Chewy Purina indoor hairball formula 7 lb increased 5$ to 26.95. Went to Amazon and they still have it at 21.95 next day delivery. Bought 3. So is Chewy price gouging now also? Is that a real price increase from the manufacturer? Or just the usual bs ing around going on.
FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2022 Edition
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briches
Veteran Member
I haven’t seen chewy increase prices much even though everyone else had (tractor supply and amazon) so I’m wondering if it will be a future increase. So hard to say these days but good to order a few bags.
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
My family’s chickens cost alot more than $5 bux a bird, by the time you add up the rapidly increasing cost of their layer feed (currently about $16 a 50 pound bag), their housing costs (including AC to run some lights inside the henhouses, fans for the summer, and heat for the winter), and occasional treats like black oil sunflower seeds, which I give them mostly on holidays or when it is really a miserable day.
So really, $5 a chicken is not all that expensive - or, at least, it does not seem to be, for somebody who actually raises a few of the live birds.
No, it's actually a loss leader at that price. Our pastured birds cost us close to $2 a pound in cash costs (cost of chicks plus feed), which doesn't include any of the capital costs- movable chicken houses, electric woven fences to keep predators out, multiple water hoses... or the labor involved.
Summerthyme
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
You guys dont believe me so, i am including a link, PAGE DOWN.
IF YOU ARE CANNING MEAT , (BEEF) The canning process makes it fork tender, so cheap cuts will do for stew meat And other things
YOU CAN BUY boneless BEEF FOR $3.35 and up a pound but you have to buy in large quantities, at a restaurant supply store,, CHEFS STORE!
Plug in "BEEF" TO THE SEARCH OPTION!
Search CHEF’STORE® Products
There is NO PLACE ELSE YOU CAN GET BEEF THIS CHEAP!
Go together with family, friends, church members or neighbors to make these
beef buys!
NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED, you dont need a business license to buy!
Some of the lower prices:
Hamburger 80%-$3.25 lb (min 10lb)
Hamburger 73% -$2.51 lb " "
BONELESS TOP ROUND CHOICE- $3.25 lb (23 lb min)
Boneless beef brisket $4.09 lb 23 lb min
Angus boneless beef top sirloin $4.59 lb. 14 lb min..
Boneless beef chuck roll $3.79 lb 25lb min.
The SAVINGS ON PRODUCE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND ALSO!
Smuckers apple butter cups 200 of 'em for $16.99! Mix a couple of em with plain oatmeal !
AUGUSTA LONG GRAIN WHITE RICE
$24.99 (50 lb.)
El Mexicana Pinto beans $6.59 (10 lb )
(60lb for $37.56)
Mcormick DRIED ONIONS 2 lb $13.75
JIF Peanut butter 4 lb can- $9.45
IF YOU ARE CANNING MEAT , (BEEF) The canning process makes it fork tender, so cheap cuts will do for stew meat And other things
YOU CAN BUY boneless BEEF FOR $3.35 and up a pound but you have to buy in large quantities, at a restaurant supply store,, CHEFS STORE!
Plug in "BEEF" TO THE SEARCH OPTION!
Search CHEF’STORE® Products
There is NO PLACE ELSE YOU CAN GET BEEF THIS CHEAP!
Go together with family, friends, church members or neighbors to make these
beef buys!
NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED, you dont need a business license to buy!
Some of the lower prices:
Hamburger 80%-$3.25 lb (min 10lb)
Hamburger 73% -$2.51 lb " "
BONELESS TOP ROUND CHOICE- $3.25 lb (23 lb min)
Boneless beef brisket $4.09 lb 23 lb min
Angus boneless beef top sirloin $4.59 lb. 14 lb min..
Boneless beef chuck roll $3.79 lb 25lb min.
The SAVINGS ON PRODUCE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND ALSO!
Smuckers apple butter cups 200 of 'em for $16.99! Mix a couple of em with plain oatmeal !
AUGUSTA LONG GRAIN WHITE RICE
$24.99 (50 lb.)
El Mexicana Pinto beans $6.59 (10 lb )
(60lb for $37.56)
Mcormick DRIED ONIONS 2 lb $13.75
JIF Peanut butter 4 lb can- $9.45
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I was at a Costco in central MD yesterday (Tuesday). This store has been there for years, so it's not a new one. It looked like it did pre-pandemic. I mean prices were obviously higher than 2 years ago, but it was absolutely fully stocked. There were NO gaps, nothing even looked low. They had all of the basics in stock and weren't doing something like putting ice chests in a bunch of different areas to make it "look full." I kept looking around trying to find something off...and I couldn't. It looked completely normal... like old-normal.... which felt really weird to me. 
