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Oh my.
Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 09:27 AM
THE CHRONICALLY HELPLESS PRIMITIVE
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Good gawd almighty! Pardon me but I'm really angry.
We have another big storm coming tonight and tomorrow. Since I am alone, I don't tend to grocery shop as often as I used to. Thought it would be a good idea to go yesterday AM, before the milk and bread crowd.
I have never seen such price increases as I have since my last visit. I didn't need much but was amazed at the prices on what I bought. Coffee $12.99 for Folger's 32 oz can? What? Dumb celery 1.69?, butter$2.99, all through the store, it was the same. I don't buy junk food or things like cookies so I can't comment on that.
The only thing that was reasonable was the sale price on boneless chicken at $1.99 in large packages. Today I will split that up and freeze it.
I would like to challenge those who say there is no inflation. Come to my house with me once every 2 weeks. We'll write down everything I buy and see where it is on the next visit.
How in the world are middle class families with children supposed to feed them or themselves, for that matter. I don't even know about clothes prices as I am a thrift shop shopper. As long as it fits, is washable and in good condition, I don't care. Added bonus is that if the jeans or whatever were going to shrink, they already have during someone else's washings.
Heating fuel yesterday? $3.42 a gallon. I have requested that my dealer stop automatic delivery and deliver only 100 gallons upon my phone call. This way, my delivery will be for just the 100 gallons and not the full tank which would be $1000.00. Like so many others, this is getting so difficult. I was fortunate all my life that we, as a family were able to pay our bills and have a little left over. Now that I am alone and on SS, the little check does not go far.
Next week, house taxes. Never mind the fact that your house is now worth far less, the taxes have gone up. Even if there was someone to blame, I doubt there is a way in the world to correct this gawd awful situation.
This rant was supposed to be about food but I got a little sidetracked with thoughts of other necessities.
Phooey.
Inchworm (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 09:38 AM
THE SCHMEKELE PRIMITIVE
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1. I feel ya Paper Roses!
I've noticed increases BAD over last few months.
I'm gonna get some new girlfriends.. err.. some chickens in a month or two to adjust costs. When it gets to the point I can't afford food I can at least have egg fried rice
I won't even discuss my "heat" situation. .. .3 months to go...
tigereye (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 09:57 AM
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2. I think there are mild increases in the prices of necessities but I agree that some foods are now incredibly expensive. The price of fish is outrageous compared to a year or 2 ago, as well as the price of hand cream and other products using whatever component creams are based on - prices in general.
Here we have a homesteading exemption that leads to value reduction (never quite figured out why this is the case) on our property taxes and that helps somewhat. I can see that seniors or others on fixed incomes would have difficulty with the changes in property tax rates.
trud (281 posts) Wed Jan-26-11 11:08 AM
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3. yes
And my property taxes have gone through the roof. I appealed last week and should hear this week if it did any good. I make $2000 too much a year to qualify for the low income reduction.
No more coffee drinking in this house, and I feel better for it, once I got adjusted. The fact that it took a few weeks to do that says to me that caffeine is an addiction.
Vegetarian, so no costly meat or poultry or fish.
A few months ago I stopped buying anything optional, and I don't miss it. Okay, I pay 50 cents for used paperbacks at the library, but I could even skip that. I do it because when I was in the hospital they had almost no books, so I accumulate used books I like myself and when I have a grocery bag full I take them there and fill in their shelves. Thinking ahead I'd put in a smiley here, but it doesn't show up.
Veggie garden, this year I learn to dehydrate and can.
grasswire (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 12:54 PM
THE FARMERETTE PRIMITIVE
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4. I'm seeing big price increases in food too
Many many items that were $1.19 or $.99 or so before the new year are now $1.59, $1.39, $1.79. Frozen vegetables (which have shrunk from 16 oz to 12 oz) are an example.
Of course it is still possible to shop the weekly sales. But hard, still, for someone living solo.
Doubling up seems to be the way to solve the housing and heating costs. Remember in the old days when people would take in boarders? That can solve the problem for a lot of those who still own a house with rising costs.
PR, I hope this next storm passes on without too much trouble for you. I hope you have good neighbors. I'll be sending good vibes.
Denninmi (511 posts) Wed Jan-26-11 01:18 PM
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5. You certainly don't need to apologize.
I agree that the middle class is being "squeezed" very hard, and I can only begin to imagine how hard it would be for someone on a small fixed income or someone making low wages with no benefits.
