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A box of 5-dozen eggs at the local market: $29.99
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- Central Utah -
A box of 5-dozen eggs at the local market: $29.99
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FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2022 Edition
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Marseydoats
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A box of 5-dozen eggs at the local market: $29.99
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The farm to table store that I shop at has been charging $6 a dozen for free range eggs for at least 3 years. They have no problem selling out either.
I barter eggs from my neighbor. I don't think I could make myself pay that much for them.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Kroger in middle-TN: jumbo eggs up to $3.79/dozen, from $1.99 a couple of months ago. Kroger-brand frozen veggies have been 10/$10, some still are. Some are $1.25 each. Limas are $1.69.
I was fortunate to get pork loins on sale at $1.49/lb last week, canned seven quarts and still have 3 loins.
BIL gave us 6 packed gallon bags of fresh venison last Sunday. I canned 7 quarts last night. Made venison soup tonight, and pressure-cooked a bunch of trimmings for the furkids. They loved their feast tonight, and they still have enough for a few days to supplement their other food.
I was fortunate to get pork loins on sale at $1.49/lb last week, canned seven quarts and still have 3 loins.
BIL gave us 6 packed gallon bags of fresh venison last Sunday. I canned 7 quarts last night. Made venison soup tonight, and pressure-cooked a bunch of trimmings for the furkids. They loved their feast tonight, and they still have enough for a few days to supplement their other food.
Voortrekker
Veteran Member
The Council Bluff Walmart eggs jumbo $2.58 per dozen, national price. When 45 was in office it was about $0.95 per dozen. I figured it would peak during Scamdemic at $1.25, but it went up and down in irregular cycles to $1.50.
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A box of 5-dozen eggs at the local market: $29.99
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catskinner
Veteran Member
Just got back from my local owned grocery store, suburban Memphis, on the Arkansas side of the river. Last week, store brand large eggs were $2.79 for a dozen. Today they are $3.99. There was a sign up apologizing for the price increase. SIL said it was due to the upcoming holidays and that they would go back down after. She has no clue.
That 9-can multipack of chicken breast that I’ve been following: a year ago it was $9.98. Six months ago it was $18.98. Today it is $21.95.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Is this the one at Sam's Club? If so that's what the price was when I was in there last weekend. Haven't looked at WM. Aldi has a 2 can pack for just under $8, central Iowa.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
That's the kind of thing I've been seeing. The 47 million chickens destroyed this year due to avian flu has to play a big part in that.
Thanksgiving and Christmas is looking to be a real clue-by-four to average Joe Six Pack.
Otherwise... 8.2% "annual" inflation, my ass.
It was at H-E-B. Sam’s is clear across town for me.
Doc1
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I had to buy a little two-pack of 1157 tail light bulbs at Auto Zone today. These are nothing exotic. They're just the old(er)-fashioned, bayonet socket type of small bulbs. Common, common, common (and formerly cheap). Final cost after tax? Nearly $8!
This example, and virtually all of the examples in this thread, have nothing to do with railroad strikes, shipping or staffing difficulties or poor harvests. It's all due to inflation.
Further, you can't rail against high prices or inflation without knowing what you are complaining about. This is nothing new. Years ago I heard my mother and aunt complaining about high prices. I asked my aunt if she knew why prices continued to rise.
She offered the not especially bright opinion that, "Well, prices just keep getting higher and higher!" I explained that it's strictly due to inflation, that is, the constant increase in the money supply. My aunt whined, somewhat angrily, "Well I'm not getting more money!" and after a few more attempts to explain it I gave up.
The fact is that rising prices - with the possible exception of some local anamolies - are strictly due to inflation and that is strictly due to the government and the central bank increasing the money supply. Yes, I understand that you personally might not be getting more money, but all of the rising prices (and associated phenomenon like the COLA increases in Social Security) all come down to inflation and that comes down to the singular evil of the government and central bank increasing the money supply.