Thats what I am seeing in CA high desert. I am wondering the reason some areas of the country are not being stocked.
Yep! Same here in my area of CA.I was at a Costco in central MD yesterday (Tuesday). This store has been there for years, so it's not a new one. It looked like it did pre-pandemic. I mean prices were obviously higher than 2 years ago, but it was absolutely fully stocked. There were NO gaps, nothing even looked low. They had all of the basics in stock and weren't doing something like putting ice chests in a bunch of different areas to make it "look full." I kept looking around trying to find something off...and I couldn't. It looked completely normal... like old-normal.... which felt really weird to me.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
It's the same for my area of Mississippi. Everything and everywhere looks completely normal. Higher prices, but fully stocked.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Its amazing how hard mfrs will try to get a product to market when they can get DOUBLE the price for it!
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packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I was at a Costco in central MD yesterday (Tuesday). This store has been there for years, so it's not a new one. It looked like it did pre-pandemic. I mean prices were obviously higher than 2 years ago, but it was absolutely fully stocked. There were NO gaps, nothing even looked low. They had all of the basics in stock and weren't doing something like putting ice chests in a bunch of different areas to make it "look full." I kept looking around trying to find something off...and I couldn't. It looked completely normal... like old-normal.... which felt really weird to me.
So8nds like my Sam's Club, and if there is a hole just look at the end cap to see if the items are still on a pallet waiting to be put on the shelf.
von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Incidentally related to the cost of food, the 5 cubic foot chest freezer I bought less than a year ago for $213 is now selling for $419.81.
The exact same model; the only thing changed is the price tag. Koolatron brand from Amazon. They do have cheaper freezers from other brands.
It has very high consumer ratings, and has worked perfectly for me. I don't think it costs more than a couple of dollars to run per month in electricity. Keeps food frozen rock hard.
However it only has a 90 day warranty, so I bought the additional three year guarantee for $15 per year.
The exact same model; the only thing changed is the price tag. Koolatron brand from Amazon. They do have cheaper freezers from other brands.
It has very high consumer ratings, and has worked perfectly for me. I don't think it costs more than a couple of dollars to run per month in electricity. Keeps food frozen rock hard.
However it only has a 90 day warranty, so I bought the additional three year guarantee for $15 per year.
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Sorry fat thumb.
PinkRoses
Contributing Member
I bought a new refrigerator in September; Lowe's replaced it in January because the first one was defective. Well guess what? The replacement isn't much better; the freezer isn't working properly, and ice cream melts. To protect my investment in meat and other pricey items I got a 5 c.f. Arctic Kingchest freezer from Walmart about a month ago, and paid $197. I just looked to see what it's going for now, and it's actually DOWN to $157! I wonder if I can get a price adjustment...
There have been reports that the price reductions are due to the container ships finally getting unloaded, and stores getting flooded. Definitely a good time to take advantage of what is likely the lowest price you'll ever see again.
But sadly, quality issues are a huge problem. DS has repaired their 1 year old "top of the line" dishwasher THREE TIMES already! It's ridiculous!
Summerthyme
The problem I can see with container ships finally getting unloaded is, How close to expiration are these items (if food)?
Oh, absolutely! Not to mention, what temps did they reach while sitting in the containers?!
I'm thankful we prepped early... but if I do buy canned food items, I double-check the expiration dates... I've caught a few which were within weeks, rather than the normal 18-24 months.
Summerthyme
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I mentioned this yesterday on another thread - but I sometimes reach out to mobile pantries rin by the Mid-South (Memphis) Food Bank, due to high medical bills for my wife, who has cancer.
We have always been treated good at these events, and I usually drive away with a goodly amount of fresh, frozen or decent quality “rescue” food.
But yesterday at tne mobile pantry I attended, they were loading one 40 pound box of frozen chicken thighs into each car that drove up, until all the boxes were gone.
These boxes (on pallets) were shipped directly from the Tyson chicken processing plant in Eastern Arkansas to the Mid-South Food Bank facility in Memphis. Tyson sent an entire tractor trailer load of this meat (not all thighs) to the food bank, or so I was told.
