Food is ridiculously expensive, don't you think??

[peenie 1,930]

Is it just me, or is food becoming unaffordable? I don't even buy red meat these days and I'm cutting down on fruits and vegetables. It's really high. I don't get out of the grocery store without spending $100. I find that I'm cutting back and not shopping as much. Anyone else feeling like food is way overpriced? 

[posty 2,761]

They will continue to climb as stores/restaurants pass on their price increases to the customers…

[The Elevator Killer 658]

You're just now noticing this? Was there a 2 in the year the last time you went grocery shopping? 

[zsasz 369]

Yeah, there's been a 10+% increase in just about everything we buy since the begininng of the year.  Some increases (coffee) have been because natural reasons.  Others, I'm sure have been economic.  

Restaurants have gotten great at skimping on their product.  

 

[Horseman 2,589]

Just got back. 18 eggs for $4.67.  Two pounds of butter $7.  30 pack of PBR was on sale for $16, normally $18.   

No red meat though, plenty in the freezer.   

[Ron_Artest 1,724]

Yup.  Feels like 2022 all over again

[SUXBNME 1,561]

It seems to be coming down at my Safeway...Except for Cheese  Fukkin Tillimook still 15.00 a block.

 

I should buy cheaper cheese, but I like their brand.

[Bier Meister 1,732]

beef is about to have a increase  rise in September.

 

discussing strategy with several clients

[Ron_Artest 1,724]

Just now, Bier Meister said:

beef is about to have a increase  rise in September.

 

discussing strategy with several clients

What's the cause?

[lickin_starfish 1,957]

This will happen as long as the money printer continues to devalue our currency. R vs D doesn't matter.

[SUXBNME 1,561]

4 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

What's the cause?

Trump brought mad cow disease back

[iam90sbaby 2,659]

No but I’m also not poor 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,508]

3 minutes ago, SUXBNME said:

Trump brought mad cow disease back

 Get the vaccine for it and stop fawking cows.

[Bier Meister 1,732]

14 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

What's the cause?

smaller yield/counts 

[listen2me 23 1,906]

Food stamp people have taken a hit the resale value.  

[weepaws 3,232]

Government is the problem.

[jerryskids 6,923]

Last Monday the wife and I stopped at McD's for breakfast at the start of a day trip (Petrified Forest National Park, highly recommended if you are in the NE part of our great state, or go to Flagstaff or the Grand Canyon).  Haven't eaten there in at least a year.  Anyway, I got two bacon egg and cheese biscuits, she got some sammich and a hash brown... $26.  Da fuq?!  I mean, I can afford it because I have GC money, but not too long ago that order used to be, I dunno, $10 or less?  

[SUXBNME 1,561]

25 minutes ago, Bier Meister said:

smaller yield/counts  Mad Cow

Yep

[SUXBNME 1,561]

11 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

 day trip (Petrified Forest National Park, 

Bet you felt right at home 

[Gepetto 1,389]

There's already a thread about Red Lobster.  

[Gladiators 2,009]

No clue. My wife does the shopping.

[The Elevator Killer 658]

58 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Last Monday the wife and I stopped at McD's for breakfast at the start of a day trip (Petrified Forest National Park, highly recommended if you are in the NE part of our great state, or go to Flagstaff or the Grand Canyon).  Haven't eaten there in at least a year.  Anyway, I got two bacon egg and cheese biscuits, she got some sammich and a hash brown... $26.  Da fuq?!  I mean, I can afford it because I have GC money, but not too long ago that order used to be, I dunno, $10 or less?  

It's insane. I can remember where their ads were get a burger, fries and a coke and get change from you dollar. Soon they are going to tell you to park it and there will be a parking meter in front of the space.  

[jerryskids 6,923]

57 minutes ago, SUXBNME said:

Bet you felt right at home 

Are you talking about my stone-hard, log-sized cack?   

[SUXBNME 1,561]

4 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Are you talking about my stone-hard, log-sized cack?   

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,243]

1 hour ago, lickin_starfish said:

This will happen as long as the money printer continues to devalue our currency. R vs D doesn't matter.

All companies jacked up their prices using "OMG, COVID!" as an excuse and never dropped them after COVID ended.

F#ck them.  They're all greedy SOBs.

[MikeMatt 198]

2 hours ago, peenie said:

Is it just me, or is food becoming unaffordable? I don't even buy red meat these days and I'm cutting down on fruits and vegetables. It's really high. I don't get out of the grocery store without spending $100. I find that I'm cutting back and not shopping as much. Anyone else feeling like food is way overpriced? 

