Fru-Gal Friends

Subject: What food(s) have increased the most in cost. Sun 30 Mar 2008, 10:41 am

Click on what you feel best for your area,,,some foods/drinks prices may change due to the areas we live in.

I chose milk and eggs,,the eggs I think have almost doubled in some stores.

Here it Milk , eggs, and cheese up about 75%
Cereal has almost doubled in prices
Bread prices - out of site the bread Frank love has doubled ( I found a recipe on line now I make for him )
and Eggs they were $.99 yesterday they were $2.20
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Gayla

"They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little."

---Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

All, with a large increase. I do not buy a couple of the items at all, or very little, but what I do get has gone way up in price.
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MARY

I'd have chosen fruit/veg. but they weren't on the list. Some supplies were greatly affected by long droughts here and this was reflected in soaring prices. Most other items I haven't noticed much difference, I buy a lot of homebrand/generic where possible.
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~ By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest. --Agesilaus ~

Ooops! Sorry,,missed the fruit and veggies when posting! Smile

I chose meat, milk & eggs.

I have to look for sales on all of these in order to purchase anymore.

~M
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"It is not how much money you make - it is how you spend it."

Group Weight Loss Goal for June (updated as of Wednesdayd, July 2nd):

I checked #8. I go shopping every week and still can't believe how prices have increased. It was on the news last night that things are going up because:

A) Wheat has gone up in price because farmers aren't planting as much.
B) Corn has gone up in price because it is being used for ethanol gas.
C) The cost of oil is increasing the cost of gas.

So, there you have it. We're all between a rock and hard place.

I checked #8, plus some other foods have gone up drastically also....I have been relying on canned fruits instead of fresh because of my denture challenges and have found my favorite canned mandarin oranges have gone up from 75 cents to $1.05 and probably climbing as I speak Shocked

If there is a trucker's strike as rumored (because of high gas prices) it is only going to get worse....
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Love is a fruit, in season at all times and within the reach of every hand. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set. ~ Mother Teresa

This is interesting as it's been featured on news programs the last few days. There will be a national survey on grocery pricing, we have two main supermarkets who control 80% of the market so there's very little competition. Consumers have been getting a raw deal.
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~ By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest. --Agesilaus ~