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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #75 on: January 22, 2011, 08:01:13 AM »
Most of the "discount" stations along the Seacoast region are running $3.019 for a gallon of 87, and the "chain" stores like Cumberland Farms, etc., are going anywhere from $3.059-$3.149 for regular unleaded.  Sunoco has 93 octane, but they're charging more for that than diesel, which is going for almost $3.50 a gallon now.

Just filled up the oil tank on Thursday.  $3.149 a gallon--almost $600 to fill up.  That'll last about two months, maybe less in this weather.  And I have the thermostats programmed for 55 at night (10P-5A) and while I'm at work (6A-5P), and 68 at other times.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #76 on: January 22, 2011, 09:27:52 AM »
Quote from: debk on January 21, 2011, 11:56:43 AM
Wow!!

They have a 20-gallon top limit on the fillup, and I've made it as high as 60 cents off per gallon--once.  I filled up my wife's Corolla with the last one (30 cents off that one).
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #77 on: January 24, 2011, 10:42:51 AM »
Oddly, I'm not seeing food prices jumping up. Friday I was able to get whole beef filet (bagged) for $5.95 lb. The wife picked up whole chickens for .59 lb. Hell we've even been getting Dungeoness crab for $4.95 lb.  :drool:
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #78 on: January 24, 2011, 11:15:15 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on January 24, 2011, 10:42:51 AM
Oddly, I'm not seeing food prices jumping up. Friday I was able to get whole beef filet (bagged) for $5.95 lb. The wife picked up whole chickens for .59 lb. Hell we've even been getting Dungeoness crab for $4.95 lb.  :drool:


I paid $10.99lb for whole beef tenderloin at Sam's, at Christmas. The next week it was 9.99 at Kroger...it had been $14.99 the week before Christmas.  :(

What type of store are you finding these kind of prices?

Food City's flyer in yesterday's paper had a big headline...they have permanently lowered the prices on 10,000 items !!

Maybe some chains are figuring its better to make less money and get customers back, than no money because people shop at other stores.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #79 on: January 24, 2011, 11:38:03 AM »
Chickens here are .89 per pound.  A GOOD special on steak would be $3.99-4.99 per pound, and the last ones I got at that rate were terribly gristled.   I have a buddy in Fort Worth, that has bought "shares" of cows, out of Mineral Wells, grass fed, treated well, etc.  To purchase a various list of cuts, it averages out to $4.00 a pound.  That is looking good. 
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #80 on: January 24, 2011, 11:46:19 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 24, 2011, 11:38:03 AM
Chickens here are .89 per pound.  A GOOD special on steak would be $3.99-4.99 per pound, and the last ones I got at that rate were terribly gristled.   I have a buddy in Fort Worth, that has bought "shares" of cows, out of Mineral Wells, grass fed, treated well, etc.  To purchase a various list of cuts, it averages out to $4.00 a pound.  That is looking good. 


Do they ship?

It has gotten to the point here, where the best place I can buy decent tasting beef - other than the Fresh Market which is unGodly expensive -is Sam's.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #81 on: January 24, 2011, 11:50:14 AM »
Quote from: debk on January 24, 2011, 11:46:19 AM

Do they ship?

It has gotten to the point here, where the best place I can buy decent tasting beef - other than the Fresh Market which is unGodly expensive -is Sam's.

I don't think so.  Matter of fact, my buddy has already paid a deposit on a 2012 butchering.  The dude only slaughters 12 cows per year. 
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #82 on: January 24, 2011, 11:52:36 AM »
I assume that everyone has noticed that over the past few years the "scam" on packaged food prices seems to be focused upon making the package quantities slightly smaller while the price remains the same.

I noticed it first with ice cream, when the half-gallon container disappeared, then came coffee, flour, sugar, etc, and even canned goods are now in slightly smaller containers, sold at the same price.

I noticed recently that one supplier of milk was selling it in a "metric" container that when converted, comes out to 10% less than a gallon.......of course at the same price, and difficult to detect unless you read the labels and convert to English volume measurement.

