There's also shrink-flation that many are not aware of. A consumer may buy what they think is the same thing they got last week and for many reasons think they are getting a deal, but its actually a smaller size made to look the same as before.
I have a bread machine & I understand what you're saying, but I can never get it to come out the same as grocery store bread. It's always much fluffier and more crumbly. Really good on its own, but difficult to make sandwiches.
I do the grocery shopping for my house. My husband couldn't understand why I was constantly stressing about grocery costs over the last couple of months until he was off for Christmas and he went with me to the store. One of those little mini shopping carts, not even full, with just some pet food and a few items for us to eat at home for a couple of days, was over $100. I don't know how people are making it if they're out of work or have a low-income job. It's shocking.
I live in the heart of clownworld and I can say I think the low-incomes typically dont cook. They exist on coffee/doughtnuts, and something takeout for dinner (which has increased but not by that much). Sad
The low-income free gibs types exist on soda/microwavable frozen foods, marijuana, and cigarettes. They don't need nor do they want coffee, which is typically a beverage that increases concentration, energy, and productivity.
Coffee is one hypothesis of some of scientific Revolution and financial revolution. Men started drinking coffee and then gathering at coffee shops to discuss business and science. Boom years later stock markets and launching rockets.
Yeah, that may be true. I cook all of our meals, so I have to pay for ingredients. Luckily we have our own chickens, so I'm not buying eggs anymore, but everything else is ridiculous. I'm starting to shop at different stores now to get better deals on certain things like pet food and dairy products. One of the saddest aspects of the grocery crisis is how many people are abandoning their animals due to feed costs, and I can see why. It's costing a fortune to feed our dogs. Animal shelters are overflowing now and it's a tragedy. The people responsible for this are EVIL.
Why? Are you a branch covidian? Partially awake is not awake. Soap is cheap. Not trying to be a dick; it's coming from a place of love. Constant hand sanitizing also reduces the body's ability to absorb and fight germs .
Yep, I purchased allot of soap to and shampoo. I stocked up on it all.
Just don't want to be one of those people who walk into the store who buys hand sanitizer or supply and then I'm being told I can only buy one per customer 😉
My mom lives with us and my wife works at a hospital lab.
I'm a disabled 65 yr. old construction worker, and I do the grocery shopping, cooking, and housework.
The price of groceries is horrific
I buy groceries at Walmart, Aldi, and a Midwest grocery chain, several times a week.
At Aldi a 4 oz. can of mushrooms was .39 cents early last year. Then it jumped to.56, then .65, by September they were .77 cents.
In November they went up to .94 cents.
That was a 100% increase in price from last year
Saturday that 4 oz. can of mushrooms was $1.09.
A 227% increase
A dozen large eggs have gone from .94 cents last January to $4.57
A 460% price increase.
Chicken thighs were .98 cents a pound last January at Aldi
Yesterday they were $1.79 a pound
Almost a 100% increase
This is hyperinflation.
Hyperinflation destroys countries.
We have become a shit hole Marxist third world country.
Celery hearts were $6.99 at the store yesterday. And that's one of the stores that sells for cost then adds 10% when you check out. Seriously, inconceivable. $7.70 for celery hearts.
I bought celery the other day and I blinked when I saw the price. I am making stews and soups that freeze well right now so I can get the most out of it and to stretch it out. I made a pot of bacon lentil soup last night that will be several meals as it freezes well, but when I add up the cost of the ingredients, it is probably $25. It was $10 -$12 just 18 months ago. It is insane.
I'm sorry this is a thing. In April of 2020 I knew this was coming. Been scared to death. We spent February 2022 and forward on my income (SSDI) due to his cancer diagnosis. I have been prepping everything. Dehydration works well with celery. Cheese, carrots, onions, potatos and more can be dehydrated and reconstituted later in soups. They don't take up much space :Ie I store my items in those clear plastic containers you buy candy in at Sam's. Stick a food safe moisture pack at the bottom and they store dehydrated food well.