I am a paralegal for an attorney in private practice. I make the same base pay I did 2 1/2 years ago when I started with him, after a career change. He doesn't offer any health insurance, so I pay my own BCBS of Michigan. Even so, I frankly feel very lucky, in this state, and especially in the Detroit area, just to have a job, when I've seen so many people lose jobs, homes, and hope. I have "intangible" benefits -- I really like my boss, he's a really great guy to work for, the schedule is regular with enough flexibility, my co-worker is a sweet young lady with a husband and young child, so it's nice in that respect.
At least I saw the writing on the wall. I previously worked as the manager of a flower shop. I knew THAT was going down the toilet with the economy. Where I was, I saw business drop about 1/3 in 2006 due to the closing of one Ford plant a few miles away. So, I knew it wouldn't be pretty.
I'm actually lucky even though I'm the low wage earner in a relatively high income household. I can always rely on the fallback position of getting others to subsidize things I can't afford, or at least front me the money if need be. Not many people have that safety net. Our government, or at least the radical right, would like to make sure that none of us, except the uberwealthy, have a safety net.
I certainly have noticed big price spikes in groceries. I keep it pretty simple, because in my household we pretty much cook from scratch on most items, don't buy a lot of pricey things, use the basics, don't go out to eat, and grow a lot of our own food. But, that's not easy for many people, either. The other thing that helps me is that the suburban area where I live has a lot of competition in the grocery business, so it's possible on a Saturday morning or even on my lunch hour to hit a number of stores and pick up just the best specials and bargains. I also watch for clearance items if applicable.
Really, the only things I can suggest are what I said above -- cook from scratch, use staples, avoid the expensive things except for a rare treat once in a while, shop the sales, pick up bulk and clearance items if possible, grow your own food if you can.
Tesha (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 04:44 PM
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6. The "What passes for News" had a story...this morning - well, not really anything more than the price index is going up for commodities and oil
of course there are very few reasons for that, except someone wants more money.
Warpy (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 05:38 PM
THE DEFROCKED WARPED PRIMITIVE
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7. Usually the ones who say there is no inflation are males who push the grocery shopping off on the wife and don't notice that the credit card debt keeps expanding even though they're not making any large purchases.
The Teabaggers have every reason in the world to be angry. I'm angry, too. The problem is that there are a handful of billionaires hiding behind pious sounding organizations with platoons of admen pointing at all the wrong people to blame and the teabaggers are just stupid enough to buy it.
I'm not back to living on beans and rice yet, but I can see it coming. And soon.
If the defrocked warped primitive goes back to living on beans, one better always stand upwind of her.
Denninmi (511 posts) Wed Jan-26-11 07:04 PM
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8. Well, we're not all ignorant.
I've been a guy since, well, before birth! Really.
And, I shop, and cook, and clean. And, I know what a gallon of milk costs, a pound of butter (yikes, Land O'Lakes was $4.19 a LB the other day at Kroger!), and a package of TP.
I also think it's a crock that "inflation" doesn't include either food or fuel in the "official" indicator. As if neither of these thing are of significance to average people.
One of the ironies of America, though, is that affluence has resulted in a lot of health problems for our society. Rice and beans are MUCH healthier than a diet based on hydrogenated oils, red meats high in saturated fats, high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors, artificial flavors, and highly refined white flour. Cheaper, too.
Warpy (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 08:23 PM
THE DEFROCKED WARPED PRIMITIVE
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11. You're right about not including food or fuel because that's how they've hidden inflation and avoided raising Social Security for so long. Two years ago I saw a estimate of 40% as the amount of inflation that had been hidden in order to keep robbing social security overpayments and stiff retirees.
I also expected knees jerking from men who do shop and cook but of course I specified a certain type of male as denying inflation, not all males.
There has been a class war against 95% of the American people since liberals went out of power in 1969.
It is ongoing, thanks to the Goldman Sachs economic team of the present administration plus all the conservative dead wood in Congress, all resisting the idea that demand side economics are the only thing that will save this country after 30+ years of supply side idiocy dictating depressed wages, vanishing services, crumbling infrastructure, and now offshored manufacturing.
I have no idea what it will take to turn things around. I do know it's not going to happen over the next 2 years thanks to the turnover in the House and the stinking, reeking cowardice in the Senate.
The liberals went out of power in 1969?
Why is franksolich always the last one to know such things?
mike_c (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 07:08 PM
THE mike_c PRIMITIVE
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9. warpy, warpy, warpy....
hippywife (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 07:35 PM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
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10. I'm hearing you!
I've really started cutting back on grocery store purchases and extending the things I do make as far as I can.
