Hold on to your wallet
 

Went to lunch at Palmer yesterday, expecting the usual price increases we've all been seeing. I was totally surprised to see a 50% price increase on my usual entrée at that establishment.
The lunch was still good, along with the service, but 50%?...REALLY!!

Steep, for sure.

But (somewhat) understandable, given the chronic shortages of workers and difficulty in obtaining some items. As overhead goes up so does the price. But I agree. 50% is hard to justify.

ITS ONLY MONEY dont worry :pray:

Many people will be fooled. If you find the price unacceptable no one is forcing you to buy.
Yesterday I needed to purchase 4, 2032 disc batteries price came to $19. Checking price on Amazon it was $8.00 for 6 Energizer Lithium I’ll wait the 2 days. Not the same with food just walk away there are other restaurants.
Thanks for the warning another restaurant I will avoid my choice.

What was your usual??.....................not seeing the 50%.

:faint:

Perhaps this thread should be entitled Hold open your wallet.

Sign of the times. My Progressive Home insurance up 41% in Nov and now my Progressive Auto insurance up 31% both with no claims, House I understand, paying for every roof replacement for others.

Yep, only dollars, but Progressive is smart. They are "insuring" the future and know that they will be paid in smaller dollars, so they need more of them.

When are you people going to learn and stay home and cook?
A Restaurant server told me once he wonders why they their put kitchens in the houses in the villages.

Time to shop around my insurance automotive increase $22.00 home insurance $37 10 year old home no new roof no accidents, ticket or claims.

No increase is what we would all like.

But many of us would be happy with only $22 or $37 increase in premiums!

I haven’t turned a stove on for at least 30 years ,maybe longer and at 83 I can tell you that I don’t know how to cook anything and I’m quite proud of that lol

Never been to Palmers so I wouldn’t know if the prices went up. I always thought they were expensive anyway so we have not been.

Never been, wouldn’t know, have not been.............................................. .?

Never play a round of golf without a Turkey, cheddar, and hummus sandwich on multigrain bread in the cooler of my golf cart. Problem solved!

For that kind of sandwich I would also recommend taking floss with you !!!

Cooking can be fun.
 

I used to feel that way. Then I realized I like knives and in the kitchen I get to play with lots of them. Benihana, move over. 👺Bwaahaha!

Ha ha no knives , my houses are gorgeously furnished , but contain only plastic utensils and paper plates , high end ones , but still disposable

I just looked at the menu on the website and it looks pretty much as it did a couple of months ago. I think they change out certain dishes seasonally so some are new, and some that were there, aren't there anymore.

Prices look the same.

Perhaps the OP has previously gone during nights when their choice of menu item was a special, and this time they went when it was their normal price. That happens, and it's always a sticker shock to me when I see the regular price on the bill, when I just assumed it was always that price because I always went on the same night every week - except this one night!

Consider yourself lucky. Here in Michigan, restaurants are only open certain days and hours because of lack of staff. Wages have gone up, and with fewer days open, the prices have gone up and fewer choices available on the menues. Nothwithstanding the months the restaurants were closed, I'm sure they are trying to make up for that loss. As far as food, our grocery store had so many turkeys that they offered, buy one and get one free. Yes, some foods were in less abundance. We had the full Thanksgiving spread.

We rarely dine out, by choice (we both worked in restaurants during our college years, and we enjoy cooking) ...

but I'm noticing a hefty increase in our grocery bill

the cost of living can creep up on you if you're not paying attention

Specials at Palmer’s
 

We haven’t been to Palmer’s in about a year and when we do it’s usually a special occasion. That said your point is well taken. :ho:

Grocery bill is up over 30%, and that is with changing over to Great Value brand products when possible. The days of $9.99lb ribeyes are behind us, now that they have doubled in price. Gonna have to be satisfied with pork, instead.

My kind of guy !

Oh, and don't forget the "shot and a beer" :coolsmiley:

The other day my sone the banker said: Prices double every 20 years.

I wish my annuity doubled every 20yrs

Like everything else it is a matter of choice. I recall reading a long time ago that a restaurant charges five times the cost of the food. They of course need to cover labor, rent, insurance etc.