I also froze and stored about 10 dozen eggs. I don't have an awful lot of bacon but I have both frozen and canned meat, fruit and veggies.
I also have 50 lbs or rice, beans, sugar and flour, I also sat back 4-5 boxes of both canning and table salt. I'm guessing these meals would only cost us and store bought bread and what ever fat was added.
Btw I also harvested about 200lbs of potatoes to share if life takes us there. Nursing mothers and children first.
Don't let the prices scare you, trust in God. Start now. One thing a week will save you soon as it is us now. And keep a watch out for those being God's hands and feet.
That is an excellent idea, to dehydrate. I hope you were able to do it back when prices were more reasonable. But seriously, who could imagine $7.70 for celery hearts? I just hope and pray we aren't sometime soon looking back at $7.70 as a 'good price.'
No I dd my dehydrating last summer. I by no means thing $7.50 is an appropriate price for celery! I'm just saying that dehydration can help going forward. Idk about you but inwated a bunch of celery prior to learning about dehydration. At $ 7.50 I'm not willing to have limp celery when incan dehydrate and save it. Of course I still have to buy celery for fresh when I don't have any in my garden. Dehydration is a good tool to combat high prices.
Thanks. That's what I thought. Do you have a particular dehydrator that you recommend? I know some are essentially just plastic trays with holes, stacked on top of each other. But I think there are also electric dehydrators that are probably far more expensive. Maybe you could give me some hints as to the best type?
No, I'm sorry I can't. My ancient dehydrator is a Ronco or something. I don't even know the brand. It was a garage sale special I bought probably 25 years ago. Now that's old! Oh and yes, mine is electric. I can't image what features you might need to spend a great deal of money on. Basic entry level should be fine.
I would make sure to get a solid tray that holds liquid so you can make things like fruit leather, or powders if you want. I make a tomato powder that I use like tomato paste by just dehydrating tomatoe slices then grinding them in my food processor. Works great!
One irritating thing with mine is that I have to manually rotate my trays bottom to top about once an hour or so because otherwise the bottom tray finishes before those above it, the second from the bottom finishes next and so on. I would also get a tight screen because things tend to fall through the grid on mine. Sometimes I wish my trays were square but that honestly doesn't matter.
I do occasionally use my oven on the lowest possible settings though so you have that option anytime too. I like doing that for jerky.
The trick isn't just the dehydrating but also rehydrating them. It takes some practice. I find boiling water works better than say room temp or cold. Check out videos on food preservation and I'm sure you'll be able to find a reasonable priced machine that fits your needs.
Unconventional times call for unconventional measures. War tactics.
Look at how Hispanics and Asians live with each other communally.
Consider family or neighbors that have a job and can contribute to your needs, and you to theirs.
Build tribe.
Inner city living will become impossible without government subsidies.
Any way you can grow your own food?
Start as early as possible and get proficient.
Learn to do more with less.
Learn to repurpose anything you might normally throw away.
Consider adopting a Depression Era mentality.
Adapt now and transition at your own pace before the carpet is yanked from under your feet...
I agree about depression era mentality. During WWII most people survived off soup - which was mostly vegetables & water b/c meat was very scarce & expensive when available. Also eggs were a bigger commodity than gold/silver coins. When the digital dollar gets pushed on us then watch the black market start…They intend for America to be a 3rd world shithole b/c they cannot obtain world power without it.
This is something that even the leftist sheeple can't pretend isn't happening (as they do about so much else). Talking to a center-leftist the other day and he's screaming about the FNM trying to say inflation is only six or seven percent. "My groceries have doubled or tripled!! F$@#ing seven percent?!! That's BS!!". I just said "Yup. They lie about everything." Apparently it's not so easy to pretend reality doesn't exist when it's directly affecting them.
Groceries are by far my biggest hit right now. My mortgage is low so I’m good there not renting but man I don’t get how Americans are surviving right now it’s crazy.