I still buy my meat from our local coop and while it started out more costly, I'm just not seeing the increases that are mounting in the store. I buy coffee through the coop, too, and pay $10/lb for whole, freshly roasted organic beans, and it's really lovely coffee. The Folgers stuff smells and tastes like crap in comparison. Literally! When Bill used to make Folgers coffee it smelled like a really dirty cat box. Yuck!
We ran out of propane a week or so ago and had to have our 250 gallon tank filled. Since he was nice enough to come out, off route, on the coldest night we've had so far, since it was an emergency and late, I wasn't going to have him just put in 100 gallons, but it was tempting.
I too wonder how folks with lower income than ours, and we don't make much, and a family to feed make it these days. It's really very vexing. The best we can do is try to watch out for and help those around us when we can, and that's not too often.
Hope the storm isn't as severe as predicted and you make it through okay.
One speculates hippybubby Wild Bill won't be too happy when he finally gets around to hearing what his wife said about his caffeinary tastes.
Vinca (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-28-11 08:33 AM
THE VINDICTIVE PRIMITIVE, A NOTORIOUS RE-SELLER
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15. Everything is going sky high. I'd love to buy more fresh fish, but all I can do is wave as I pass the display. Who can afford scallops at $13 a pound? Our electric bill has gone through the roof along with the fuel bill. Two weeks ago I had a medical crisis and went to the ER for the first time in 40 years. Uninsured. Got the bill and it shakes out to $1,000 a hour. I don't know how we manage to keep the bills paid. It's a good thing we never had big "retirement" dreams because it's not going to happen.
Lucinda (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-28-11 11:55 PM
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16. We live in a tourist town and that happens to us a LOT
Prices are always boosted pre-weekend around here. And seasonally as well. It's VERY frustrating.
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-26-11 09:27 AM
THE CHRONICALLY HELPLESS PRIMITIVE
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Good gawd almighty! Pardon me but I'm really angry.
We have another big storm coming tonight and tomorrow. Since I am alone, I don't tend to grocery shop as often as I used to. Thought it would be a good idea to go yesterday AM, before the milk and bread crowd.
I have never seen such price increases as I have since my last visit. I didn't need much but was amazed at the prices on what I bought. Coffee $12.99 for Folger's 32 oz can? What? Dumb celery 1.69?, butter$2.99, all through the store, it was the same. I don't buy junk food or things like cookies so I can't comment on that.
The only thing that was reasonable was the sale price on boneless chicken at $1.99 in large packages. Today I will split that up and freeze it.
I would like to challenge those who say there is no inflation. Come to my house with me once every 2 weeks. We'll write down everything I buy and see where it is on the next visit.
How in the world are middle class families with children supposed to feed them or themselves, for that matter. I don't even know about clothes prices as I am a thrift shop shopper. As long as it fits, is washable and in good condition, I don't care. Added bonus is that if the jeans or whatever were going to shrink, they already have during someone else's washings.
Heating fuel yesterday? $3.42 a gallon. I have requested that my dealer stop automatic delivery and deliver only 100 gallons upon my phone call. This way, my delivery will be for just the 100 gallons and not the full tank which would be $1000.00. Like so many others, this is getting so difficult. I was fortunate all my life that we, as a family were able to pay our bills and have a little left over. Now that I am alone and on SS, the little check does not go far.
Next week, house taxes. Never mind the fact that your house is now worth far less, the taxes have gone up. Even if there was someone to blame, I doubt there is a way in the world to correct this gawd awful situation.
This rant was supposed to be about food but I got a little sidetracked with thoughts of other necessities.
Phooey.
2006 - Democrats take control of Congress.
2008 - The 0bumbler is elected President on the U.S.
2009 - The jug eared Kenyan takes charge of the White Mosque.
Enjoy the the butt reaming, loser.
What? No reach-around???
Bummer...
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$1.69 for dumb celery? I wonder how much the smart stuff costs.
If I was retired and had the entire day to myself, I think I would be baking bread for pennies instead of paying two or three bucks a loaf. (It's collecting Social Security... it IS retired, right? :whatever:)
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I thought this wasn't supposed to happen with Obama being elected?
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Lord Zero the great leader said energy prices were going to necessarily skyrocket and anyone with a brain would know that everything else would necessarily skyrocket also. So DUmmies tell someone who gives a shit...oh, that's right, nobody gives a damn what you think.
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Let's see their lord and savior spins three trillion more dollars into existence and they didn't think the buying power of the dollars they hold would be less? The FOOLS!
They insist that turning grains and livestock feed into fuel wouldn't drive up the price of the grains and the livestock that eats it? The FOOLS!
They thought that restricting energy production by banning any American offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would result in lower prices of the damn near everything that needs that energy to be produced? The FOOLS!
