[Steve]

For all the people who believe inflation is under control:
I just came back from Walmart. Went to buy potato chips. Last week a bag of Lay's Potato Chips was $4.68. Today $5.38. That's a 16% jump. AND the bags are smaller than they used to be!!

[Kenswing]

Let’s see who takes the bait.

[Stu from NYC]

Food is a lot more expensive than they say food inflation is running.

Hopefully the interest rate increases is getting it under control.

[BigSteph]

If I visit a grocery store, a restaurant, or fast food place, I am continually amazed at the price increases.

You are not alone in seeing the increases.

[schwarz]

Originally Posted by Steve

For all the people who believe inflation is under control:
I just came back from Walmart. Went to buy potato chips. Last week a bag of Lay's Potato Chips was $4.68. Today $5.38. That's a 16% jump. AND the bags are smaller than they used to be!!

Eat healthy and eat at home and you will be a lot better off. I am fortunate to have a wife who enjoys cooking and prepares healthy meals for the both of us. We eat out a couple times a week but always at lunch, with lower prices and less crowds. We eat fruits, no junk potato chips. Be smart and live longer.

[coralway]

Originally Posted by Steve

For all the people who believe inflation is under control:
I just came back from Walmart. Went to buy potato chips. Last week a bag of Lay's Potato Chips was $4.68. Today $5.38. That's a 16% jump. AND the bags are smaller than they used to be!!

hope it discourages you from eating that garbage. Eat healthy, it might even improve your disposition.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Except, it isn't true. You can easily verify the OP's post by going to the Walmart website. It's right there. Their price is $4.98 for the 13-ounce Lays potato chips, and $2.76 for the 8-ounce Lays potato chips, and I set it to give me the price at their store on 441 between the Historic Section and Stonecrest.

Of course, if he chooses to get some other flavor he might see 7.75 ounces instead of 8 ounces, and 12.5 ounces instead of 13 ounces. But the price is still $2.76 or $4.98, respectively.

Perhaps the OP needs a new eyeglass prescription. Fortunately he can get them - at Walmart. Good prices.

[MrChip72]

Go to Sam's. Big 15.6oz bag of whatever flavor you want for $3.48.

[huge-pigeons]

We aren’t finished with inflation yet, it will stay elevated for some time and?or having the economy go into a recession later this year.

[Rwirish]

Be smart and don’t eat out a few times a week. The sodium and sugar will kill you.

[ROCKETMAN]

I work at Publix but shop aldi for certain items. Milk 1.79 half gallon and coffee creamer 2.45 for 32 oz. Publix 2.98 for half gallon and 4.09 for coffee mate and international delight. But yesterday orange juice was 3.35 and coffee was 8.89. Last week coffee was 7.59 and orange juice 2.55.

[La lamy]

What ****es me off is the immense profits grocery stores make from all this "inflation". Here's what google said about Publix profits in 2022:
"Publix had operating earnings of $1.3 billion in the period, up 35% year over year while full-year 2022 profits totaled $4 billion, up 13% from 2021."

For some everything that costs more than in 2019 is self-inflicted. When I moved to T V gas was $1.80 a gallon at Neighborhood Walmart 466A. Chips were big bags for less than $3... the list goes on and on.

[Remembergoldenrule]

From the USA Accountability Office Healthy food prices have gone up too.

Higher labor and more people not willing to work and transportation costs are also long-standing challenges that have led to increases in food prices.

Romaine hearts grown in California are two to three times the cost from last year. Last year, U.S. consumers saw the largest annual increase in food prices since the 1980s. While food prices generally increased about 2% in prior years, they increased about 11% from 2021 to 2022. Inflation contributed to the increase.

“Prices are expected to grow more slowly in 2023 than they did in 2022. But it's still going to grow more than the historic annual average of 2%,” said GAO’s Steve Morris, an expert in agriculture, during a recent podcast. “When you look at the forecast for this year's prices, they're predicted to increase anywhere from 5 to 10%, and probably settle around 8%. So, they're still going to be really high.”

From me effects of executive orders on energy production which effect fixed costs of manufacturing and transportation, free handouts to non workers effecting number of job seekers, transportation regulations, and many others (more than any executive branch in history) have all contributed Elections have consequences. Hopefully, after 2024 it will be different consequences.

Wait until you see how much it coast to get new AC or pay gas for heating this winter due to his executive orders. We just had to get AC up 3k from last year due to new regs going into effect this year.

Sticker Shock at the Grocery Store? Inflation Wasn’t the Only Reason Food Prices Increased | U.S. GAO.

[Marine1974]

Time to quit eating chips. Not good for you .