My mortgage is low, so I'm good too. I started banking food when all the sheeple were panicking over the toilet paper shortage.
Once the Central Bank injects money into the system it takes about 6 months of peoples bank accounts growing before they start spending. Then it takes about 12-18 months before inflation starts spiking. Just good to know for future reference, because I doubt we'll ever be fully rid of the debt cycle.
So I've been stocking up on food, and we're now using it up and stretching it out with being able to buy what is still cheap and catching sales.
Eating organic costs a lot more and always has. I buy in big quantities, bulk, and cook 3x a week, use the roasts etc for many many meals and soups and other dishes. Feeding 4 adults, I've been cutting down on packaged goods, and get bulk delivered. If I tried to shop at a regular grocery store and planned for whole foods, I would have 2 carts filled. Before I started buying in bulk, and before all the inflation, I still could not get out the store for under 300 bucks. I buy cases of cans, and I order from farms for large cuts of meat. I have also used Butcher Box, good stuff, grass fed meats, pastured and organic pork and poultry, and seafood. Food is a priority in the household budget. We don't go out much, and no need for new clothing as We work at home. Used cars paid for. Chickens for eggs. Buying big cuts and whole chickens or turkeys will make for a lot of good meals. Rice and pasta go a long way. I could kick myself for not growing potatos this year, those are through the roof, and it used to be a cheap staple, this growing season you bet I will be planting them again. Wasted an entire area in the garden trying to grow sweet potatos, what a joke, it was definitley hot enough, but the season is just not long enough.
If you have a enough space, save your garden! Expand it by laying a tarp out. It will kill the grass, turn it over and remove the grass roots. Then plant your potatoes. Once theyre up about six inches, lay down a thick carpet of straw. No weeding or hilling. Keep the roots and soil under the staw dark and damp (but not wet) and you'll have the prettiest batch of potatoes. We had a 12 x 15 last year and harvested over 200lbs! Only put in two lunch sack sized bags of seed potatoes in.
I used straw one year and I had a hell of a lot of earwigs chewing on the greenery. I used straw, and then covered with a row cover because potato bugs, and the earwigs set up camp, big time, that year was bad for them, they were everywhere. Nassty bugs, but they have been around since the beginning, so I have to hand them that.
Mmmmm I haven't had that experience but I exclusively use the straw. I do get a few potato beetles though. Probably dusted once last year.
Thanks for the heads up! We gotta share our ideas. Make sure that every one has the ability to be self sufficient as best we can.
Will be going to Ca next weekend to help family get my sister's house ready to sale. I am looking at the grocery ads around the house to purchase some food to cook and I am sad looking at the cost, then I remembered, we can help ourselves to $900 of stuff before anything can legally be done! (Ha Ha Ha) Seriously, I will not do that, but I will be ready if anyone thinks they could help themselves to my purse.
Rice and beans are still decently cheap and shelf stable. Oatmeal, breadcrumbs can stretch meat. Eggbeaters vs eggs can save money. It's not great that the prices are high but there are still ways we can eat well. Dining on a dime is a great cookbook for saving money and teaching the younger generation how to cook homemade and healthy meals.
2 weeks ago my neighbor and owner/operator of our neighborhood Thai restaurant shared that restaurant sized egg package went feom $17 to $81-- due to "bird flu" and killing entire flocks 🤨
There's also shrink-flation that many are not aware of. A consumer may buy what they think is the same thing they got last week and for many reasons think they are getting a deal, but its actually a smaller size made to look the same as before.
Killer Dave's bagels went from six in a bag to five. I noticed.
I don't think Dave is the killer, I think his bread is.
Their bread has gotten really expensive too. It used to be $5, now it's $7.
Bread costs about maybe 50 cents or less for a loaf. Get a bread machine. Bread is not worth what you are paying
I have a bread machine & I understand what you're saying, but I can never get it to come out the same as grocery store bread. It's always much fluffier and more crumbly. Really good on its own, but difficult to make sandwiches.