They say that boundless government regulation, in places it never was, and we never realized it was needed before, will somehow reduce costs as companies struggle with new piles of beaureucrats and needless regulatory costs? The FOOLS!
They think that forcong others, at the barrel of a gun, to support their lazy worthless lives isn't going to come back as everyone else tries to replace that lost wealth? The FOOLS!
Hell, the main place that prices went down was the housing and real estate market, and most of that is because their cockamamie schemes fell apart.
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Where the hell do these people shop and do their stores not have weekly specials? We have one of those off-brand, cheap as dirt grocery stores and a Safeway in Cottage Grove (there's every kind of store you could want in Eugene and Roseburg but for the weekly stuff I'd rather do local). There's always specials on some kind of meat, vegetables, and fruit. They had 10lbs bags of chicken on sale this week for $.49 a pound. I bought 4. Safeway had their BOGO on meats, mix and match. I got giganto package of pork roast that actually had 2 roasts in it for $12.89 and 3lbs of ground beef free. I even got 2 family size packages of steaks. Oh, and 2lbs of shrimp for $5 a pound. They also had fresh blueberries by one get TWO free, strawberries buy one get one. There's always some variety of apples on sale. Carrots and fresh spinach are almost always cheap. And the spinach comes in those lovely bags, pre-washed and ready to be put in my salad or sauteed with onions, mushrooms and red bell peppers.
Someone needs to teach them how to shop.
Cindie
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Someone needs to teach them how to shop.
Cindie
Milady, therin lies the rub. Shopping implies that they have to get off their asses and actually do something, and it's taking more and more out of their pot and Cheetos stash every time. They're pissed, as you can see in these emoticons:
:overreaction: :panic: :runaway:
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Food prices have gone through the roof, and it does seem to be increasing monthly.
Fuel and health care premiums have affected businesses to the point where it is becoming unsustainable.
Obama, God help us survive two more years.
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Food prices have gone through the roof, and it does seem to be increasing monthly.
Fuel and health care premiums have affected businesses to the point where it is becoming unsustainable.
Obama, God help us survive two more years.
Obama made it quite clear that he wanted energy prices to rise in order to force people to turn down their thermostats and buy electric cars. Only an idiot could believe that wouldn't cause prices to rise everywhere. And let's not forget that all the middlemen for food products are also being hit by higher costs for their employees. We've only seen the beginning of Obama's policy decision. Just wait...
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Well, let's see...Wally World would sell you TWO 33.9 (not 32 oz) cans of coffee for $18. When I hit the local Market Basket or Hannaford's, I still find bread for $1.19 a loaf. Milk goes for $2.69 a gallon, or $1.59 a half. Butter? Ever heard of buying a few pounds and freezing what you don't need? Ditto with shredded cheese. Hamburger in bulk goes for $2.29 a pound in bulk. And if you're paying $1.69 for celery, methinks you're buying the celery HEARTS. BTW--I get two of those for $1.99.
IOW, if you're willing to buy and freeze some stuff, you can save a fair amount of money.
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Well, let's see...Wally World would sell you TWO 33.9 (not 32 oz) cans of coffee for $18. When I hit the local Market Basket or Hannaford's, I still find bread for $1.19 a loaf. Milk goes for $2.69 a gallon, or $1.59 a half. Butter? Ever heard of buying a few pounds and freezing what you don't need? Ditto with shredded cheese. Hamburger in bulk goes for $2.29 a pound in bulk. And if you're paying $1.69 for celery, methinks you're buying the celery HEARTS. BTW--I get two of those for $1.99.
IOW, if you're willing to buy and freeze some stuff, you can save a fair amount of money.
I have to admit, I haven't seen prices this low for food anywhere in the last year or so. Milk is nearly $4 a gallon, even for the Wal-Mart brand. Hamburger is well over $3 a pound...and no one puts it on sale anymore. The coffee is the only thing I can get for less than this...I buy the Wal-Mart brand for $6.50 a can.
I find it quite ironic that Obama's policies are doing exactly what he said they'd do...and those that voted for him just can't connect the dots. Or they put our objections down to racism. ::) ::) ::) Flipping idiots. :whatever: :whatever: :whatever:
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I buy store brands and have three organic, free range, vegan (well the deer were vegan) deer in the freezer courtesy of DH and myself. One was my kill and DH can take credit for the other two. But a little work and we have a freezer full of tasty venison.
What gets me is the DUmmies keep bitching about prices on name brand products. Of course the folgers is going to cost more than the store brand that quite a few times comes off the same lines. The dollar has to go a long way in my home right now and somehow we make it work.