And what the heck happened to the price of coffee??  We typically use Folgers Colombian, which we could normally buy at Price Chopper's on sale for $6.95 a few years ago..........Katrina happened, and the price jumped four dollars a container, supposedly because the vast bulk of the coffee supply was lost in the aftermath.  We are now pushing five years since that time, and the price remains unchanged.  What happened??

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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #83 on: January 24, 2011, 12:34:22 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on January 24, 2011, 11:52:36 AM
I assume that everyone has noticed that over the past few years the "scam" on packaged food prices seems to be focused upon making the package quantities slightly smaller while the price remains the same.

I noticed it first with ice cream, when the half-gallon container disappeared, then came coffee, flour, sugar, etc, and even canned goods are now in slightly smaller containers, sold at the same price.

I noticed recently that one supplier of milk was selling it in a "metric" container that when converted, comes out to 10% less than a gallon.......of course at the same price, and difficult to detect unless you read the labels and convert to English volume measurement.

And what the heck happened to the price of coffee??  We typically use Folgers Colombian, which we could normally buy at Price Chopper's on sale for $6.95 a few years ago..........Katrina happened, and the price jumped four dollars a container, supposedly because the vast bulk of the coffee supply was lost in the aftermath.  We are now pushing five years since that time, and the price remains unchanged.  What happened??

doc

I see coffee at any where from $9.99 to $11.99 for Folgers and Maxwell House.  K Mart has one or the other on sale every other week or so from $5.99 to $7.99 . I'm not too picky, I just buy a dark blend of what is on sale, and buy 2-3 cans at a time.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #84 on: January 24, 2011, 12:48:23 PM »
FYI to those reading this thread...there is a "couponning and savings" thread stickied at the top in The Spa.

Some really good ideas have already been posted, and if anyone has additional information or savings ideas, it would be greatly appreciated if you would add them.

Thanks!!! 
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #85 on: January 24, 2011, 01:29:54 PM »
Quote from: debk on January 24, 2011, 12:48:23 PM
FYI to those reading this thread...there is a "couponning and savings" thread stickied at the top in The Spa.

Some really good ideas have already been posted, and if anyone has additional information or savings ideas, it would be greatly appreciated if you would add them.

Thanks!!! 

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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #86 on: January 24, 2011, 01:36:24 PM »
Just filled up on $2.85 gas (reg unl) at Costco.   :hyper:
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #87 on: January 24, 2011, 02:24:25 PM »
Deb, the store is Winco. The lefties HATE it because it non-union.   :-)

I pick up Folgers Classic in the 2.5 lb cannister for $6.99 at Grocery Outlet, a West Coast chain.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #88 on: January 26, 2011, 09:10:00 AM »
Quote from: TVDOC on January 24, 2011, 11:52:36 AM
I assume that everyone has noticed that over the past few years the "scam" on packaged food prices seems to be focused upon making the package quantities slightly smaller while the price remains the same.

I noticed it first with ice cream, when the half-gallon container disappeared, then came coffee, flour, sugar, etc, and even canned goods are now in slightly smaller containers, sold at the same price.

I noticed recently that one supplier of milk was selling it in a "metric" container that when converted, comes out to 10% less than a gallon.......of course at the same price, and difficult to detect unless you read the labels and convert to English volume measurement.

And what the heck happened to the price of coffee??  We typically use Folgers Colombian, which we could normally buy at Price Chopper's on sale for $6.95 a few years ago..........Katrina happened, and the price jumped four dollars a container, supposedly because the vast bulk of the coffee supply was lost in the aftermath.  We are now pushing five years since that time, and the price remains unchanged.  What happened??

doc

I have indeed noticed that.  Folks are paying more and don't seem to realize it.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #89 on: January 26, 2011, 09:42:39 AM »
Something I had noticed a while back is that they are making toilet paper rolls smaller in width. So much so that they won't stay some types of holders.
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Re: Food prices rise sharply - and there's more to come
« Reply #90 on: January 26, 2011, 12:57:41 PM »
I just drove by the Hess station and though that they would lower their gas price as oil is now lower per barrel than the past week. (Prices at the pump always fluctuate, so I thought I would fill up, while the price per barrel is down.) Price hasn't moved from 3.23 a gallon for mid grade.
High gas prices should do a number on this fragile economy. And not one of our leaders stands up to OPEC. WTF?!
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