My wife makes delicious bread. Better than The store without the cellulose and other crap.
Family size is now the fun size.
Omgoodness yes!! I work in grocery stores scanning display items. Seasonal candy especially is half the weight it was 4 years ago
I do the grocery shopping for my house. My husband couldn't understand why I was constantly stressing about grocery costs over the last couple of months until he was off for Christmas and he went with me to the store. One of those little mini shopping carts, not even full, with just some pet food and a few items for us to eat at home for a couple of days, was over $100. I don't know how people are making it if they're out of work or have a low-income job. It's shocking.
Let's go Brandon.
I live in the heart of clownworld and I can say I think the low-incomes typically dont cook. They exist on coffee/doughtnuts, and something takeout for dinner (which has increased but not by that much). Sad
The low-income free gibs types exist on soda/microwavable frozen foods, marijuana, and cigarettes. They don't need nor do they want coffee, which is typically a beverage that increases concentration, energy, and productivity.
Coffee is one hypothesis of some of scientific Revolution and financial revolution. Men started drinking coffee and then gathering at coffee shops to discuss business and science. Boom years later stock markets and launching rockets.
Yeah, that may be true. I cook all of our meals, so I have to pay for ingredients. Luckily we have our own chickens, so I'm not buying eggs anymore, but everything else is ridiculous. I'm starting to shop at different stores now to get better deals on certain things like pet food and dairy products. One of the saddest aspects of the grocery crisis is how many people are abandoning their animals due to feed costs, and I can see why. It's costing a fortune to feed our dogs. Animal shelters are overflowing now and it's a tragedy. The people responsible for this are EVIL.
I hear ya last month I purchased 20 mini bottles of hand sanitizer which cost me $120 😠
Why? Are you a branch covidian? Partially awake is not awake. Soap is cheap. Not trying to be a dick; it's coming from a place of love. Constant hand sanitizing also reduces the body's ability to absorb and fight germs .
Yep, I purchased allot of soap to and shampoo. I stocked up on it all.
Just don't want to be one of those people who walk into the store who buys hand sanitizer or supply and then I'm being told I can only buy one per customer 😉
My mom lives with us and my wife works at a hospital lab.
I'm a disabled 65 yr. old construction worker, and I do the grocery shopping, cooking, and housework.
The price of groceries is horrific
I buy groceries at Walmart, Aldi, and a Midwest grocery chain, several times a week.
At Aldi a 4 oz. can of mushrooms was .39 cents early last year. Then it jumped to.56, then .65, by September they were .77 cents. In November they went up to .94 cents. That was a 100% increase in price from last year
Saturday that 4 oz. can of mushrooms was $1.09. A 227% increase A dozen large eggs have gone from .94 cents last January to $4.57 A 460% price increase. Chicken thighs were .98 cents a pound last January at Aldi Yesterday they were $1.79 a pound Almost a 100% increase
This is hyperinflation.
Hyperinflation destroys countries.
We have become a shit hole Marxist third world country.
Maybe this is much more than monetary inflation, and the corporations are raising prices because they know people will still pay for it anyways.
Celery hearts were $6.99 at the store yesterday. And that's one of the stores that sells for cost then adds 10% when you check out. Seriously, inconceivable. $7.70 for celery hearts.
I bought celery the other day and I blinked when I saw the price. I am making stews and soups that freeze well right now so I can get the most out of it and to stretch it out. I made a pot of bacon lentil soup last night that will be several meals as it freezes well, but when I add up the cost of the ingredients, it is probably $25. It was $10 -$12 just 18 months ago. It is insane.