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I have to admit, I haven't seen prices this low for food anywhere in the last year or so. Milk is nearly $4 a gallon, even for the Wal-Mart brand. Hamburger is well over $3 a pound...and no one puts it on sale anymore. The coffee is the only thing I can get for less than this...I buy the Wal-Mart brand for $6.50 a can.
I find it quite ironic that Obama's policies are doing exactly what he said they'd do...and those that voted for him just can't connect the dots. Or they put our objections down to racism. ::) ::) ::) Flipping idiots. :whatever: :whatever: :whatever:
Granted, a lot of the meats and whatnot I buy in bulk at BJ's. I can't stand WW meat for some reason.
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Well, DUmmies, thank your green energy policies on that shit. Buying corn to make $6 a gallon ethanol to put into $3 a gallon gasoline that's in short supply itself due to drilling policy, then floating the diff on a sea of tax money, has a direct effect on the availability and hence price of corn for feed, and a whole series of cascading secondary effects.
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I do most of my shopping at Shop Rite and BJ's, I go to Target for a few things I can find cheaper there, but at Shop Rite I get their brand bread for 99 cents, I get milk at BJ's for about $2.59 a gallon, eggs at BJ's are under $3 for 2 dozen, when butter is on sale at Shop Rite for like $1.59 a pound then we load up on it and like NH said we freeze it, also at BJ's I can get 4-1lb packs of butter for under $8, as far as meat and chicken go I get it when it's on sale, either at Shop Rite or BJ's, and I can get the 30 pack of rolls at BJ's for $2.99, so I just buy that and freeze it, also BJ's has cold cuts for half the price that Shop Rite sells them for, I can get a pound of land o lakes cheese for less than $3, and since cheese can be frozen we load up on that. We also use a lot of store brands if they're much cheaper, if Shop Rite Peanut Butter is on sale we load up on it, if Skippy is on sale we load up on it, Shop Rite cereal can be about half of the national brands so we buy that. Also Aldi's has great prices and people should check that out if there's 1 in their area.
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Granted, a lot of the meats and whatnot I buy in bulk at BJ's. I can't stand WW meat for some reason.
I would say "Look for the Union Label"
Were it not for the butchers union WW would have better meat. But no the unions won't have that, they would rather people get poorer quality. The unions are why they have meat from packing plants that gets trucked in. Fresh meat is not an option a WallyWorld.
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I have to go to BJ's today, I'll report back the prices.
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I have to go to BJ's today, I'll report back the prices.
Sounds like we all agree on BJ's. Of course they are the target of a buyout last I heard........... :whistling:
I buy meat in bulk then use a vacuum sealer to repackage for the two of us. I usually save at least fifty cents a pound on average doing that exclusive of the packing supply costs. And no I am not going to do a breakout on that.
Last week I got a good turkey breast which has provided several great meals. Lots of times I will get two and freeze one.
DAT makes also makes a good point. Corn is an expensive additive for gasoline which we should be producing here, but no.......the liberals don't want to do that. They would rather have granny freeze as fuel oil goes to the stratosphere.
They have no concept of economics or commodity prices.
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Sounds like we all agree on BJ's. Of course they are the target of a buyout last I heard........... :whistling:
I buy meat in bulk then use a vacuum sealer to repackage for the two of us. I usually save at least fifty cents a pound on average doing that exclusive of the packing supply costs. And no I am not going to do a breakout on that.
Last week I got a good turkey breast which has provided several great meals. Lots of times I will get two and freeze one.
DAT makes also makes a good point. Corn is an expensive additive for gasoline which we should be producing here, but no.......the liberals don't want to do that. They would rather have granny freeze as fuel oil goes to the stratosphere.
They have no concept of economics or commodity prices.
Oh, I didn't know they were being bought out, we like BJ's better than Costco because the prices are better at BJ's. BJ's has the chicken in individual packets so I just take out what I need, the prices aren't bad and I like the convenience of it.
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Also BJ's has great prices on medicine, you can get the large size double pack of Berkeley Jensen cough medicine, same ingredients as Robitussin but the price of the double pack is less than 1 bottle of Robitussin, same thing with BJ's brand of Benadryl, I think I spent $5 for the 100 pack bottle.
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Not one mention of coupons. But then again, couponing takes up a bit of time and effort. DUmmies are too lazy to clip, search deals, and plan shopping trips.
Inflation is very real, but with some good planning and coupons, you can get out of any store for fairly cheap.
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I hit the military commissary (at least try to) at Hanscom once a month and those prices have gone through the roof also.
I agree about BJs meat -- much better than supermarket meat. However, I usually stock up on meat at Hanscom too.
