[Angelhug52]

If you can afford to eat out do so without whining. Be grateful you are not on line in a food pantry. Looking at some of the jiggling bellies bouncing on golf carts food intake is not an issue. Want to get an eye opener...ask for drinks on a separate check. Then compare a month of food vs drink cost.
More concerned about home and auto insurance increases.

[Cuervo]

I'm not sure if the original submission was dealing with inflation or the restaurant itself.
If it is inflation the price of a candy bar in the 50s was a nickel and over the years it kept on increasing and will continue to do so, with everything else. That is short of a stock market crash and a depression.

On the other hand, if it is restaurant than there are 3 solutions.
1. Go to a different restaurant.
2. It was mentioned this was for special occasions like Mother's Day, hold your nose and pay it.
3. Stay home learn how to make the meal you would get at the restaurant and with the saving buy flowers, maybe even a nice gift. I have been known for having no respect for money but believe this option would be the one most appreciated.

[Jazzman]

Originally Posted by Indydealmaker

That is a myth.

So how do you know it’s a myth ? One shop owner in LSL had told me that he rents his store from an individual owner who doesn’t even live in TV.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Actually they charge what the traffic will bear like most landlords

Absolutely. I was trying to remember the words that were used in a "myth vs fact" article from about a year ago.

[Karmanng]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

Our daughter was down for two weeks she's a cautious shopper. We shopped Pubix , WD, Walmart her observation was compared to the most expensive store in Connectict Stop &Shop comperable to Publix. Visiting a couple of Square resturants she also commented they were over priced we dined off the reservation no fast food.

MY ranking coming from Arizona 2 months now??? ALDI cheapest but they rotate stuff so its not too consistent if you find your favorites, WALMART next but they have gotten higher too then Publix........

Restaurants I find them to be cheaper here than in AZ I have way too many high end ones where I live so I never really went out all that much there...........GAS is cheaper here but its a wash as you do more driving here than in Arizona stores are much more prevalient.....

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Wondering

It's not INFLATION, it's CORPORATE GREED! OIL COMPANIES have record profits, along with other consumer product producers. Do some legitimate research!

There are, as usual, spotty shortages of some items like (believe it or not) oranges. Reduced supply results in higher prices—unless demand also drops (mmmhmm. . Eggs, chicken & beef are shooting up because of culling due to H5N1, new mandates requiring less production & fires which have destroyed major producers. Higher wages have huge impacts on prices of everything. Increased fuel costs are included in everything we consume. Lack of fertilizer caused lower yields. Many small food producers have gone out of business which has decreased competition and generally results in higher prices. Charging higher rents in central, high demand locations is not unique to TV. Real estate prices always depend on location, location, location. Economics isn't an art—it’s a science & its laws don’t change simply because we don’t like them. The people who suffer the most are the people who can least afford all of this.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Jazzman

So how do you know it’s a myth ? One shop owner in LSL had told me that he rents his store from an individual owner who doesn’t even live in TV.

May be a sub-let unit. Need to see the lease to know for certain.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Cuervo

I'm not sure if the original submission was dealing with inflation or the restaurant itself.
If it is inflation the price of a candy bar in the 50s was a nickel and over the years it kept on increasing and will continue to do so, with everything else. That is short of a stock market crash and a depression.

On the other hand, if it is restaurant than there are 3 solutions.
1. Go to a different restaurant.
2. It was mentioned this was for special occasions like Mother's Day, hold your nose and pay it.
3. Stay home learn how to make the meal you would get at the restaurant and with the saving buy flowers, maybe even a nice gift. I have been known for having no respect for money but believe this option would be the one most appreciated.

Option #3 could be viewed as a very savvy long-term investment IMO especially by one who allegedly has no respect for money 🥰

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Angelhug52

If you can afford to eat out do so without whining. Be grateful you are not on line in a food pantry. Looking at some of the jiggling bellies bouncing on golf carts food intake is not an issue. Want to get an eye opener...ask for drinks on a separate check. Then compare a month of food vs drink cost.
More concerned about home and auto insurance increases.

How disappointing for the honoree if her special meal out resulted in weeks of bellyaching about the cost

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Philipd411

So their business model is my fault? I put what I ate into "Lose it" and it came to 1020 calories. If that is what you eat for breakfast lunch and dinner you are losing weight.

Bad news: 102Ox3=3060 calories not including unlimited sugary orange juice & champagne mimosas.
Recommended calorie intake for a sedentary 70yo male is 2,000. 2,600 if active. For weight loss: 1700-1900/day. And those drinks will need to change to unlimited water.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Jazzman

Specific to restaurants, the rent paid by those vendors within the Villages territory is way more then the rents paid by restaurants and other providers outside of the Villages boundaries.

The sales volumes are much much higher based on their location too.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Wondering

It's not INFLATION, it's CORPORATE GREED! OIL COMPANIES have record profits, along with other consumer product producers. Do some legitimate research!

Yet small farms are being gobbled up by mega corporations and by certain mega-rich “investors” without any concerns from those who detest big business.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

Easy - inflation. Eggs are up like 70%. Here’s a quote
“What used to be $40 for a box of 120 eggs, we now pay over $100,”

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I didnt even look at the price of bacon, pork, etc.

Where are they are shopping for eggs? in Manhattan, maybe? I buy a lot of eggs. I paid $.17/egg last week & $.19/egg two weeks ago @ full retail prices.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

I was referring mostly to the 30 boiled shrimps, the majority of which, same as prawns, are from Asian fish farms, fed on drugs and chemicals to make them grow, and living in ***t!

Shrimp are bottom dwellers. They live in ***t in the ocean bays too.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Glowing Horizon

Shrimp are bottom dwellers. They live in ***t in the ocean bays too.

That's why I never eat them.
About 90% of US restaurant shrimp, prawns, Tilapia, etc., come from Asian fish farms.