[OrangeBlossomBaby]

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.

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by DAVES

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

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

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Bethwill

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!!

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

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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.

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

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by Dana1963

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

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

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

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

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

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com

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

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.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

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

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.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

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.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by billlaur

ITS ONLY MONEY dont worry

Probably charges it.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

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.

Notice how it goes up 10, 15, 25 cent or more and when it tops out it comes down 1 cent to two at time taking month or more to go down 20 Cents.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

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.

I absolutely don’t know what I have to do with your sister in law and her husband go Steelers

[Bjeanj]

Originally Posted by DAVES

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.

This thread reminds me of the early to mid 1970s. High inflation, rate was 9.42% (I looked it up). In 1970 and the next 10 years overall, it was 7.1%. I hope we don’t have to live through that again.

We have resources now that we didn’t have then, but many people, retirees in particular, don’t have a buffer. There have been so many changes in the workforce since COVID, I have no idea how that’s going to affect the economy.

I have read that many people have quit their jobs. Where did they go? Did they start their own business? Are they just not working? If you’ve been working in the restaurant industry and quit, what type of job does one get? Another restaurant? Many restaurants are still looking for help. Where did these people go?

So many questions and unknowns.

[Luggage]

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

[Luggage]

By the way most restaurants have increased their wages to wait staff by 30 to 50% and while not everything in food has gone up a lot as an example I am told the cooking oil has gone up 400%