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Where the hell do these people shop and do their stores not have weekly specials? We have one of those off-brand, cheap as dirt grocery stores and a Safeway in Cottage Grove (there's every kind of store you could want in Eugene and Roseburg but for the weekly stuff I'd rather do local). There's always specials on some kind of meat, vegetables, and fruit. They had 10lbs bags of chicken on sale this week for $.49 a pound. I bought 4. Safeway had their BOGO on meats, mix and match. I got giganto package of pork roast that actually had 2 roasts in it for $12.89 and 3lbs of ground beef free. I even got 2 family size packages of steaks. Oh, and 2lbs of shrimp for $5 a pound. They also had fresh blueberries by one get TWO free, strawberries buy one get one. There's always some variety of apples on sale. Carrots and fresh spinach are almost always cheap. And the spinach comes in those lovely bags, pre-washed and ready to be put in my salad or sauteed with onions, mushrooms and red bell peppers.
Someone needs to teach them how to shop.
Cindie
Hey Cin, I used to live in Sutherlin right next door to the A&W! Freeway noise was a bitch until we got used to it. What was worse was the guys comin' at 3 A.M with a leaf blower to clean the parkin' lot next door! Lived in that house and managed the one next door for one of those slum lords the DUmmies hate!
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OK, went to BJ's and here's a partial list of things I got, and I had a few coupons too LOL:
18 drumsticks, individually packaged with 3 in each package $4.00
9 packs of chicken tenders raw individually packed with 4 in each package $9.04
24 large sausages with 6 sausages in each individual pack $11.99
30 pack of dinner rolls $2.99
12 pack of kaiser rolls $1.99
large container of banana chips $2.99
2 gallons of milk $2.57 per gallon
60 pack of Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa on sale for $3.99
1 gallon of Soft Soap refill on sale for $5.99
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Not one mention of coupons. But then again, couponing takes up a bit of time and effort. DUmmies are too lazy to clip, search deals, and plan shopping trips.
Inflation is very real, but with some good planning and coupons, you can get out of any store for fairly cheap.
I got behind a lady doing the 'coupon' thing at BJ's a couple trips back. Bear in mind this was the self checkout line which I use as much as possible to speed things up. LSS, she was trying to negotiate all sorts of home brew coupons and expired stuff so the person who helps at self checkout was virtually her tied to her as a personal coupon clerk.
I don't know how much she saved but part of her savings was at the expense of my time. :argh:
Moral of the story: If you are going to use coupons make sure you actually purchase the item it is for, that it is not expired, if you print it at home you use a decent printer (dot matrix don't cut it for bar code kids ). Go to a counter that has a clerk and don't waste other people's time who use self checkout for speed. Ditto if you are buying booze, go to a clerk because they have to verify age.
/EOR
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I got behind a lady doing the 'coupon' thing at BJ's a couple trips back. Bear in mind this was the self checkout line which I use as much as possible to speed things up. LSS, she was trying to negotiate all sorts of home brew coupons and expired stuff so the person who helps at self checkout was virtually her tied to her as a personal coupon clerk.
I don't know how much she saved but part of her savings was at the expense of my time. :argh:
Moral of the story: If you are going to use coupons make sure you actually purchase the item it is for, that it is not expired, if you print it at home you use a decent printer (dot matrix don't cut it for bar code kids ). Go to a counter that has a clerk and don't waste other people's time who use self checkout for speed. Ditto if you are buying booze, go to a clerk because they have to verify age.
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Oh, I'm not a crazy who takes hundreds of coupons. I usually have, at most, twenty coupons. And I always go to the full service lines. Those self checkout machines annoy me. Half the time they don't work, or they start beeping at you and I can never find the customer service person who is suppose to be monitoring the self check out lanes.
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I got behind a lady doing the 'coupon' thing at BJ's a couple trips back. Bear in mind this was the self checkout line which I use as much as possible to speed things up. LSS, she was trying to negotiate all sorts of home brew coupons and expired stuff so the person who helps at self checkout was virtually her tied to her as a personal coupon clerk.
I don't know how much she saved but part of her savings was at the expense of my time. :argh:
Moral of the story: If you are going to use coupons make sure you actually purchase the item it is for, that it is not expired, if you print it at home you use a decent printer (dot matrix don't cut it for bar code kids ). Go to a counter that has a clerk and don't waste other people's time who use self checkout for speed. Ditto if you are buying booze, go to a clerk because they have to verify age.
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I treat grocery stores the same way i do hospitals! I try like hell to stay the hell out!
I haven't had someone ask for my ID for age in 15 years!
