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Ok, is it just me, or has Wal-Mart raised their prices on everything?? The yogurt that I was getting for 50 cents each has gone up to 66 cents, the bread I was getting for $1 has gone up to $1.66, the lunchables I was getting for $1 are now $1.25, the milk I was getting for $3.78 is now $4.33, and the ground beef that I was getting for $13.98 is now $16.98!!! Is this everywhere or just Wal-Mart??
I switched from wal-mart to Kroger for several months and saved money on sales and then went back to wal-mart for a few months and was saving more money shopping there...now, I'm finding my grocery bills are on average $30-$40 higher than they used to be.

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Oh, and checking my receipt again, the oatmeal that I was getting for $1 a box is now $1.42!!! Ok, I am NOT going crazy, prices have gone up! I've also noticed a lot of my favorite brands being replaced by the wal-mart brand almost completely, and as we get used to the wal-mart brand, they are steadily raising the prices by 30 to 60% !!!!

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This question is invalid, as these two choices are not mutually exclusive.

I have also noticed prices are going up on almost everything...

rofl! Yes, yes, it was a trick question, surely.

Yeah, price increases suck. I was totally unprepared...I now have to modify my budget accordingly.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

We still manage to do well feeding a family of 5 fairly cheaply shopping at Smith's (kroger). We stopped shopping at Wal Mart long ago because their price savings were costing us money. Some items were cheaper, but most were not. But yes prices have been going up.

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Darksiege
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Grocery shopping is something to which I'm still getting accustomed down here in south Florida. There're no Krogers, no Harris Teeters (oh how I miss you, despite your Comic Sans-y logo), no Food Worlds, and Walmart Supercenters are in short supply.

We've got a Super Target (which is where we generally go), and there are some Publixes...Publii? (but Publix is always too damn expensive) as well as a Winn-Dixie or two (WTF?).

There's a really nice Whole Foods down here as well, which we attend for specialty purchases. No Fresh Market or Trader Joe's, though.

Food prices have gone up at least 30% in the last 2ish years here.

It's called inflation. This is how the government taxes the middle class and the poor, without campaigning on it.

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This is what I'm noticing. I kept thinking it was me (and in some things it was), but I'm definitely coming home with the same amount and type of food but spending $40 more than we used to for the same stuff. That sucks.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Yeah, not your imagination, though the overall food index isn't up as much as some of those specific items you listed:


Main causes are diversion of corn and acreage to ethanol, rising fuel costs for producers, and increasing demand from developing countries.

Thanks for the confirmation. I looked up an article with some of those numbers, RD, and they showed things like milk and bread and eggs were staying stable in price, overall, but that could just be region specific or something...milk prices have increases exponentially in our town over the past year.

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Don't forget to factor in the increase in gas prices which get passed to us (you) the consumer.

The ones I hate are the stealth increases. Sure, yogurt is still 50 cents each, but they are 6oz instead of 8oz. And thwn they do it to things like pasta (same price, 14oz instead of a pound) I need to buy two to make a recipe. I'd rather they raised the price honestly.

This.

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So what do we do? Throw yogurt in the harbor?

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Actually, that would drive up the price of yogurt.

What you need to do is keep vast quantities of rice vaccum packed in dry storage and plant an enourmous vegetable garden.

We're well past the point of painless solutions.

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I don't know if this would be cost effective for you or not, but have you considered getting a membership at one of the wholesale places like Sam's or Costco?

Granted Sam's and Walmart are the same company but Sam's prices are a bit cheaper by the oz/unit/whatever even though everything's economy sized

You have to be careful at those places. All is not always what it seems.

Yes, you can get mega-bulk portions of stuff, but it's not always cheaper per unit, and you also have to consider possible waste for perishables.

Things like breakfast cereal, laundry soap, paper goods, etc.. are usually a good bet...

Soft Drinks and such are usually found cheaper on coupons at the local grocery... (at least around here).

You can probably save (as mentioned above) by not shopping at Wal-mart.

Also, I highly recommend shopping by what's on sale, not what you were planning on cooking.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

I've never done it, but apparently you can save a lot of money by couponing, and as Nephyr said, shopping sales....

I go to three different places for my groceries. Some things are cheaper at Wal-mart, while others are cheaper at WinCo or Albertsons. There's a Fred Meyer as well...but those **** are always so god damn expensive. So I don't go there ever.

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The different places helps, too.

Sales fliers come out on Wednesdays here- for 4 grocery stores in relatively close proximity.

My wife and I sit down and go over them, see what has good prices, and then decide a lot of what we want to buy based on that.

Most trips to the store I'll "save" almost as much on my Winn-Dixie card as I actually spent. Things like buy one get one free sales on Top Round steak help- grab 4 or 5 lbs for the freezer, chop it up and use it as needed.

Or baking chickens with vegetables- we saw potatoes and whole chickens were quite nicely on sale- $3.50 or so for a whole chicken (not frozen, either!) $2/3lbs of red potatoes in good shape. Two chickens, 3lbs of potatoes and a few onions made food for our household for a week.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

Yeah, grocery prices are way up. I love how food is not included in the evaluation for inflation.

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I sure they have gone up here, but I can't keep track. Well, I don't keep track. I have absolutely no idea how much a loaf of bread costs.

Groceries have become a major part of my budget, annoyingly.

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