The folks at the food bank warehouse then sent a full pallet of unopened boxes to each of their the mobile food pantry sites, where the pallets are broken down, and one box is loaded into each car, no matter how many (or how few) people the car was there to collect food for.
The chicken thighs themselves were the same high quality that you buy at your local grocery store, but there was no effort by Tyson to package them into individual family size units. They literally tossed 40 pounds worth of chicken thighs into a big, resin coated box meant to hold frozen meat, put the lid on the box, and froze it in one of their super deep freezers that freezes stuff at 100 degrees below, or whatever. Believe me, those super freezers DO FREEZE stuff more throughly than normal freezers.
When common, ordinary yokels like me got the thighs home, they were so frozen that I was literally up till 4am this morning, struggling to separate the pieces so that I could repackage some of it, cook some of it for right now, and get the rest ready for canning in my new pressure canner.
Of course, I cannot begin to tell you just how grateful I am to get that meat - even if I lost most of a night’s sleep repackaging it.
But in light of all the comments I read here, and what I hear in the daily Boots on the Ground reports, I have been trying to figure out how my overly generous - if deeply frozen - box of donated meat fits into the overall picture of what is going on in this country right now.
First of all, with chicken shortages in many parts of the country - how is it that a large number of families in Memphis (at least 200 at my mobile pantry alone, by my best estimate) were given 40 pounds of high quality, frozen Tyson chicken thighs in the first place? We are more likely to be given “rescue” food than a large quantity of high quality meat, when we roll through a mobile food pantry.
That is the easier question to answer, IMHO.
Ours is the closest Feeding America food bank to the massive Tyson chicken plant. It would take less diesel and fewer trucking resources to ship the meat to our food bank, than to any other - although I feel certain that the Little Rock food bank will get a similar donation as we got. They might be a little farther down the road, but they are close neighbors nonetheless.
But what about the way it was packaged? Most individual families will have difficulty with the frozen, bulk donation. I spent all evening and night trying to break individual pieces free to repackage them. If Tyson had broken the meat down into smaller packages - say plastic bags with only 10 pounds of meat each - they could feed a whole lot more families. One 40 pound box could feed 4 families instead of just one. Tyson’se PR folks would be able to announce to the world that they had fed 4 times as many hungry families with that donation, than they can when bulk boxes are donated.
So - as I busied myself defrosting and repackaging the huge box of meat - I began to ask myself: what does this donation tell us about the state of affairs in this country?
It looks to me like Tyson is NOT suffering from a shortage of birds to process - at least not at their East Arkansas facility.
If there was a bird shortage - why would they have donated that large of a quantity to individual families in a nearby state?
But this IS an unusual donation…
If it is not a bird shortage, than what IS the problem?
Plastic shortage, perhaps?
To divide this meat up into 5 or 10 pound packages would require alot more plastic - to make up the bags the 10 pounds would be stored in.
Diesel or truck/trucker shortage?
Very likely.
Folks seeing chicken shortages in their local grocery stores probably don’t live just a hop, skip and a jump from the Tyson chicken processing plant, like the Mid South Food Bank does.
What do I think this tells us?
The chicken shortage in your stores might not be so much the result of bird shortages as it is Tyson does not have enough packaging materials (plastic, styrofoam, etc) to package all of the birds coming into their plants.
Rather than let the meat go to waste for lack of packaging materials, Tyson elected to package some ot it in a “bulky” way that would require significantly less plastic but would preclude most retail sales.
I think it also tells us that trucking costs have gotten so high that it is financially more adventageous for Tyson to donate the food to a nearby food bank for free than it is to ship it to your hometown grocery (in the normal, individual family packaging), where they could sell the product at the current, prevailing price.
Just my humble opinion, of course, coupled with intelligence coming from this website and SouthernPrepper1’s Boots on the Ground.
We have always been treated good at these events, and I usually drive away with a goodly amount of fresh, frozen or decent quality “rescue” food.
But yesterday at tne mobile pantry I attended, they were loading one 40 pound box of frozen chicken thighs into each car that drove up, until all the boxes were gone.
These boxes (on pallets) were shipped directly from the Tyson chicken processing plant in Eastern Arkansas to the Mid-South Food Bank facility in Memphis. Tyson sent an entire tractor trailer load of this meat (not all thighs) to the food bank, or so I was told.
The folks at the food bank warehouse then sent a full pallet of unopened boxes to each of their the mobile food pantry sites, where the pallets are broken down, and one box is loaded into each car, no matter how many (or how few) people the car was there to collect food for.