Besides, that's women's work!
ducks, runs, changes screens before "Toots" catches me! lol!!!
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I treat grocery stores the same way i do hospitals! I try like hell to stay the hell out!
I haven't had someone ask for my ID for age in 15 years!
Besides, that's women's work!
ducks, runs, changes screens before "Toots" catches me! lol!!!
And us women enjoy going to the grocery stores... it gets us away from you men.
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And us women enjoy going to the grocery stores... it gets us away from you men.
They can be so annoying in the grocery store, do we really need that? yes we do, well we still have a little left at home no idea why we need another 1, umm because we just have a little left at home, now go find your pigs feet and let me shop.
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My husband loads the cart with nonsense, and then complains when he sees how much it is at the register. "What did we buy?" Um, what did "we" buy??
He is as bad as my boys.
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I usually hit the grocery store about 3 times a week because I always forgot something, or we ran out of something, or I have to send something in to school.
My husband and I just talked about it yesterday how I need to make a list on Monday, and then just get what is on the list because we are spending too much on groceries.
We'll see how long this lasts.
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I usually hit the grocery store about 3 times a week because I always forgot something, or we ran out of something, or I have to send something in to school.
My husband and I just talked about it yesterday how I need to make a list on Monday, and then just get what is on the list because we are spending too much on groceries.
We'll see how long this lasts.
Sound like yours is pretty similar to mine...it'll last until he's out of snacks. :lmao: :lmao:
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i just split family packs of certain meats, veggies, pasta, or rice. freeze it, and just take what I need. As far as cat food/litter goes, if a bag is broken, we will send it to claims, the claims guy will tape it up and discounts it quite a bit and we keep it in a cart. I am not sure if other Walmarts do this(ours does). We tape up bags of mulch and potting, graden soil and sell for 50% off per bag. It saves money for our frequent shoppers.
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My husband loads the cart with nonsense, and then complains when he sees how much it is at the register. "What did we buy?" Um, what did "we" buy??
He is as bad as my boys.
Tell him to "bachelor" it for a while. He'll figure it out. God knows I have.
But by God, I know how to cook. I can do it cheap, or I can do it expensive, depending on what you want.
Just ask Scoobie about my Pollo Relleno.
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I usually hit the grocery store about 3 times a week because I always forgot something, or we ran out of something, or I have to send something in to school.
My husband and I just talked about it yesterday how I need to make a list on Monday, and then just get what is on the list because we are spending too much on groceries.
We'll see how long this lasts.
I've gotten into making lunch and dinner menus for a week to 10 days at a time. Really cuts down on the BS I buy.
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Tell him to "bachelor" it for a while. He'll figure it out. God knows I have.
But by God, I know how to cook. I can do it cheap, or I can do it expensive, depending on what you want.
Just ask Scoobie about my Pollo Relleno.
Heh! I had to 'batch' it when I closed down my printin' business in KS for about 6 months! I lost about 30 pounds! Turns out one cannot exist on just Rib Eyes, baked potatoes ( in the micro, of course ), and Johnny Walker!
Whoda thunk???????
Not sure what I missed about "Toots" the most, sex or cookin'! Naw, I could still eat another Rib Eye and chase it down with Johnny a few more weeks!!!
edited 'cause I'm all thumbs this early!
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My husband loads the cart with nonsense
I hear ya, sister. I go alone, now. Plus, there are a lot of empty calories in that nonsense.
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I tell my husband if it's not on the list, we're not buying it. We haven't had store bought cookies, brownies, cakes, etc unless it was for a birthday. My husband has a sweet tooth, but also doesn't like having nonsense junk food around. He lost 50 lbs recently and started to muscle up again, so he wants nothing to do with junk food. lol
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For men who would just as soon stay home when wifey hits the stores, ya might wanna read this!
Subject: FW: Shopping with the wife.
After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out.
Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target.
Dear Mrs. Samuel,
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Samuel, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.
1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.
6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.
8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.
9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme.
12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.
13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'
14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'
And last, but not least:
15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.
Just let the wife read this, and I'll lay odds they never ask ya to go again!
"Toots" learned a long time ago not to ask me to go! Hehehehehehehehe!!!!
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Subject: FW: Shopping with the wife.
After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out.
Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target.
Dear Mrs. Samuel,
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Samuel, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.
1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.
6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.
8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.
9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme.
12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.
13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'
14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'
And last, but not least:
15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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For men who would just as soon stay home when wifey hits the stores, ya might wanna read this!
Just let the wife read this, and I'll lay odds they never ask ya to go again!
"Toots" learned a long time ago not to ask me to go! Hehehehehehehehe!!!!