As that happens, every single Dollar produced reduces the value of every other single Dollar already in circulation and that causes prices, as measure in Dollars, to rise. Simple, ennit?
Here's a simple and basic example: Some of you may recall that in 1964 the US Government decided to eliminate the silver in most circulating coinage and we were then given the "clad" coins we see today. They had to do this, as the silver in the coins was starting to be more valuable than their face value. Similarly, in 1982 the government changed the long-standing metallic composition of the humble US Penny from a copper/bronze alloy to the copper-washed, zinc slug we still have with us today.
Now - and this is important to understand - if you were to have bought a gallon of gasoline in 1963 you would've paid roughly 25 cents for it and you could've paid for it with a silver Quarter. If you bought a gallon of gasoline today, the value of that same silver Quarter would roughly pay for your gallon of gasoline!
Remember the example of pennies I gave, above? When they debased the pennies by making them of zinc, the metal value of the copper in the old pennies was growing higher than the face value of the pennies. Then they started using the cheaper zinc metal to make our pennies. Guess what? Now the value of the zinc is growing higher than the face value of the Penny!
All you are seeing with the constant increases in prices is the ongoing debasement of the "money" we are forced to use and as inflation increases and speeds up - as it always does - you will continue to see the costs of everything you buy increase. As a very general-but-ultimately-true rule, these costs will always continue to rise faster than most people are able to increase their income.
Got it now? Never forget, the increase in prices you are experiencing is due to the evil of the government/central bank increasing the money supply and consequently debasing every Penny and Dollar you own.
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Doc
This example, and virtually all of the examples in this thread, have nothing to do with railroad strikes, shipping or staffing difficulties or poor harvests. It's all due to inflation.
Further, you can't rail against high prices or inflation without knowing what you are complaining about. This is nothing new. Years ago I heard my mother and aunt complaining about high prices. I asked my aunt if she knew why prices continued to rise.
She offered the not especially bright opinion that, "Well, prices just keep getting higher and higher!" I explained that it's strictly due to inflation, that is, the constant increase in the money supply. My aunt whined, somewhat angrily, "Well I'm not getting more money!" and after a few more attempts to explain it I gave up.
The fact is that rising prices - with the possible exception of some local anamolies - are strictly due to inflation and that is strictly due to the government and the central bank increasing the money supply. Yes, I understand that you personally might not be getting more money, but all of the rising prices (and associated phenomenon like the COLA increases in Social Security) all come down to inflation and that comes down to the singular evil of the government and central bank increasing the money supply.
As that happens, every single Dollar produced reduces the value of every other single Dollar already in circulation and that causes prices, as measure in Dollars, to rise. Simple, ennit?
Here's a simple and basic example: Some of you may recall that in 1964 the US Government decided to eliminate the silver in most circulating coinage and we were then given the "clad" coins we see today. They had to do this, as the silver in the coins was starting to be more valuable than their face value. Similarly, in 1982 the government changed the long-standing metallic composition of the humble US Penny from a copper/bronze alloy to the copper-washed, zinc slug we still have with us today.
Now - and this is important to understand - if you were to have bought a gallon of gasoline in 1963 you would've paid roughly 25 cents for it and you could've paid for it with a silver Quarter. If you bought a gallon of gasoline today, the value of that same silver Quarter would roughly pay for your gallon of gasoline!
Remember the example of pennies I gave, above? When they debased the pennies by making them of zinc, the metal value of the copper in the old pennies was growing higher than the face value of the pennies. Then they started using the cheaper zinc metal to make our pennies. Guess what? Now the value of the zinc is growing higher than the face value of the Penny!
All you are seeing with the constant increases in prices is the ongoing debasement of the "money" we are forced to use and as inflation increases and speeds up - as it always does - you will continue to see the costs of everything you buy increase. As a very general-but-ultimately-true rule, these costs will always continue to rise faster than most people are able to increase their income.
