I said this a few months ago and I was downvoted lmao.
When grocery prices go from $4 to $8, that’s a 100% increase. Or when prices go from $2.50 to $8 that’s a 220% increase.
Might not seem so bad on paper, but when you add it all together on your full grocery bill, it’s turning the final bill from $100 to $200-250, which is bat shit insane.
I bought knock off mustard yesterday. Normal sized bottle. Cost me $8.
People down voting aren’t are the ones grocery shopping.
I also think people are missing the fact that while prices have gone up, shrinkflation has been out of control.
So while it may look like “only” a 50% increase for the package, the price per unit (often by weight) ends up being more like a 75% increase.
I have containers which wouldn’t be able to store a regular sized box of regular cereal, but now it gets to 3/4 full with the “family sized” version of the same cereal. And I’m paying double for it. Some of the cereal boxes look comically thin, like cigarette packages. And you’re paying 2-3x more by weight. Absolute insanity.
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I said this a few months ago and I was downvoted lmao.
When grocery prices go from $4 to $8, that’s a 100% increase. Or when prices go from $2.50 to $8 that’s a 220% increase.
Might not seem so bad on paper, but when you add it all together on your full grocery bill, it’s turning the final bill from $100 to $200-250, which is bat shit insane.
I bought knock off mustard yesterday. Normal sized bottle. Cost me $8.
Fucking cereal box, the family size is $10.99, wtf?!?
When they are $5.49 on amazon I buy a dozen
People down voting aren’t are the ones grocery shopping.
I also think people are missing the fact that while prices have gone up, shrinkflation has been out of control.
So while it may look like “only” a 50% increase for the package, the price per unit (often by weight) ends up being more like a 75% increase.
I have containers which wouldn’t be able to store a regular sized box of regular cereal, but now it gets to 3/4 full with the “family sized” version of the same cereal. And I’m paying double for it. Some of the cereal boxes look comically thin, like cigarette packages. And you’re paying 2-3x more by weight. Absolute insanity.