You just need to learn how to be helpful and know what to look for.
An old guy was in Costco the other day, pushing his shopping cart around,
when he collided with a young guy also pushing a cart.
He said to the young guy, "Sorry about that. I'm looking for my wife and I
guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
The young guy says, "That's OK. It's just a coincidence. I'm looking for my
wife, too. I can't find her and I'm getting a little desperate.
The old guy said, "Well, maybe we can help each other. What does your wife
look like?"
The young guy says, "Well, she is 24 years old, tall, with long blond hair, green
eyes, long legs, big boobs and she's wearing tight white shorts, a halter top and
no bra. What does your wife look like?"
The old guy said, "Doesn't matter. Let's look for yours."
Most older men are helpful like that.
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The old guy said, "Doesn't matter. Let's look for yours."
Most older men are helpful like that.
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Is hyper-inflation what a Unicorn looks like?
I was promised a Unicorn from Obama.
WAIT!! Huge deficits and inflation is what a Unicorn is.
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I was Christmas shopping at Target once. Out of curiosity, I picked up one those little hand-held vibrators that you rub around on your neck. (Really). I turned it on, and it was ****ING LOUD. It would NOT turn off. I did not know what to do. I set it down on the aluminum shelving, and that increased the racket TENFOLD. I placed it in the bin of like items, and that set them all bouncing up and down as well. I don't know how the story ended, because I got the hell out of the aisle, and pretended I had nothing to do with it.
Sorry for the threadjack....brought back memories.
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I was Christmas shopping at Target once. Out of curiosity, I picked up one those little hand-held vibrators that you rub around on your neck. (Really). I turned it on, and it was ****ING LOUD. It would NOT turn off. I did not know what to do. I set it down on the aluminum shelving, and that increased the racket TENFOLD. I placed it in the bin of like items, and that set them all bouncing up and down as well. I don't know how the story ended, because I got the hell out of the aisle, and pretended I had nothing to do with it.
Sorry for the threadjack....brought back memories.
:lmao:
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I was Christmas shopping at Target once. Out of curiosity, I picked up one those little hand-held vibrators that you rub around on your neck. (Really). I turned it on, and it was ****ING LOUD. It would NOT turn off. I did not know what to do. I set it down on the aluminum shelving, and that increased the racket TENFOLD. I placed it in the bin of like items, and that set them all bouncing up and down as well. I don't know how the story ended, because I got the hell out of the aisle, and pretended I had nothing to do with it.
Sorry for the threadjack....brought back memories.
:rotf:
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I've gotten into making lunch and dinner menus for a week to 10 days at a time. Really cuts down on the BS I buy.
I really need to do that.
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I was Christmas shopping at Target once. Out of curiosity, I picked up one those little hand-held vibrators that you rub around on your neck. (Really). I turned it on, and it was ****ING LOUD. It would NOT turn off. I did not know what to do. I set it down on the aluminum shelving, and that increased the racket TENFOLD. I placed it in the bin of like items, and that set them all bouncing up and down as well. I don't know how the story ended, because I got the hell out of the aisle, and pretended I had nothing to do with it.
Sorry for the threadjack....brought back memories.
Hilarious!! And I wonder if one of those was ever actually used on someone's NECK!
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I was Christmas shopping at Target once. Out of curiosity, I picked up one those little hand-held vibrators that you rub around on your neck. (Really). I turned it on, and it was ****ING LOUD. It would NOT turn off. I did not know what to do. I set it down on the aluminum shelving, and that increased the racket TENFOLD. I placed it in the bin of like items, and that set them all bouncing up and down as well. I don't know how the story ended, because I got the hell out of the aisle, and pretended I had nothing to do with it.
Sorry for the threadjack....brought back memories.
I said the same thing when I got caught! :-)
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I was Christmas shopping at Target once. Out of curiosity, I picked up one those little hand-held vibrators that you rub around on your neck. (Really). I turned it on, and it was ****ING LOUD. It would NOT turn off. I did not know what to do. I set it down on the aluminum shelving, and that increased the racket TENFOLD. I placed it in the bin of like items, and that set them all bouncing up and down as well. I don't know how the story ended, because I got the hell out of the aisle, and pretended I had nothing to do with it.
Sorry for the threadjack....brought back memories.
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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They can be so annoying in the grocery store, do we really need that? yes we do, well we still have a little left at home no idea why we need another 1, umm because we just have a little left at home, now go find your pigs feet and let me shop.
Ack, having my husband go to the grocery store with me is a PITA! He's constantly nagging at me not 'browse' as he puts it. Pardon me if I read some labels and do a little comparison shopping.