EMERGENCY G20 meeting likely over SOARING FOOD PRICES!! This is getting SERIOUS...Already seeing prices RISE!!

I can easily purchase food for four people for that much per week. The poster should have been able to purchase those items for a third of what s/he spent. It would be nice if they posted exactly what she got and the price and even the area. I find it unbelievable such items would cost that much unless this person lives on an island.

I purchased 14 ounces of Badia black pepper at Food Lion for less than 6 bucks. Look into that brand next time. It is near the Mexican food and not with the regular spices. I believe most stores carry this brand.

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Hundred-Year Forecast: Drought

BY many measurements, this summer’s drought is one for the record books. But so was last year’s drought in the South Central states. And it has been only a decade since an extreme five-year drought hit the American West. Widespread annual droughts, once a rare calamity, have become more frequent and are set to become the “new normal.”

The current disaster map
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Meat is good for a person. It provides b-12 and other nutrients. It is the over consumption of meat that is a problem. Higher meat prices will curb that though and hopefully stop overeating. People with emotional eating issues will have to find something else go after.

I can just see fast food places handing out condiments in the future instead of giving them out for free.

Be careful with tuna, especially albacore, since it is LOADED with mercury.

If you know what things should cost in the first place then dollar stores aren't that bad. You have to know what you are buying. If you go shopping and have no idea then you are a sheep.

I use to keep a price book so I have a good idea now. That is what people need to do. When you go shopping jot down what you are paying for things in pounds and ounces. Keep the book with you and soon you will know a bargain no matter what type of store you shop in. Keep a small calculator with you. You can get one for a buck. If you only just keep track of what you buy when you get home from your receipt you will be ahead. Just keep track.

I am making potato soup tonight with cheese, broccoli, onions and celery. I have some left over meat I'll throw in as well. I'll probably top it with some sour cream and a meal is made. Sometimes I oven fry potatoes and top with sauteed onions, cheese and sour cream. I make my own potato chips as well with a mandolin to slice them thin. I love potatoes.

My kids get three meals a day since they are still growing but I only eat one snack and one meal a day. I am female and not extremely active(I walk a few miles a week) with no health problems so it is doable.

I drink some lemon with honey in the morning and have a hard boiled egg with some V8 juice for lunch. I eat whatever I want for dinner and add in a desert if I want it. I have lost at least a pound a week so far. I am not heavy but just want to slim down some. It might take a while to get use to eating less but it gets much easier. At least cut your portions down at first.

I know my stomach has shrunk because it is impossible to gorge myself at dinner anymore. This is the way I use to eat when I was young and my body really seems to like it. I just make sure to eat nutritious foods now and rarely eat any 'junk' food. I am making most of my desserts as well.

I feel better and our grocery bill is better as well. Hubby is only eating 2 meals a day but then he works out a few times a week and is more active than I am.

We both take a vitamin/mineral supplement as well. Even if you are eating a lot of food a supplement is still needed since our foods aren't as nutritious as they used to be.

The food prices don't have to be a curse. It might actually help people's health in the long run.

Yeah, it looks like we are all going to have to "trim the fat", if food prices do skyrocket to unfordable levels.

Even I have cut back a fair bit, and I now look twice as hard for deals and sale items.

The only thing I use the Dollar store for is cleaning supplies and paper products (TP, paper towels, ect..)
Everything else that most of them sell are no cheaper than your average supermarket or Walmart.

Birth control pills FAIL. Always wear a condom with BC pills. And always wear a condom if you don't want kids. Two forms of birth control are needed. Even then babies have been conceived. Best to not have sex with a woman unless you could see marrying her and having kids with her but to many that is just old fashioned.

I saw pasta at the Dollar Tree for of course a dollar. Don't know how you feel about not eating name brands but it might be something you look in to. Sometimes they have name brands though. Just know what you should be paying for things and you won't be paying more.

true alot of countries third world rely on usa, those third world countries used to grow their own food but now they grow biofuel crops. Australia is in a very lucky position because we still grow our own food and we dont rely on usa for anything