[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by TomSpasm

I have never done the shopping in my household, but my wife is out of town. The bag of Lay's potato chips at $7 was a stunner!

I don't know where you're seeing Lays potato chips for $7, but Publix is having a BOGO sale on them. Their regular price is $4.99 so you can get two for 5 bucks. Not sure which size bag it is, but it'd be between 4.5 and 8 ounces.

You can get the party-size bag (13 ounces) at Walmart for $6.49 I think. And at BJ's you get the Super-Ridiculous-Huge bag, 2 of them, for $9.99

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

& probably fewer chips in the bag.

A lot fewer.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I don't know where you're seeing Lays potato chips for $7, but Publix is having a BOGO sale on them. Their regular price is $4.99 so you can get two for 5 bucks. Not sure which size bag it is, but it'd be between 4.5 and 8 ounces.

You can get the party-size bag (13 ounces) at Walmart for $6.49 I think. And at BJ's you get the Super-Ridiculous-Huge bag, 2 of them, for $9.99

so is the price of potato chips up or down? I can't keep track. .

So if the price of eggs is
3.99 at Walmart,
4.99 at Publiks
5.99 at Winn-Dixie

is the price up or down in the inflation calculation?
I can't keep track


Whomever said that he never shops but his wife was out of town,
should not be allowed to comment on prices. . that is just too tradfi

[GoldenBoy]

Political Commentary Alert!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

so is the price of potato chips up or down? I can't keep track. .

So if the price of eggs is
3.99 at Walmart,
4.99 at Publiks
5.99 at Winn-Dixie

is the price up or down in the inflation calculation?
I can't keep track


Whomever said that he never shops but his wife was out of town,
should not be allowed to comment on prices. . that is just too tradfi

Dunno. I do the shopping for the family. But eggs are probably the WORST comparison item to use. I think it started by people just spewing hyperbole to trigger emotional responses.

I pay $5 and change for my dozen eggs. At Walmart. I've been paying that for 5 out of the almost-six years I've been living here. Even when the prices for eggs were down, I've spent more. At Walmart. Why? Because I don't get nasty white factory eggs with small, pale yellow yolks. I get eggs from pasture-raised hens. They cost more. Their prices fluctuate less, because they tend to not have bird flu breakouts on small farms that don't keep their hens cooped up 24/7. The eggs tend to be bigger, the yolks are more orange rather than yellow, chock-full of protein (in the whites) and lutein (in the yolks).

So while everyone is complaining about the extra 7 CENTS per egg between today and a year ago, I'm paying the same higher price, getting consistency, and not feeling like I'm being priced into starvation.

Also, gas has been $2.71 for the past 10 days at BJ's. In a community where so many people brag about how they can afford to dine out at the better restaurants, and go on trips, and drive nice cars - some people seem to be pretty whiny about really stupid things.