I like to cook, I like to eat out, truth on review I like to eat. In term of businesses restaurants have one of the highest failure rates. You need the right location, the right food and the right pricing. Price increases, eggs, chicken have recently doubled in price.

Sounds like OP ordered something that the menu lists as "Market Price".

It is actually worse than that. The CPI consumer price index is currently 6.2% The latest number is supposed to be out Friday-tomorrow, and it is expected to be 7%. At 7% prices will double roughly every 11 years and we pay that with after tax dollars.

Personally, as kid my allowance was a quarter. I could buy a slice of pizza at fifteen cents and a small coke at a dime. Our previous home, we lived in it for 40 years and we sold it for 6x what we paid for it. It made me look and wonder. Everything else had gone up as much except for items based on computer chips which are getting cheaper and more powerful

We need to deal with what is not what we wish. An annuity, you give an amount of money to a financial institution, insurance company. They invest your money and long term they know they will make money. As much as they claim to like you, they are in business to make money. As far as an annuity, the commission is huge. If it is say 20%, your return is not on say 1,000 it is on 800. Regrets do not lead to happiness it is either impossible to reverse or very expensive to reverse.

Bananas are cheaper now than I've observed in 20 years.

You could start learning to boil eggs. In your case you will need to boil them till the shell gets soft.

I'm seeing an increase in prices but not much on the things I normally buy, with only a few exceptions. I don't buy rib-eye steak, but I do buy ground chuck. The prices in Florida for ground meat were ridiculous when I moved here over two years ago. It's gone up a bit but this week Fresh Market has it for $3.99/lb, which was just about what it was in the north before I moved. Normally they have it at $2.99 on Tuesdays, but I haven't run low this month so haven't needed to check and see if they're still doing that or not.

Toilet paper is the same price it was before the pandemic hit. Cat food has gone up 2 cents per small can at some stores, and as much as 6 cents per small can at other stores. It's also harder to get a variety of cat food.

A half-gallon of "store-brand" milk has gone up 10 cents at Aldi and Walmart from pre-pandemic prices. But I notice most people get their milk at Publix and Winn Dixie so if you are, you'd save around $1 per half gallon by getting it at Aldi or Walmart instead. It's the same milk.

Oatmeal's gone up a few pennies, but you can still get B1G1 sales, and single-purchase discounts most weeks.

Sugar has gone up around 20 cents for 4 pounds of store-brand. Dixie Crystals are up a buck but they're ridiculously expensive in the first place.

Bread is pretty much the same, depends on the brand and you can usually find something on sale or with a coupon discount in the bread aisle. Same with peanutbutter.

Soda's gone up 50 cents for a 6-pack of Pepsi at Walmart, and it's STILL cheaper than the Publix price when Publix has a B1G1 sales on it.

In all, I think I'm spending maybe $3 more per week on the same groceries I buy throughout the year, compared with when I first moved in the end of 2019. I spend around $15 more per week compared to what I used to spend in Connecticut.

I just filled up gas in Clermont BJ’s $2.77

How long has it been since you were last there? A week, a month, a year?

Just returned from Easter Ct and Westerly Ri area yes prices here I agree are much higher, except liquor but I don’t drink.

:ohdear: GASBUDDY says it is $2.97 as of 1 hour ago. :confused:

If you use BJ’s charge card you get an extra discount but you need to have a membership and see rewards at the pump

Are you my wife's sister?

She has a sister that when her husband came home after a hard day's work,
she'd throw a bag of chips on the table and a can of soda for is supper.

Until this day I'd like to put my size 11 boot up her where the sun doesn't shine.

We have seen the Circle K on 466A go up and down by up to 18c gallon within the same DAY multiple times. 2 or 3 weeks ago it went up 18c ($3.07-$3.25) between 8AM when we filled up (it was a relative bargain for sure) and 7PM when we got home from an MCO pickup. In NJ there used to be a state law saying gas prices can only change 1 time a calendar day, guess not here or maybe not there anymore either. Seems gas is lower in the AM than the PM, at least at Circle K on 466A.

I have read that some gas stations use a computerized price changing system that automatically raises the price at times when people are least likely to be shopping for a low price. For example, people who need gas at 2AM, are not likely to care about the price.

Probably charges it. :shocked: