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10-04-2022, 02:13 PM
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velocitician
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 26,297
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Does NO ONE recall a TWO YEAR pandemic that ravaged business GLOBALLY?
That level of loss of business has major consequnces when starting back up again.
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10-04-2022, 02:18 PM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
Posts: 88,646
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 46zilzal
Does NO ONE recall a TWO YEAR pandemic that ravaged business GLOBALLY?
That level of loss of business has major consequnces when starting back up again.
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no shit...i was saying this from DAY ONE of the lockdowns while you were dancing a jig of glee
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10-04-2022, 02:19 PM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
Posts: 88,646
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This is also why Italy has its first female PM.
46zilzal does NOT like that Italy has its first female PM. LOL
Which is odd, because he's all about female empowerment.
Last edited by PaceAdvantage; 10-04-2022 at 02:20 PM.
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10-04-2022, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 16,915
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
I am seeing the same thing, 30-40% more and I am buying sale items I didn't before. I used to buy just whatever fresh fruit I was in the mood for, now I buy whatever is on sale, same with meat.
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Be careful with Super Market Meat
Mine uses packaged beef from Australia ...you would think its good
Its terrible!!!!
Buy CostCo meat break it down and freeze it
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You guys are spot on with our experience here.
InnerDirt, Like BJ said, super market sale meat is just horrible.
My wife loves a good marinated tri-tip. For me, it's mostly rib steaks. However, the tri-tips are pure crap. Even the $11 @lb Costco ones.
As for fruits & vegetables, yesterday Beth bought a head of cauliflower which was $3.98 for a small one.
Avocados in the grocery store?
$1.98 for small ones.
Buy 5 and 3 are rotten.
Not exaggerating.
Only exception for avocados is Costco. $6-$7 for FIVE BIG ONES. They will always be 100% perfect.
Tip: We put them in the fridge and take out 1 at a time to ripen for a couple of days. We eat 1 per day.
Joe's idea about buying meat at Costco. Yep. But don't buy the cheap ones. If you can't afford the $22+ per pound meat, you better get used to the crap or pass.
December 15th prime rib goes on sale from coast to coast. Except for Costco. LOL
We typically by about 40-50 pounds and cut it into 2 & 3-bone roasts. Last year we paid $7 per pound at Raley's, an upscale market where the normal price would be double that.
This year that same beef (now) is $32 per pound, which makes me thing the price at Christmas will be $15
That is beef for the entire year, except for the occasional Costco filet when we're feeling flush. (At almost $40 per pound we don't often feel THAT flush.)
BTW, out here, Costco has had the 2nd best crab in the country - (King is best, Dungeness is 2nd) - on sale for $6.99 per pound. 2 crabs = $35 (5 pounds).
THAT is a steal.
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10-04-2022, 02:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
Posts: 12,716
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I really couldn't even venture a guess what the cost of going back to full production would entail as far as it's impact on inflation. Wages are up, training staff takes time and money, and new employees are less productive than experienced ones. As long as your competition is suffering the same ills you can pass the costs on to consumers.
I think a good chunk of inflation is the increased cost of energy. Diesel is still sky high, most everyone is paying more for electricity. Shipping costs have gone insane, as I have said before, I often order various shop supplies in the exact same volumes. I am getting hit with freight charges that are double of what they were 2 years ago. If you think of all the things contributing to inflation I think it will take a recession to stop it. At least all the money for nothing is drying up.
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10-04-2022, 02:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
Posts: 12,716
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
My wife loves a good marinated tri-tip. For me, it's mostly rib steaks. However, the tri-tips are pure crap. Even the $11 @lb Costco ones.
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As for sale meat I wasn't talking about the "manager's special" that is about to turn green. The chain store I go to just seems to always put a few items between meat, veggies and fruit on sale. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason.
As for Tri Tip that seems to be regional. I used to eat it a lot in California, I haven't seen it anywhere I shop here. I don't go around hunting for it, maybe someone has it.
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10-04-2022, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 16,915
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
[/INDENT]As for sale meat I wasn't talking about the "manager's special" that is about to turn green. The chain store I go to just seems to always put a few items between meat, veggies and fruit on sale. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason.
As for Tri Tip that seems to be regional. I used to eat it a lot in California, I haven't seen it anywhere I shop here. I don't go around hunting for it, maybe someone has it.
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I'm not talking about manager's specials.
I'm talking about the cheaper grade meats that they sell every day.
I am also saying that I've not had a piece of meat under $20 a pound that was worth eating this year.
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10-04-2022, 03:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Mukwonago, WI
Posts: 3,208
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Just paid $4.19 for gas today here in SE Wisconsin. It was "down" to about $3.35 a couple of weeks ago. Going up again.
Iceberg salad mix, used to be $1.69 everywhere forever, now $1.99 but it's now about 1/3 purple cabbage. I do a salad a day, now just going to buy romaine and cut it up.
Those beef sticks at Kwik Trip that I complained about in a similar thread are now up 50 cents from months ago. They are good quality, but not gonna pay it.
Don't get me started on meat...
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10-04-2022, 04:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
Posts: 12,716
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
I'm not talking about manager's specials.
I'm talking about the cheaper grade meats that they sell every day.
I am also saying that I've not had a piece of meat under $20 a pound that was worth eating this year.
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I haven't had a steak in a while, mostly cuts of pork and chicken. I would compare the common rural grocery chain here, Food Lion to be a notch below a Safeway. I doubt $20 a pound meat exists. I will window shop for steak next time.
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10-04-2022, 04:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,994
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Just a hunch, but something tells me that the world economic forum agenda of people eating bugs is coming into play. If their agenda is for people to eat bugs they aren't going to be able to mandate people eat bugs. But if they drive up the cost of food (especially meat) to ridiculous prices, well suddenly some might get to the point where eating bugs is a great alternative. The MSM will then pump the agenda and somewhere down the line we have more and more folks eating bugs. We are living in a script.....and we aren't writing it.
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10-04-2022, 06:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Houston , Tx.
Posts: 9,594
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$3.03 here locally.
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10-04-2022, 06:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Baystater
Posts: 3,495
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Paid $4.29 for a dozen eggs today that were $1.29 for the same product when DJT was the prez. $22.83 for 2.87 pound chuck roast today. $3.29 for a box of stuffing that was $1.50 during the DJT years.
Gotta love that Inflation Reduction Act. Where would I be without it?
Last edited by jimmyb; 10-04-2022 at 06:49 PM.
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10-04-2022, 07:04 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
Posts: 52,813
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I’m still buying sirloin for 3.79 a lb. For my restaurant.
Chicken leg n thigh .79 a lb
Whole chicken cut. 1.49 lb
Wings 1.63lb
Clod (chuck) 2.79 lb. We have to grind it
Pork butt. 1.29 lb
We don’t even buy shrimp anymore except for promotions 4.00 lb but moves around often.
Thank goodness I can shop for meats out of my restaurant freezer.
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10-04-2022, 07:06 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
Posts: 52,813
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall Bennett
$3.03 here locally.
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2.78 at Sam’s a couple days ago in North Houston
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10-04-2022, 08:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Boston+Ocala
Posts: 23,764
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i went to Costco sunday.. gas $2.99, rotisserie chicken $5.00, Ferrerer Roche chocolates $10.89 a box up from $8 last year with a 4-box limit..
hot dog and lemonade on the way out still $1.50
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