Got it now? Never forget, the increase in prices you are experiencing is due to the evil of the government/central bank increasing the money supply and consequently debasing every Penny and Dollar you own.
Best
Doc
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Excellent explanation of a concept that can be very difficult to explain.
Well done, Doc1.
BUTTER ALERT PRICE INCREASE
Manager at Ruler/ Kroger told me tonight that there will be a 50% to 65% price increase on Butter within next 3-4 weeks.
He said shortage 580 tons of butter is all we have now, at this time of year it should be 5x times that about.
He told me to stock up now and you can freeze butter. ( I know that , do that, but just thanked him for the tip)
has anyone else heard about this high increase?
Manager at Ruler/ Kroger told me tonight that there will be a 50% to 65% price increase on Butter within next 3-4 weeks.
He said shortage 580 tons of butter is all we have now, at this time of year it should be 5x times that about.
He told me to stock up now and you can freeze butter. ( I know that , do that, but just thanked him for the tip)
has anyone else heard about this high increase?
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yeah, Nashville news had a big article about it just today.
i wonder if cottage cheese will also be in short supply?
Well crap
momma_soapmaker
Disgusted
I just put in a grocery pick up order for tomorrow. Going to add more butter to it.
Prices on everything are RIDICULOUS.
Prices on everything are RIDICULOUS.
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school marm
Veteran Member
Coconut oil makes an excellent substitute for butter, especially in baking.
Coconut Oil--Why It's One of the Best All-Around Oils for Food Storage
babysteps
Veteran Member
True, but - at least around here (nw oregon) butter and coconut oil are pretty much the same price - roughly $4-4.50/lb.
If butter skyrockets in price or becomes impossible to find, then coconut oil might be a good substitute. Right now they're about equal.
I do Cornish hens rather than turkeys.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
You've reminded me that I haven't priced Le Sueur canned veggies in several months.
(and, I haven't bought them in several years)
bracketquant
Veteran Member
Do you stuff them with a pea?
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
I've noted shortages here in middle-TN as well. For the moment, they have French Fries and hashbrowns, but lower stock and out of a couple of brands.
However, the shortage is very noticeable in bags of fresh potatoes. They generally have only a couple of bags of each kind and sometimes none. And the prices for a bag are up about 50%.
school marm
Veteran Member
For the past few years, butter and coconut oil have generally been at par price-wise. However, I think if you look around a bit you might find a deal. Dollar Tree has the small bottles for $1.25. The price for a store-brand 30 oz jar at my Smith's (where due to our rural location prices are often higher than in the cities) is $5.29. I think Walmart was just a tiny bit higher.True, but - at least around here (nw oregon) butter and coconut oil are pretty much the same price - roughly $4-4.50/lb.
If butter skyrockets in price or becomes impossible to find, then coconut oil might be a good substitute. Right now they're about equal.
Then factor in that it is shelf-stable and has a long(er) shelf life, and you might find it worthwhile.
Evidently you’ve never done them. You can fit about 1-1.5c stuffing into one. Note that I eat alone, and making a turkey “with all the trimmings” makes no sense.
mudlogger
Veteran Member
"Then factor in that it is shelf-stable and has a long(er) shelf life, and you might find it worthwhile."
I had an opened 5 gallon bucket of coconut (used for soap making) that did not go rancid.
Butter is preferred at my house, but coconut is great for long term storage.
Edited to add, it was 10 years old.
I had an opened 5 gallon bucket of coconut (used for soap making) that did not go rancid.
Butter is preferred at my house, but coconut is great for long term storage.
Edited to add, it was 10 years old.
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anney
Veteran Member
Have you guys priced/replaced car batteries lately? Last week I had to replace my Jeep Grand Cherokee battery. I called all the auto parts stores. I ended up at Auto Zone at a tune of $250.
I had to replace the battery on the Hubs truck to sell it the week prior, that was also $230.