Did you check out your local Red Lobster??

[Nomad99 776]

15 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Are you talking about my stone-hard, log-sized cack?   

Reporterated

[The Elevator Killer 658]

17 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Are you talking about my stone-hard, log-sized cack?   

And that's after he got the top of it lopped off. 

[MDC 7,587]

It’s gotten a lot more expensive this year. My weekly grocery bill is up around $30. London broil today costs as much as strip steaks a year ago. It’s nuts. 

[Ron_Artest 1,724]

1 hour ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

All companies jacked up their prices using "OMG, COVID!" as an excuse and never dropped them after COVID ended.

F#ck them.  They're all greedy SOBs.

That's funny because we had a presidential candidate who wanted to do something about this, but you mocked her.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,581]

Thanks Joe Biden

[Gepetto 1,389]

Trump first term

Jan 2017 - Jan 2021

Inflation 10.5%

 

Jan 2021- Jan 2025

Joe Biden's term

Inflation: 19.2%

 

[easilyscan 951]

9 hours ago, posty said:

They will continue to climb as stores/restaurants pass on their price increases to the customers…

Spot on. 

It will only get worse if Jerome Powell gives in to those pushing him to lower interest rates. 

 

 

 

[Ron_Artest 1,724]

https://www.ft.com/content/e4ed107a-f4d4-42b8-abf4-3070fe58f69f

 US food industry groups are pushing for exemptions from Donald Trump’s tariffs, arguing that products from fish to cucumbers cannot be affordably grown at home. 

The advocacy comes as the US president hit dozens of trading partners with sweeping duties this month, driving the US’s effective tariff rate to its highest level in decades in a move that threatens to reorder global trade.

[peenie 1,930]

On 8/25/2025 at 7:09 PM, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

All companies jacked up their prices using "OMG, COVID!" as an excuse and never dropped them after COVID ended.

F#ck them.  They're all greedy SOBs.

This is when it started, absolutely! I feel like all businesses just started raising their prices during Covid even when they truly didn’t need to, for profit and they’ve just kept going. Who is stopping them from unscrupulous price gouging?!

 There is just greed running rampant and workers certainly aren’t getting paid more money. 

Off topic:
How many billions did Pfizer get for producing and distributing the Covid vaccine? How much profit did they make? Where did the money go? Certainly not to the shareholders. 

I ask because I’m just wondering where is the money going with the price of everything seemingly going sky high. 

[TimHauck 3,026]

11 hours ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

All companies jacked up their prices using "OMG, COVID!" as an excuse and never dropped them after COVID ended.

F#ck them.  They're all greedy SOBs.

In general the biggest price increases actually occurred in 2022, after Covid was pretty much over.  But yes some of businesses’ costs did come down in 2023 & 2024 and many prices to consumers didn’t.

[Sean Mooney 1,998]

1 hour ago, TimHauck said:

In general the biggest price increases actually occurred in 2022, after Covid was pretty much over.  But yes some of businesses’ costs did come down in 2023 & 2024 and many prices to consumers didn’t.

 

13 hours ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

All companies jacked up their prices using "OMG, COVID!" as an excuse and never dropped them after COVID ended.

F#ck them.  They're all greedy SOBs.

This can't be. @RLLD assured me this wasn't a thing.

 

More seriously though- yes I've noticed an increase in more things of late. Hell even at Costco the other day the price on things was more expensive. Not egregiously expensive but a dollar or two here and there which stood out considering we went there at the beginning of summer and when we went back at the end the stuff was slightly more expensive. 

[Ron_Artest 1,724]

https://thedailyadda.com/2025/08/26/economy/u-s-agricultures-worst-labor-shortage-in-20-years-155000-workers-lost-since-march-more-farms-turn-to-costly-h-2a-visas/

Industry leaders warn that the shortage could lead to smaller harvests, less supply, and then higher food prices. Some stores are already preparing to source produce from other countries.

[Horseman 2,589]

3 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

https://thedailyadda.com/2025/08/26/economy/u-s-agricultures-worst-labor-shortage-in-20-years-155000-workers-lost-since-march-more-farms-turn-to-costly-h-2a-visas/

Industry leaders warn that the shortage could lead to smaller harvests, less supply, and then higher food prices. Some stores are already preparing to source produce from other countries.

Worth it.  You need a second job anyway. 

[edjr 6,681]

Yes. It has really gotten crazy

cost me -40- for beef