The chicken thighs themselves were the same high quality that you buy at your local grocery store, but there was no effort by Tyson to package them into individual family size units. They literally tossed 40 pounds worth of chicken thighs into a big, resin coated box meant to hold frozen meat, put the lid on the box, and froze it in one of their super deep freezers that freezes stuff at 100 degrees below, or whatever. Believe me, those super freezers DO FREEZE stuff more throughly than normal freezers.
When common, ordinary yokels like me got the thighs home, they were so frozen that I was literally up till 4am this morning, struggling to separate the pieces so that I could repackage some of it, cook some of it for right now, and get the rest ready for canning in my new pressure canner.
Of course, I cannot begin to tell you just how grateful I am to get that meat - even if I lost most of a night’s sleep repackaging it.
But in light of all the comments I read here, and what I hear in the daily Boots on the Ground reports, I have been trying to figure out how my overly generous - if deeply frozen - box of donated meat fits into the overall picture of what is going on in this country right now.
First of all, with chicken shortages in many parts of the country - how is it that a large number of families in Memphis (at least 200 at my mobile pantry alone, by my best estimate) were given 40 pounds of high quality, frozen Tyson chicken thighs in the first place? We are more likely to be given “rescue” food than a large quantity of high quality meat, when we roll through a mobile food pantry.
That is the easier question to answer, IMHO.
Ours is the closest Feeding America food bank to the massive Tyson chicken plant. It would take less diesel and fewer trucking resources to ship the meat to our food bank, than to any other - although I feel certain that the Little Rock food bank will get a similar donation as we got. They might be a little farther down the road, but they are close neighbors nonetheless.
But what about the way it was packaged? Most individual families will have difficulty with the frozen, bulk donation. I spent all evening and night trying to break individual pieces free to repackage them. If Tyson had broken the meat down into smaller packages - say plastic bags with only 10 pounds of meat each - they could feed a whole lot more families. One 40 pound box could feed 4 families instead of just one. Tyson’se PR folks would be able to announce to the world that they had fed 4 times as many hungry families with that donation, than they can when bulk boxes are donated.
So - as I busied myself defrosting and repackaging the huge box of meat - I began to ask myself: what does this donation tell us about the state of affairs in this country?
It looks to me like Tyson is NOT suffering from a shortage of birds to process - at least not at their East Arkansas facility.
If there was a bird shortage - why would they have donated that large of a quantity to individual families in a nearby state?
But this IS an unusual donation…
If it is not a bird shortage, than what IS the problem?
Plastic shortage, perhaps?
To divide this meat up into 5 or 10 pound packages would require alot more plastic - to make up the bags the 10 pounds would be stored in.
Diesel or truck/trucker shortage?
Very likely.
Folks seeing chicken shortages in their local grocery stores probably don’t live just a hop, skip and a jump from the Tyson chicken processing plant, like the Mid South Food Bank does.
What do I think this tells us?
The chicken shortage in your stores might not be so much the result of bird shortages as it is Tyson does not have enough packaging materials (plastic, styrofoam, etc) to package all of the birds coming into their plants.
Rather than let the meat go to waste for lack of packaging materials, Tyson elected to package some ot it in a “bulky” way that would require significantly less plastic but would preclude most retail sales.
I think it also tells us that trucking costs have gotten so high that it is financially more adventageous for Tyson to donate the food to a nearby food bank for free than it is to ship it to your hometown grocery (in the normal, individual family packaging), where they could sell the product at the current, prevailing price.
Just my humble opinion, of course, coupled with intelligence coming from this website and SouthernPrepper1’s Boots on the Ground.
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My guess is that transport fell through or somebody cancelled an order. Doubt it's much of a regular occurrence. They are worth too much money these days.
I'd bet the bulk boxes are a common product sent out to grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals, schools, etc. A bulk box of chicken pieces only needs to be thawed to the point of separation, and as long as they are still partially frozen, can be safely packed into smaller bags or grocery store meat trays and refrozen, sold as-is, or of course, used immediately. I think of the somewhat generic "weekly sale" chicken thighs that I might buy at the grocery store that are packed on a Styrofoam meat tray, wrapped and labeled in-store with their own sticker. They probably come from a bulk box.
I'd bet the bulk boxes are a common product sent out to grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals, schools, etc. A bulk box of chicken pieces only needs to be thawed to the point of separation, and as long as they are still partially frozen, can be safely packed into smaller bags or grocery store meat trays and refrozen, sold as-is, or of course, used immediately. I think of the somewhat generic "weekly sale" chicken thighs that I might buy at the grocery store that are packed on a Styrofoam meat tray, wrapped and labeled in-store with their own sticker. They probably come from a bulk box.