I'm sorry this is a thing. In April of 2020 I knew this was coming. Been scared to death. We spent February 2022 and forward on my income (SSDI) due to his cancer diagnosis. I have been prepping everything. Dehydration works well with celery. Cheese, carrots, onions, potatos and more can be dehydrated and reconstituted later in soups. They don't take up much space :Ie I store my items in those clear plastic containers you buy candy in at Sam's. Stick a food safe moisture pack at the bottom and they store dehydrated food well. I also froze and stored about 10 dozen eggs. I don't have an awful lot of bacon but I have both frozen and canned meat, fruit and veggies. I also have 50 lbs or rice, beans, sugar and flour, I also sat back 4-5 boxes of both canning and table salt. I'm guessing these meals would only cost us and store bought bread and what ever fat was added.
Btw I also harvested about 200lbs of potatoes to share if life takes us there. Nursing mothers and children first.
Don't let the prices scare you, trust in God. Start now. One thing a week will save you soon as it is us now. And keep a watch out for those being God's hands and feet.
Bless you
That is an excellent idea, to dehydrate. I hope you were able to do it back when prices were more reasonable. But seriously, who could imagine $7.70 for celery hearts? I just hope and pray we aren't sometime soon looking back at $7.70 as a 'good price.'
No I dd my dehydrating last summer. I by no means thing $7.50 is an appropriate price for celery! I'm just saying that dehydration can help going forward. Idk about you but inwated a bunch of celery prior to learning about dehydration. At $ 7.50 I'm not willing to have limp celery when incan dehydrate and save it. Of course I still have to buy celery for fresh when I don't have any in my garden. Dehydration is a good tool to combat high prices.
Thanks. That's what I thought. Do you have a particular dehydrator that you recommend? I know some are essentially just plastic trays with holes, stacked on top of each other. But I think there are also electric dehydrators that are probably far more expensive. Maybe you could give me some hints as to the best type?
No, I'm sorry I can't. My ancient dehydrator is a Ronco or something. I don't even know the brand. It was a garage sale special I bought probably 25 years ago. Now that's old! Oh and yes, mine is electric. I can't image what features you might need to spend a great deal of money on. Basic entry level should be fine. I would make sure to get a solid tray that holds liquid so you can make things like fruit leather, or powders if you want. I make a tomato powder that I use like tomato paste by just dehydrating tomatoe slices then grinding them in my food processor. Works great! One irritating thing with mine is that I have to manually rotate my trays bottom to top about once an hour or so because otherwise the bottom tray finishes before those above it, the second from the bottom finishes next and so on. I would also get a tight screen because things tend to fall through the grid on mine. Sometimes I wish my trays were square but that honestly doesn't matter. I do occasionally use my oven on the lowest possible settings though so you have that option anytime too. I like doing that for jerky. The trick isn't just the dehydrating but also rehydrating them. It takes some practice. I find boiling water works better than say room temp or cold. Check out videos on food preservation and I'm sure you'll be able to find a reasonable priced machine that fits your needs.
Best wishes fren!
Thank you so much!
Unconventional times call for unconventional measures. War tactics. Look at how Hispanics and Asians live with each other communally. Consider family or neighbors that have a job and can contribute to your needs, and you to theirs.
Build tribe.
Inner city living will become impossible without government subsidies.
Any way you can grow your own food? Start as early as possible and get proficient. Learn to do more with less. Learn to repurpose anything you might normally throw away.
Consider adopting a Depression Era mentality.
Adapt now and transition at your own pace before the carpet is yanked from under your feet...
I agree about depression era mentality. During WWII most people survived off soup - which was mostly vegetables & water b/c meat was very scarce & expensive when available. Also eggs were a bigger commodity than gold/silver coins. When the digital dollar gets pushed on us then watch the black market start…They intend for America to be a 3rd world shithole b/c they cannot obtain world power without it.
True.
Keep. Your. Powder. Dry.
This is something that even the leftist sheeple can't pretend isn't happening (as they do about so much else). Talking to a center-leftist the other day and he's screaming about the FNM trying to say inflation is only six or seven percent. "My groceries have doubled or tripled!! F$@#ing seven percent?!! That's BS!!". I just said "Yup. They lie about everything." Apparently it's not so easy to pretend reality doesn't exist when it's directly affecting them.
