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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
so is the price of potato chips up or down? I can't keep track. .
So if the price of eggs is
3.99 at Walmart,
4.99 at Publiks
5.99 at Winn-Dixie
is the price up or down in the inflation calculation?
I can't keep track
Whomever said that he never shops but his wife was out of town,
should not be allowed to comment on prices. . that is just too tradfi
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Dunno. I do the shopping for the family. But eggs are probably the WORST comparison item to use. I think it started by people just spewing hyperbole to trigger emotional responses.
I pay $5 and change for my dozen eggs. At Walmart. I've been paying that for 5 out of the almost-six years I've been living here. Even when the prices for eggs were down, I've spent more. At Walmart. Why? Because I don't get nasty white factory eggs with small, pale yellow yolks. I get eggs from pasture-raised hens. They cost more. Their prices fluctuate less, because they tend to not have bird flu breakouts on small farms that don't keep their hens cooped up 24/7. The eggs tend to be bigger, the yolks are more orange rather than yellow, chock-full of protein (in the whites) and lutein (in the yolks).
So while everyone is complaining about the extra 7 CENTS per egg between today and a year ago, I'm paying the same higher price, getting consistency, and not feeling like I'm being priced into starvation.
Also, gas has been $2.71 for the past 10 days at BJ's. In a community where so many people brag about how they can afford to dine out at the better restaurants, and go on trips, and drive nice cars - some people seem to be pretty whiny about really stupid things.