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0 pointsTwoHeadedBeast6y ago0 comments

Where are food prices going up? I can't say I've noticed it where I live.

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Make sure your package sizes aren't getting smaller. 12oz cans are 10.5oz cans in most places now. Also in commodity foods, research if the government has increased subsidies to farms so the price stays the same for the end user.

syshum6y ago

Then you are not accurately tracking your food costs by unit of measure. Nor tracking pricing at restaurants.

I have seen a combination of both Shrink and Price increases. The cost of eating lunch at my favorite restaurants has steadily increased, and the Average price per unit for normal groceries has increased on a weekly basis. Even if your bill remains the same, that 32oz Ketchup is now probably 28oz

Looking at some commodity index's Beef is about 2x the price it was in 2009, Bananas are about 40% higher than 2009, Milk over 2x higher than it was in 2009.

So I really do not understand what data you are looking at that shows food prices are not going up? Both Empirically and Anecdotally my food costs are increasing

mrep6y ago

What data sources are you looking at? According to this website which is basing their data off of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic, it shows beef is up 40% [0], bananas are down 5.58% [1], and milk is up 8.56% [2] since 2009 which is way less than what you are quoting and even the beef only averages out to 3.44% inflation per year.

[0]: https://www.in2013dollars.com/Beef-and-veal/price-inflation/...

[1]: https://www.in2013dollars.com/Bananas/price-inflation/2009-t...

[2]: https://www.in2013dollars.com/Milk/price-inflation/2009-to-2...

0xffff26y ago

I track my spending to the penny and this simply isn't the case in the Bay Area.

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