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2024-11-15 Economy

Shocking cost of weekly groceries in every state with some Americans spending over $300

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-15 00:53|| || Front Page|| [11156 views ] Top

#1
Given, US Food companies import or purchase lots of food items in from their and various contracted farms OUTSIDE the US.

Given the US exchange rate histories with those countries, fails to justify the ##% Digit Price increases and Shrinkflation.

What caused it?
Was it US Fuel Prices caused by the Biden Admin to appease the Eco-Greene?

Was it the use of Fertilizers that Liberal Eco-Greene raised hell about and state & Fed's jumped on?

Was it the Farmers being villainized, slap & fined for growing food and meat to feed us?

The strange collection of food processing plant fires
or the collection "accidental processing issues"?

Maybe the Democrat Political Agenda goals, in conflict with even basic supply logic, played a role?.

Some blame Covid. But, it only increased purchases, and allowed these companies to empty the shelves of items and then repackage them in smaller sizes and charge more.

I'm voting GREED.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-11-15 06:43|| 2024-11-15 06:43|| Front Page Top

#2 The consumer (using Yankee dollars) now finds him or herself in direct competition with the consumer using government subsidized food stamps.

If the food stamp recipient recieves $1200. per month in benefits, that precisely what he will spend. Nothing will be returned to the gov't.

The food industry is keenly aware of the dollars available. Demand drives the prices. Much the same with the $65,000. F-150. If sales remain relatively strong, don't expect the price to be greatly discounted.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-11-15 07:08|| 2024-11-15 07:08|| Front Page Top

#3 How Much Do Americans Spend On Groceries In Each State

Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-15 07:43|| 2024-11-15 07:43|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm spending $300/mo just on catfood. If worse comes to worse, I can always eat the cats.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-11-15 09:17|| 2024-11-15 09:17|| Front Page Top

#5 The 'criminal' part of this is that it's not part of the consumer price index.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-11-15 10:00|| 2024-11-15 10:00|| Front Page Top

#6
Raise Rabbits.
California Giants / New Zealand's Rabbit breeds.
They breed quickly.
They plump out quicker.

I only harvested adults that are over 8+ pounds.
Skinned out, I usually see something like 66+% of live weight or about 6+/- lbs per rabbit.

In the past it worked out to about $1.25/LBS

The meat is leaner, and easy to cook.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-11-15 11:38|| 2024-11-15 11:38|| Front Page Top

#7 I blame Whole Foods Market.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-11-15 12:26|| 2024-11-15 12:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Fresh, free roaming, range fed piglet

Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-15 12:47|| 2024-11-15 12:47|| Front Page Top

#9 About $50B was spent on non alcoholic soft drinks in the USA in 2023 (about a third of this was on Coke). Some of that was spent at sports events, etc. but about $40B was purchased from groceries.

Groceries include pet food, paper plates, dish washing detergent and other items not normally thought of when you hear the word 'groceries'.

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-11-15 13:11|| 2024-11-15 13:11|| Front Page Top

#10 I see California is among the hardest hit. I'd speculate that a big part of the inflation here is caused by Newsom's war against fossil fuel. High prices for gasoline and diesel mean high prices for everything that must be transported by trucks.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-11-15 13:15|| 2024-11-15 13:15|| Front Page Top

#11 Did I mention that we pay up to $2 more per gallon of gas than other states? That's because Newsom taxes the hell out of it. Then we pay more for gas and for everything else.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-11-15 13:17|| 2024-11-15 13:17|| Front Page Top

#12 How many households buy only preprocessed, precooked packaged food to eat? Living on a diet of microwave entrees can get really expensive really quickly....

Posted by magpie 2024-11-15 14:29|| 2024-11-15 14:29|| Front Page Top

#13 #12 How many households buy only preprocessed, precooked packaged food to eat? Living on a diet of microwave entrees can get really expensive really quickly...

Not to mention fattening

Posted by badanov 2024-11-15 14:53|| 2024-11-15 14:53|| Front Page Top

#14 And after the flood, in L.A.,
As they queued, sullen, suntanned, and gay
In a straight party line,
They heard -- maybe? -- a sign:
"Buey, this ain't the American Way!"

Posted by Pancho Poodle8452 2024-11-15 16:12|| 2024-11-15 16:12|| Front Page Top

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