Groceries are by far my biggest hit right now. My mortgage is low so I’m good there not renting but man I don’t get how Americans are surviving right now it’s crazy.
My mortgage is low, so I'm good too. I started banking food when all the sheeple were panicking over the toilet paper shortage.
Once the Central Bank injects money into the system it takes about 6 months of peoples bank accounts growing before they start spending. Then it takes about 12-18 months before inflation starts spiking. Just good to know for future reference, because I doubt we'll ever be fully rid of the debt cycle.
So I've been stocking up on food, and we're now using it up and stretching it out with being able to buy what is still cheap and catching sales.
yep, math checks out
Yeah, that’s shocking man, be prepared because I think this year it’s going to get worse!
We own a restaurant/bar and I had to run to town this morning for eggs (the closest is 18 miles away). I got a 5 dozen box and it cost $27!!!!
Eating organic costs a lot more and always has. I buy in big quantities, bulk, and cook 3x a week, use the roasts etc for many many meals and soups and other dishes. Feeding 4 adults, I've been cutting down on packaged goods, and get bulk delivered. If I tried to shop at a regular grocery store and planned for whole foods, I would have 2 carts filled. Before I started buying in bulk, and before all the inflation, I still could not get out the store for under 300 bucks. I buy cases of cans, and I order from farms for large cuts of meat. I have also used Butcher Box, good stuff, grass fed meats, pastured and organic pork and poultry, and seafood. Food is a priority in the household budget. We don't go out much, and no need for new clothing as We work at home. Used cars paid for. Chickens for eggs. Buying big cuts and whole chickens or turkeys will make for a lot of good meals. Rice and pasta go a long way. I could kick myself for not growing potatos this year, those are through the roof, and it used to be a cheap staple, this growing season you bet I will be planting them again. Wasted an entire area in the garden trying to grow sweet potatos, what a joke, it was definitley hot enough, but the season is just not long enough.
If you have a enough space, save your garden! Expand it by laying a tarp out. It will kill the grass, turn it over and remove the grass roots. Then plant your potatoes. Once theyre up about six inches, lay down a thick carpet of straw. No weeding or hilling. Keep the roots and soil under the staw dark and damp (but not wet) and you'll have the prettiest batch of potatoes. We had a 12 x 15 last year and harvested over 200lbs! Only put in two lunch sack sized bags of seed potatoes in.
I used straw one year and I had a hell of a lot of earwigs chewing on the greenery. I used straw, and then covered with a row cover because potato bugs, and the earwigs set up camp, big time, that year was bad for them, they were everywhere. Nassty bugs, but they have been around since the beginning, so I have to hand them that.
Mmmmm I haven't had that experience but I exclusively use the straw. I do get a few potato beetles though. Probably dusted once last year. Thanks for the heads up! We gotta share our ideas. Make sure that every one has the ability to be self sufficient as best we can.
Coat 40 bucks for what I could easily carry in two hands. Time to farm
Will be going to Ca next weekend to help family get my sister's house ready to sale. I am looking at the grocery ads around the house to purchase some food to cook and I am sad looking at the cost, then I remembered, we can help ourselves to $900 of stuff before anything can legally be done! (Ha Ha Ha) Seriously, I will not do that, but I will be ready if anyone thinks they could help themselves to my purse.
Rice and beans are still decently cheap and shelf stable. Oatmeal, breadcrumbs can stretch meat. Eggbeaters vs eggs can save money. It's not great that the prices are high but there are still ways we can eat well. Dining on a dime is a great cookbook for saving money and teaching the younger generation how to cook homemade and healthy meals.
2 weeks ago my neighbor and owner/operator of our neighborhood Thai restaurant shared that restaurant sized egg package went feom $17 to $81-- due to "bird flu" and killing entire flocks 🤨