Last week my son had to replace the battery in his Ranger Side by Side, it was $185. He replaced the battery last year at $90.
Sheesh.
Central AR
I had to replace the battery on the Hubs truck to sell it the week prior, that was also $230.
Last week my son had to replace the battery in his Ranger Side by Side, it was $185. He replaced the battery last year at $90.
Sheesh.
Central AR
Doc1
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Important note: If your old tires still have a decent amount of life on them, keep them when you have the new ones installed. You'll not only save the tire disposal fee, but you'll still have serviceable tires if and when your new tires fail or wear out. I agree that new tires (and a lot of other things) are likely t be difficult to source going forward. BTW, I have run used tires on my four wheeled vehicles for decades without problems. I usually buy new tires for my motorcycles, but even there I've run used tires in a pinch and again, haven't had any problems.
If you have an "in" with a guy at a new or used tire store, you can often buy perfectly serviceable used tires for 20% to 40% of new cost and get a lot more than 20% to 40% of additional life out of them. Note that - at least when in my truck - I drive very conservatively. If you like to speed, always brake hard and take corners like a madman, you might want to invest in new tires, but even here I'm not sure that they have any real advantage over used tires.
As the economy continues to deteriorate, food (and other) prices continue to scream higher and people are generally in economic distress, learning (and using) as many money-saving tactics as possible will become ever more important.
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Doc
aviax2
Veteran Member
DH and I went to Sam’s in Jackson TN yesterday. I was mostly concentrating on my list but a few things that weren’t on our list that we noticed was no French fries of any kind, no granulated sugar, very little pasta and only a couple of types, fresh potatoes were there but not as much variety or amounts and prices definitely up. I walked over to check out the clementines but saw the price of $8.48 for the 5 lb bag and turned around before looking at them. We decided on a 6 lb bag of oranges for $7.98 instead, ouch but the grandkids really enjoy them.
Doc1
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Months ago I posted on how you can (usually) restore old batteries to nearly new performance. It requires some equipment, but your total expenditure would be less than what you just paid for one battery.
If you want to do it as a side gig, one of your biggest problems will be finding sources of restorable batteries. That's getting harder all the time. Fortunately I have a non-ferous metal scrap dealer near me and I have a good relationship with the owner. He's often a supplier of my batteries.
Also, it's become very difficult to get used (what they call in the trade "core") batteries from any auto parts store with a corporate tie. I just made a deal with one manager where I'll swap my old, non restorable batteries for his supply of core batteries on a one-to-one basis.
My previous post in this thread was about the money savings possible with used tires. Going forward we'll have to employ every money savings tips on everything we use and it won't just be a matter of using fun, economical practices, but will come down to pure survival.
Best
Doc
Marseydoats
Veteran Member
I used to barter my home grown veggies for eggs from the neighbor's chickens. Then the bear ate the chickens. Then the deer ate the veggies. So much for being self sufficient
You could always eat the deer and the bear. Bear roast, cooked properly, is amazing!
bracketquant
Veteran Member
Just pulling your drumstick, Dennis.
Cornish hens are my favorite bird to eat, with all white meat and nothing being dry. I generally roast them, and finish them, with an apricot glaze.
I've gone from cooking for 6, to 3, to 1, and now back to 2. A 27 pound turkey, with all the trimmings is made no matter the number I'm cooking for. Any trimmings that do not freeze well gets made in smaller amounts.
I cook the Cornish hen in one of the stainless steel dog bowls (foil lined.) Perfect size.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Does it taste like beef?
It tastes like bear ! LOL Sorry couldn't resist.
I think it tastes more similar to beef than anything else. But kind of like a cross between beef and venison. I prefer it over venison actually.
bracketquant
Veteran Member
I go the overkill route with a cornish hen, the same pan and rack that can hold a 30 lb turkey. If I'm cooking for 2, two cornish hens will easily fit on the rack. Even two 8 pound roasting chickens will fit on the rack.
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