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bracketquant
Veteran Member
In the times we're in, it doesn't make much sense to speculate on the whys. Not only could it be a single reason, but it also could be multiple reasons compounded.
If the Tyson facility is short on workers, or short on packaging materials, or short on something else, it may mean that the birds coming in are beginning to stack up like cord wood. Some very quick bulk packages and quick distribution could get the processing plant back on schedule.
I hear that boneless skinless chicken breast is the preferred cut by most people. It is also the most expensive, from what I've seen. Perhaps more man-hours are put towards that cut, less towards bone-in skin-on breasts, and all other cuts. With much higher profits in that one area, they could give away some of the less expensive cuts, and still turn a higher profit.
I wonder if there would be any profit margin in shipping something like a truckload of ramen noodles 1,000+ miles?
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I'm so glad I insisted on replacing our old dishwasher in 2019, and the rest of my appliances are easily repaired due to their age. If you have an appliance that is 20 years old or younger good luck getting parts for it.
Ate out today, with my bestie who I haven't seen in months, ended up spending $40 on myself for lunch, sigh. I miss the old days when I thought $18 was outrageous.
Fareway has a buy two pounds of deli meats and you get a free package of bagels.
tiredude
Veteran Member
and everyone says the old stuff is better than the new........ who knows.......?
John Deere Girl
Veteran Member
We have a friend who helps out in a food pantry the next county over from us. He brings a bunch of stuff weekly to us , and we divide it and notify 4-6 families who really depend on it. I have joked and said I know in advance what the shortages will be, because the food bank gets a bunch of whatever the next shortage will be. Coffee, flour, pasta, peanut butter, chicken, juice packs,, meat, baby formula, baby food,, hand sanitizer, lysol wipes and spray, and toilet paper were all passed out in large quantities during the shortages.
I went to Costco on Friday.
I wanted to buy a few cases of 12 cans of tomato paste. They did not have any nor did they have an open spot for it.
I went to pick up the 5 dollar chicken and the ovens were off. The guy at the counter said they were out, maybe have some in one or two days.
My husband likes the pretzels filled with peanut butter and they were out.
I picked up some coconut oil and it had gone up 20 cents from last week.
I found some Benadryl tablets, 400 for five dollars. I was happy about that.
I wanted to buy a few cases of 12 cans of tomato paste. They did not have any nor did they have an open spot for it.
I went to pick up the 5 dollar chicken and the ovens were off. The guy at the counter said they were out, maybe have some in one or two days.
My husband likes the pretzels filled with peanut butter and they were out.
I picked up some coconut oil and it had gone up 20 cents from last week.
I found some Benadryl tablets, 400 for five dollars. I was happy about that.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Went to Fred Meyers (Kroger) on Friday, ONE old lady trying to serve all the custimers in the 80 foot long DELi section! No fried chicken, (no cook).
No donuts or sweets in the bakery cupbord for them. But i found boxed donuts in the bread section. Very little sandwich meat and high price for it, SMALL pkg sizes too.
I lucked out and got a lot of marked down $1 bags of assorted fresh produce. i got 2 bags of 4 apples for $1 a bag, 4 oranges for $1, a bag of 20 limes (one very bad one) for $1 and 6 bananas for $1.
The funny thing was that there was an abundance of JUNK FOOD but nutritious food was carefully placed.and not plentiful.
There was lots of meat but the prices
(in spite of them being lower than other
markets) was still prohibitively high for most customers. All the CHEAP PROTEIN was what people were buying. Even the cottage cheese section was only 1 foot wide rather than 3-4 foot wide, as usual.
No donuts or sweets in the bakery cupbord for them. But i found boxed donuts in the bread section. Very little sandwich meat and high price for it, SMALL pkg sizes too.
I lucked out and got a lot of marked down $1 bags of assorted fresh produce. i got 2 bags of 4 apples for $1 a bag, 4 oranges for $1, a bag of 20 limes (one very bad one) for $1 and 6 bananas for $1.
The funny thing was that there was an abundance of JUNK FOOD but nutritious food was carefully placed.and not plentiful.
There was lots of meat but the prices
(in spite of them being lower than other
markets) was still prohibitively high for most customers. All the CHEAP PROTEIN was what people were buying. Even the cottage cheese section was only 1 foot wide rather than 3-4 foot wide, as usual.
