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Food prices are up after xmas.....

spartangardener

15 years ago

Are food prices up at your grocery stores? I went shopping today, and food prices were noticeably higher than they were last month. I even dug through the block cheese because there were still some chunks labeled at $3.99/lb and all the rest were $5.00/lb or more. OJ was up considerably as well, and several other items were more expensive than usual.

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qdognj
15 years ago
Didn't see any change today...OJ(tropicana) was on sale 2 for 5.00...Still saw many good deals at grocery store,and it is the beginning of the can-can sale,:)
Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
15 years ago
I seldom pay any attention to the price of things, since I usually only buy (stock up) on whatever is on special, with the exception of bread and milk.

This weeks specials....
Store brand (Kroger) OJ-$3.79 1 GA
Large eggs $1.19
Boneless pork sirloin chops $1.69 lb
Bananas-48 cents
Store brand bacon $2 lb

I'm just now using up the last of the $2 LB shredded cheese I stocked up on in 2007. At that price I bought quite a bit and froze it.
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western_pa_luann
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"Are food prices up at your grocery stores?"

Not at all.
DH and I were there yesterday, and even he commented on how decent the prices were.
duluthinbloomz4
15 years ago
Most grocery stores are hopping on the "in store" specials bandwagon in a big way. What's consistently up seems to be bread and bakery products - a decent loaf of bread here runs between $2.99 and $3.29. Although I'm not a consistent coupon slipper and don't particularly have to watch pennies, the flyers from the major local chain tends to have quite a few coupons that are worth clipping - 5 12oz. cans of frozen store brand (actually as good as Minute Maid) OJ, free dozen eggs with a $10 purchase, etc. etc. The national coupons that come in the Sunday paper are usually for stuff I wouldn't buy anyway - so that's a savings as far as I'm concerned.

My biggest thing is making food purchases that don't go to waste. Stock up on things when a good bargain appears - sure. But I buy those things that I know will be consumed at a meal then added to augment other meals and not tossed into the can on trash day.
kittiemom
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We went shopping yesterday & I didn't notice any significant differences. We only bought a few things, though. We have a Sunbeam thrift store here. I've started buying my bread there. The Nature's Own that's $3.20 - $3.50 in the grocery store is $0.90 there. The "best by" date on it may be the day before it's delivered to the thrift store, but it's still plenty fresh. I have several friends who also buy there.
sunrochy
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sunrochy
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I forgot to mention, the price also included some stuff to make breakfasts for the week. It seems that prices for some sausage brands have gone up a bit.
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I think food prices traditionally go up in January. There usually isn't a lot in the sales papers that I'm interested in buying. Fortunately, I have a lot of food left over from Christmas that I froze into meal size portions.

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