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Yes as a kid I can go to the pizza store for $0.25 and get a meal. I was always amazed even at that age. If you want to have fun just watch a movie from the 40s or 50s and look at the supermarket prices or the restaurant prices posted burgers 20 cents chili 15 cents sugar $0.10 a pound etc

I was told the oven in my friend's house was an extra closet for her sweaters

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Originally Posted by Luggage (Post 2038238)

Or for these batteries you can go to Dollar tree and get them to one to a package for a dollar. I do it all the time and they're just as good as any other batteries / brands

Thank you I’ll remember that next time.

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Originally Posted by Bethwill (Post 2037949)

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!!

You never did say what your “usual entree” is. The seafood risotto with lobster at $34? The Tomahawk steak at $69? The braised Alaskan Halibut or the Maine Lobster Tails with prices depending on what they cost at the fish market that day? It’s been well-publicized that last summer the price of lobster rolls in Maine doubled to in some cases over $30 for one, due to a shortage of healthy lobstermen. If for some reason the restaurant has to pay more for what you order, they have to eventually pass that on to you, and it makes sense to raise the price only on what has gone up in wholesale price so most prices stay the same. This is how prices work in a capitalist society. I’m happy that I live in one.
https://www.palmerlegendscc.com/menu...er_08_2021.pdf

At Havana, their famous Lobster Mac 'n Cheese was taken off the menu. I asked the catering director why. She said due to the volatile lobster prices, if they were to charge what they needed to no one would order it. At least she was honest. Plus, they probably don't want to put market price on a Mac 'n Cheese dish!

I'm not retired quite yet. I still work for a very large national food distributor. Most every item we sell has gone up. Especially beef and pork.
Many of the cost increases are due to labor costs and/or lack of workers. Higher transportaion costs factor in as well. Beef is starting to trend down a bit and so is pork. Chicken isn't bad right now.

Prices will stabilize over time, but sadly not back to where we want them to be. 90% of the resaturants I sell to have raised their prices, and those who haven't are going to.

Restaurants are in a tough spot and taking arrows from a number of directions. Higher food and beverage costs, cost and lack of labor, covid concerns and customer reaction to their higher prices. I see and hear it everyday. Trust me, it's tough time to be in the restaurant business.

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Originally Posted by Dana1963 (Post 2038039)

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.

If I was you I would hang onto your insurance, the increase are small compare to other markets.

$12.00 choice last spring was now $18.00. Soup and salad combo. LOVE their lobster bisque.

Eat at home. Quicker, cheaper, cleaner and quieter.

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Originally Posted by Bethwill (Post 2037949)

Bethwill, do you know what’s going on in the U.S. ?

We’ll never eat at Palmer again if we can help it. ( If our golf group does, we might). Last time we were there it cost $18 for a burger and $3.50 for a club soda. Their prices have always been inflated. Would rather go elsewhere…and we do!

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2038123)

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 don't know WHERE you shop. My experience with the prices are they are up 30+% higher. I never spent over $100 for groceries until now.

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Originally Posted by Dana1963 (Post 2038271)

Thank you I’ll remember that next time.

I was a Dollar Tree yesterday and they raised all the prices for dollar items to$1.25.

Your right this place sucks, let’s move north? I did not think so!!

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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2038220)

go Steelers

Yep, your steelers went alright, right into the toilet