you might as well start from scratch ingredients. I keep it around sometimes for quick drop biscuits or most often for dropping/spreading on top of a quick-made, "out-of-tin-cans" casserole pot pie for the oven. Otherwise, it's not really that much help.
There are probably quick bread recipes using Bisquik such as zucchini or banana bread, but I've never seen or tried them. For regular bread you do not need all the ingredients in Bisquik.
BTW there are books called Make-A-Mix Cookery and More Make-A-Mix Cookery that have recipes for making a master mix for bisquik and other mixes such as hot roll mix, cornmeal mix, muffin mix, pancake mix plus others. Each master mix has a list of recipes using the mix with page numbers. The "More" cookbook takes the whole master mix into new territory. I used to use these mixes when my kids were home, but for just me they go rancid before I use them.
Actually, bisquik usually goes rancid before I use it, so I generally cook from scratch with individual ingredients. I usually only use it for biscuits and shortbread, and I prefer pancake mix for waffles. Again, I often start from scratch which I think is the best when prepping i.e., store basic ingredients. Nothing wrong with using Bisquik and other mixes now while available, but for long term storage the mixes do go rancid. Generally basic ingredients cost less than buying mixes, but not always.
BTW there are books called Make-A-Mix Cookery and More Make-A-Mix Cookery that have recipes for making a master mix for bisquik and other mixes such as hot roll mix, cornmeal mix, muffin mix, pancake mix plus others. Each master mix has a list of recipes using the mix with page numbers. The "More" cookbook takes the whole master mix into new territory. I used to use these mixes when my kids were home, but for just me they go rancid before I use them.
Actually, bisquik usually goes rancid before I use it, so I generally cook from scratch with individual ingredients. I usually only use it for biscuits and shortbread, and I prefer pancake mix for waffles. Again, I often start from scratch which I think is the best when prepping i.e., store basic ingredients. Nothing wrong with using Bisquik and other mixes now while available, but for long term storage the mixes do go rancid. Generally basic ingredients cost less than buying mixes, but not always.
Barq’s root beer at H-E-B: only two cases on the shelf. $11.95 per 12-pack case. I hope I misread that tag.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
I hope you did also!
Folks, we're not far from $10 a pound butter and $10 a dozen eggs, and the CHEAPEST bread $5 a loaf instead of $1.50, probably by next spring.at the rate prices are rising.
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tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Dayum! That's right at $1/can.
And we thought Cokes were high at $0.67/can. The adult beverages that I currently like are up to $1.25/can for 12-pack.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
I need to join your support group, but I think if we got together, we'd buy even MORE.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Sad, huh
Lol!
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
IF it were the old time Barqs - before they sold out to CocaCola - I would not only pay that price without complaint, but I would drive all the way from Memphis to Texas to buy it!
But alas, it isn’t the old time Barqs…
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Count me in your group too. I'm hopeless. The main thing that holds me back, besides money, is space. I'm beyond out of space.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
My big freezer is out of space!
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I have 7 freezers.
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