But the price of eggs . . . . .

[no_hypocrisy]

There was more hand-wringing over the price of eggs a year ago than there is now for inflation of food.

Ground chuck is more expensive, $ 6.00+ per pound. That's hamburger, not a strip steak. It cost $ 1.99 a pound on sale a year ago.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/forget-eggs-beef-prices-are-soaring

Sure, we could import more beef from Brazil, but Dear Leader is putting a 50% tariff on imports from that country.

[BoRaGard]

1. US cuts threaten food supply and farm workers: 'Not just stupid, it's evil'

republicons are delivering a mean-spirited, perversely unChristian gut punch to America.

Scientists outraged as US cuts threaten food supply and farm workers: 'Not just stupid, it's evil'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-outraged-us-cuts-threaten-103057467.html

[snowybirdie]

2. Coffee too,

had to pay $31.00 for a 2# can I used to pay $15.00 for

[ProudMNDemocrat]

15. Bought a bag of medium Roast ground coffee from Costco...

Was up to $16. Once open, I put it in the freezer.

Being that it is just me now, I make a pot of coffee every 2 to 3 days or 12 pots a month. There is 24 hour coffee where I live as well. A lot of my groceries last longer, but still I see the prices inching upwards.

[Kaleva]

3. Hamburger is $3.99 a lb where I live

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It was $2.99 last year.

This is ground chuck that had to sell that day.

[W_HAMILTON]

6. And where is that? Didn't you say you lived in California?

I live in a low cost of living state and just checked the prices at my local grocery store online and they are $6.99/lb, for 80%, $7.79/lb for 85%, $8.49/lb for 93%. And that's just the generic store brand meat at a run-of-the-mill (i.e., not high-end) national grocery store chain.

[Kaleva]

14. Upper Michigan. It's on my profile page.

This is for ground chuck that is priced to sell that day.

It was $2.99 a pound last year.

Rotisserie chicken was $3.99 a bird last year. Now the cheapest I’ve seen it this year is $5.99 a bird.

[W_HAMILTON]

16. I wouldn't say that essentially a clearance price is an accurate portrayal of the actual price.

There are usually better deals on food that is about to expire and needs to be sold ASAP or it will be thrown out, but there are also usually only limited quantities of those, and once the few of them are bought up, you are left with the regular supply at regular prices.

[Kaleva]

19. I buy in quantity when it's on clearance

Recently I bought a dozen boxes of instant oatmeal (12 packages in a box) for $.99 a box.

[jonstl08]

13. $6 lb

93% lean hamburger where I live is $6 per lb. 80-85% lean is $5 per lb. The low grade hamburger they sell I do not know because these are the only ones that I see in my area.

[Trueblue Texan]

4. WE all knew this was coming...

We ate pinto beans and skillet cornbread last night. I found the price of meat disgusting even before I started to go plant based.

We also knew that no matter how poorly TSF performed his job, his base would sing his praises. I swear, there are no surprises left.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. Well, to be honest, there is one.

The surprise I feel every day that we are still in this nightmare.

[OC375]

8. And the rent

It’s too damn high!

[Torchlight]

7. Ground beef $5.50/lb in north TX

and supposedly, our prices are generally 10-15% cheaper than most of the nation. Sealions may get cheap, rancid stuff from the discount rank of the corer gas-station, but "dear uncle, I can see a church by daylight..."

[NoMoreRepugs]

9. This thread should have more comments about the power of the ReichWing media. Last year

people were fed the bullshit story that the rising price of eggs was emblematic of Biden’s mismanagement of everything, versus the result of bird flu primarily. The perception machine they’ve built has now managed to somewhat quiet what should be screaming outrage over rising food prices.

[Dr. T]

11. A co-worker once told me that Biden was the worst president ever.

I stood there in stunned disbelief. It fits your narrative.

[Dr. T]

10. I paid $19.00 for a 1-pound ribeye in Wisconsin yesterday.

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My girlfriend has been trying to get me to eat less red meat. She's getting her wish only for much different reasons.

[cadoman]

18. we've been buying the cheaper cuts of meat

And are actually enjoying the heck out of it. Discovered we were buying stuff that was fancier than necessary for soups and stews...

[Lonestarblue]

12. My grocery is now selling cheaper avocados from Peru instead of the California Hass avocados.

They’re terrible because they’re hard as a rock at first and then when they’re ripe you cut into them and they’re already black on the inside. Total waste of money.

[cadoman]

17. this is the perfect example of bad narrative management

Repukes would see this and hit on it. We see this at the forum level and hit on it.

The gap is this pain doesn't seem to reach awareness of party leadership. Why aren't they slamming Krasnov every day on beef/gas/rent/insurance/healthcare costs? All are extremely high.

[shanti]

20. produce prices

are really rising here in nor cal. $1 for ONE zucchini or ONE bell pepper, what? $1.79 for one bunch of cilantro. it's getting crazy.

[Melon]

21. We don't import any Mexican beef right now due to infestation of screwworms