Obviously prices are higher. Have you noticed, though, that sizes are shrinking?
I love chocolate, paricularly Dove milk chocolate. A bag of it was $5.87! AND, when I pulled it off the shelf the bag was puffed up with air, and there were 10 pieces inside. I remember beingable to buy a bag for $3.50 and there were 26 pieces in it.
I put it back. I just couldn't do it.
Now, chocolate is a dumb example, I realize. The same thing is happening to everything. Here's the good news: smaller packages means you can store them more easily as you stock up before prices go hyper-crazy. And, another positive thing: it might be a good time to break some bad habits (such as not buying the chocolate, for me).
One last thought: the smaller volumes is a sneaky tactic, and many people will not understand the double-whammy and will go through their grocery money way too fast. Credit card debt will spike, but so will crime. Keep extra vigilant.
Shrinking packages really throw your recipes off.
Oh my gosh... I never thought of this. What a pain in the ass!
I hate to say this out loud but at least can sizes have stabilized around a little under a pound/16 fl oz for lots of things for a while now - enough so that lots of cookbooks state these amounts.
a) I doubt this lasts, now, and
b) it's still ridonkulous.
True... yet I have noticed that the substaance is meager. More broth.
Interesting. I don't cook with much prepared stuff, more like "1 pound" (i.e 14.5 oz or whatever) tomatoes etc. So sounds like I should look for (damn, wish I had old cans for reference) changes like calories and other nutritional content....