food prices rant of the day

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Dude. A bag of Fritos today was $7

I agree prices are outrageous. I only buy stuff on sale. Not because I’m poor but because I’m cheap.

All food items are high now. I buy most of my stuff from Costco, especially bulk stuff and lesser quantities of things from Rouses near me.

Dave's Killer Bread in a 2 loaf package was $9 where it was not quite $7 not long ago. I don't buy them, but noticed the 30 pack of 12 oz. sodas are over $17 now and were around $12 a year ago.

Egg prices have gone up a damn near double what they were a year ago.

At Rouses, the last time I got some Chisesi Ham, it was almost $8 a lb. and a little over a year ago is was just over $4 a lb. unless on sale---and it was less than that.

And this one has been going on for years and I can't understand the crazy pricing. I grow okra and know it grows like a damn weed, is hard to kill, is drought tolerant and requires very little in the way of maintenance except picking the pods when they are ready.

Almost any supermarket I'm in has okra priced at $3.99 a lb. and it is usually some of the nastiest looking produce they offer with pods being limp, turning color, etc.

I have noticed the old BAIT AND SWITCH with the grocery sale ads... Three times in the past month I have gotten "It was a mis-print in the ad", "The company has decided to discontinue the product" and "We are out of stock"... Twice from Rouses and once from Winn Dixie... Bastards just get you in the store on a great sale item and crappy excuses for not having item...