Price of food today at the Fareway grocery store.........

It's called depopulation or global genocide dumbass.

the other day i bought a large container of peanut butter and a block of cheese, was $19.....

Missing the point. I know things are higher in New York city and Alaska..and other places that are not Iowa.



But...food is going up. And it's REALLY going up.
We should all be alarmed. What I am telling you..is that here in the heartland at harvest time..I am paying $2 for a dozen white store brand eggs. NOT organic..or brown..or even especially vey fresh.

LOL, if you thought organic was expensive, just wait!

bingo! healthy food is astronomical. the prices listed above are nearly half of what i pay in nyc. its been on a steady increase for at least the past 5+ years.

You are getting the point.
How much does the average American make an hour?

Get rid of cable tv and the cellphone contract and spend the money on chow.

For real! I wouldnt eat any eggs that only cost $2. Those hens are definitely fed antibiotic hopped up gmo grain. if you are not producing your own food then a good diet should be a significant portion of your income.

Just the beginning. Wait till next year.

I feel for you. I don't know how you do it.

sounds good , this winter it will be freeze or starve for a lot of useless eaters . darwin wins.

then shit will get really really bad )

90 % of the jobs pay 600 a week or less )

And then they tax it

Come live in Australia.

Eggs - $3.60 a dozen generic free range or $2.90 for caged.
Minced beef of decent quality - $14 per kilo.
Decent coffee is about $10 per 100g.
Crap coffee is about $4.50 per 100g.
Potato chips $2-$3.

In CT . I told my husband tonight, shopping was a nightmare. our usual 'locked in savings ' items were out of stock. many things were out or minimally stocked. we don't buy garbage foods I make my own fermented bread grow a garden etc I would live to afford all organic but can't. tonight was a struggle to feed us this week. I fear I may have to rely more on Aldi . we clear just under 100k and have old cars and a small home. Gas and oil were taking its toll before and the food may break us. last year I couponed and saled most things that weren't great for a six month period. I can't say I can do that again. I'll never do kool aid or hamburger helper. but it looks like.a lot of beans in our future. last year we had a week long power outage and managed well I fear it will happen again so I didn't fill our freezer with sale perishables . ugh. this is real.

I know for a fact that the staple things I buy goes up a little bit each week. It has been doing this for months now and getting worse. I once able to spend around 150.00 a week and it last. I now spend around 200 and still have to buy a few additional things before the week is up.
I've thought the same thing about I don't see how some people make it. My husband complains about how much we're spending now. I told him how everything just keeps going up. It's very scary and depressing. I see a lot of people shaking their heads and murmuring about the prices. Unless, your wealthy or get a lot of food stamps your not going to be able to eat like we did in the past.

I shop at the 99 cent only stores..med dozen eggs 99 cents..7 different loaves of bread 99 cents..14 oz boxes of cereal..milk is 2.99 a gal..socal

If you can't afford the good eggs though what are you supposed to do? The cost of eggs alone has increased about .70 in my state just since the start of the year. Used to be 1.29 a dozen and now they are 1.99.

Friend of mine was working for a private organization that provides some monetary benefits to the poorest of the poor, most of which were homeless. It was her job to allocate money. Before applicants were given a monthly allocation, they had to partake in some brief classes about responsible spending habits. For instance, not spending the money on alcohol or cigarettes, and instead of unhealthy meals, they were promoting nutritious foods - produce in particular.

We're talking about super poor people, many of which have completely used up their government assistance.

Nutritious food just isn't going to cut it for these folk. Realistically, why spend a couple bucks on a bag of salad, when a king size snickers bar costs half as much and would actually give you more protein and might actually curb a hunger pain.

To add, many so called nutritious meals are cooked. One doesn't have too many options cooking when they're living on the streets.

I understand to that cigarettes can in some cases offset the pain of true hunger. And for that matter, why buy a bottle of water or juice, when alcohol can actually keep a person warm when you're living on the freezing streets in winter. As awful and addictive as those two things can be to a person's well being, many don't see any way to live without them.

I digress a bit, maybe too much so, but you're absolutely right - The poorer you are, the less options you have to be eating anything healthy. All you can do is make do with what you can afford and what will fill your stomach and try to be smart with the minimal choices you have to make that dollar stretch.

Yes it is crazy, I try to make everything from scratch. Avoid processed food, grow veggies and herbs in summer can, dry and freeze all I can. Have a big basement, this winter I am setting up tables and lights and I'm growing my own for the winter it will be great to have veggies that aren't 6-8 weeks old, can share with friends and neighbors and it will help with SAD disorder we all get in the winter. Think even with the increase in electricity it will still be safer,cheaper and fresher than buying produce from the store. Don't eat red meat, caught lots of salmon canned, smoked and froze it. Don't eat pork, foul occasionally, do buy organic eggs I have learned to become very creative with lots of spice, bread dough, pie crusts, home made pasta, brown rice, etc. Big Circle of friends we all share, take turns with dinner so we don't get cabin fever or bored with our own cooking. lol

Maybe that's a good thing OP...

Americans throw away 40 percent of their food: study

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Organic foods, though not all Organic labels are legit., contain far less toxins/antibiotics/pesticides/fertilizers and are non-GMO and not radiated by definition. Ask yourself: what price should one be willing to pay to put the healthiest grade food into one's body? If you don't have your health; you have nothing.

Where do you live? can we be best friends ?????

I'm with ya on this one OP....I get sticker shock every time I get to the register. I look every thing over like...what did I buy? 5 small plastic bags from Stater Bros is $100.00...regardless of what's in them.....

idk y ur panicking i just went shopping for a week and spent 20.50$ i even splurged 4$ of a tub of icecream

now that's funny.."5 small plastic bags is $100 no matter what is in them"
lol
but true...

Last Edited by Butterfly girl on 08/24/2012 01:54 AM

What charmed world do you live in were one can afford to buy all organic? while I whole heartedly agree it is better for us many of is struggle. to buy non organic fresh produce. and honestly organic grain Fed cruelty free meat is the most delicious meat there is. it's an occasional treat. I would love to be one of these doctors wives that li e around here and go into Whole Foods and drop $500 on their weekly shopping. it isn't possible for us plebes. I have to read labels for an hour or so and rifle through my coupons to manage additive free meals and use cleaners that won't harm us all the while trying not to waste gas on my 2002 Subaru with 160+ miles. I grow I cook and ends still don't get met. and it is worse now. save your smug....

ding!

Yeah, I lived in CT for 10 years and I know that 100K is about average for a family. People here in IL think that anybody should be doin great if they make over 100K, but it does depend on your location.