Deanne
Veteran Member
Alarm of San Joaquin Valleys ag workforce collapse. This could be bad
Eggs at our Dover AR Harps have gone way up. One dozen large Best Choice eggs are $3.58, 18 count is $5.18, a 30 count flat is $8.18, and a box of 5 dozen is $16.18. I saw them one day and after we got home I doubted my memory. Next time we were in the store, I took pictures. We never buy eggs because I have chickens. I was just stunned at the prices.
PalmettoGirl
Senior Member
Same here in Charleston, SC. My mom wanted to buy eggs at Costco, but they only had brown eggs and were around $10 for two dozen. So she mentioned it to me since I was going to the store and I told her I’d pick some up. I was shocked at how expensive they were! I was so shocked I didn’t recall the exact prices either. But there was nothing under $4. Even the store brand dozen. And the large flat was over $10. I looked online at Harris Teeter and they have the HT brand on sale for 2.99! I think they were cheaper at Walmart, but when I looked the other day I thought surely they’re cheaper at HT and didn’t get any.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Our north central, Indiana Kroger has been stocked full to the brim the last two times I shopped.
Once again, it’s PRICES that are the issue.
Of course there’s still no Jif peanut butter though.
Bacon looked slightly picked over.
Random holes here and there, but overall you’d never know there has been issues with supply.
In fact, I suspect people just are not buying because OF the prices, which is causing a build up of product….Therefore, our particular Kroger is starting to display refrigerated sections advertising sales and markdowns in the meat/seafood.
Example is the salmon case over in meats.
Prices have been totally unacceptable for daily packaged, center cut salmon.
I’d buy salmon twice weekly, so I’m very familiar with this item. It went from averaging 13$/pkg ….to 19-30$! Yes, I’ve seen it at almost 30$!!
Nope, not paying that, so we just did without.
Last week, those same pkg are inching back down in price, also some have been “on sale”….but you know what?
It smelled fishy over there, too. They’re piling up and starting to go bad.
I’m also seeing more and more items over in the meat cases marked down. I picked up four New York strips for 5$/each.
They werent huge steaks, not those manly size 1 1/2” thick by any means, but I bought em anyway!
Once again, it’s PRICES that are the issue.
Of course there’s still no Jif peanut butter though.
Bacon looked slightly picked over.
Random holes here and there, but overall you’d never know there has been issues with supply.
In fact, I suspect people just are not buying because OF the prices, which is causing a build up of product….Therefore, our particular Kroger is starting to display refrigerated sections advertising sales and markdowns in the meat/seafood.
Example is the salmon case over in meats.
Prices have been totally unacceptable for daily packaged, center cut salmon.
I’d buy salmon twice weekly, so I’m very familiar with this item. It went from averaging 13$/pkg ….to 19-30$! Yes, I’ve seen it at almost 30$!!
Nope, not paying that, so we just did without.
Last week, those same pkg are inching back down in price, also some have been “on sale”….but you know what?
It smelled fishy over there, too. They’re piling up and starting to go bad.
I’m also seeing more and more items over in the meat cases marked down. I picked up four New York strips for 5$/each.
They werent huge steaks, not those manly size 1 1/2” thick by any means, but I bought em anyway!
Was putting together a list for Walmart pickup this week, and at the same time thinking about some easy hot weather sides to go with ribs for supper. Remembered I'd ordered a couple 28 oz cans of (Original recipe) Great Value baked beans last time out of curiosity.
So, just tried them cold out of the can in a custard cup for lunch, and by golly, they aren't far off from the old yummy stand-by Bush's Baked Beans....pretty good eating. Worth it to give them a try if canned baked beans are a normal pantry item for you. At $1.72 per 28 oz. vs. $2.48 for the Bush's, the price difference is significant.
So, just tried them cold out of the can in a custard cup for lunch, and by golly, they aren't far off from the old yummy stand-by Bush's Baked Beans....pretty good eating. Worth it to give them a try if canned baked beans are a normal pantry item for you. At $1.72 per 28 oz. vs. $2.48 for the Bush's, the price difference is significant.
I'm driving a friend to a doctor's appointment tomorrow and plan an Aldi run while in town. I've put extra half gallon cartons of water into freezer for ice chest since it's so blasted hot. Friend said appointment might run 3 hours so I have time to shop but want to be sure everything stays cool.
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