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Post by deyana on Feb 25, 2024 19:38:47 GMT -5
What’s going on with sky-high food prices?
How do food retailers and companies explain RECORD PROFITS when prices in stores are higher than ever before?
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Post by deyana on Feb 25, 2024 19:59:42 GMT -5
So just out of curiosity, I'd like to ask members on here what they would pay for an everyday, well known, item, where they are. Something that most of us buy.
We all live all over the place, so it would be interesting to compare and to try and figure out why the different prices for the same item.
So I live in Atlantic Canada, which (apart from Northern Canada) is said to have the highest food prices in my country. When I moved here from British Columbia (which is Western Canada), I was quite shocked at the difference in price for the same item. Since then I have got used to it and accepted it I guess?
Anyway here are some everyday items and what I pay for them here:
A tin of Heinz Baked Beans -$2.00
One gallon (4 litres) of milk -$9 to $10
A loaf of bread -$3.50 to $4.00
I'll add more later on.
how about you, how much do you pay for these 3 times, where you are?
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Post by Justbec on Feb 25, 2024 20:06:09 GMT -5
Heinz Baked Beans - 8.3oz $1.52; 28 oz $2.48 One Gallon Milk -$2.82 Loaf of Bread -$3.57 deyana, Why is your milk so expensive???
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Post by hank on Feb 25, 2024 20:17:46 GMT -5
Oklahoma removed their 5% sales tax on groceries to help out.
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Post by apple on Feb 25, 2024 20:28:59 GMT -5
Unlike in the U.S., by law, all milk produced and sold in Canada is artificial growth hormone (rbST) free. Compared to the U.S., hormone free fluid milk is actually cheaper in Canada.
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Post by apple on Feb 25, 2024 20:45:19 GMT -5
So just out of curiosity, I'd like to ask members on here what they would pay for an everyday, well known, item, where they are. Something that most of us buy. We all live all over the place, so it would be interesting to compare and to try and figure out why the different prices for the same item. So I live in Atlantic Canada, which (apart from Northern Canada) is said to have the highest food prices in my country. When I moved here from British Columbia (which is Western Canada), I was quite shocked at the difference in price for the same item. Since then I have got used to it and accepted it I guess? Anyway here are some everyday items and what I pay for them here: A tin of Heinz Baked Beans -$2.00 One gallon (4 litres) of milk -$9 to $10 A loaf of bread -$3.50 to $4.00 I'll add more later on. how about you, how much do you pay for these 3 times, where you are? 4 litres of milk here is $5.39.
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Post by mrright on Feb 25, 2024 22:33:37 GMT -5
vote smarter next time
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Post by Rusty on Feb 25, 2024 22:48:19 GMT -5
Haven't noticed any rise. What are y'all buying?
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Post by Justbec on Feb 25, 2024 22:58:16 GMT -5
Haven't noticed any rise. What are y'all buying? You haven't noticed a rise in prices for food in the last 3 years? Then you don't do the grocery shopping.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2024 7:33:31 GMT -5
Haven't noticed any rise. What are y'all buying? You haven't noticed a rise in prices for food in the last 3 years? Then you don't do the grocery shopping. Liberals do this La la la thing and see NOTHING ever.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2024 7:35:02 GMT -5
Grocery inflation is actually even far worse because not only did they massively inflate the price of the sold product, they reduced the weight/volume, etc so you are even paying far more than you think.
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Post by mrright on Feb 26, 2024 10:30:02 GMT -5
remember when they started the hoarding? pretty sure that might have a lil something to do with it
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Post by apple on Mar 1, 2024 22:01:07 GMT -5
I wouldn't recommend hoarding milk.😀
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Post by deyana on Mar 1, 2024 22:03:14 GMT -5
Heinz Baked Beans - 8.3oz $1.52; 28 oz $2.48 One Gallon Milk -$2.82 Loaf of Bread -$3.57 deyana, Why is your milk so expensive??? Your one gallon of milk is only $2.82 ? That is so much less than what I pay! The bread and beans seem about the same as here though. I have no idea why we pay so much for milk here, even more than apple pays in the West of Canada. It's not that it has to be transported very far. We have our own dairy farms right here in my province. Even if you take into account that it has to be hormone free, I am still paying nearly twice as much within my own country alone.
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Post by deyana on Mar 1, 2024 22:04:37 GMT -5
I'm being screwed over somewhere along the line.
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Post by deyana on Mar 1, 2024 22:06:12 GMT -5
Haven't noticed any rise. What are y'all buying? You must be kidding, Rusty. Have you not noticed any price increases with food where you are? How much is your one gallon of milk?
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Post by deyana on Mar 1, 2024 22:07:27 GMT -5
Grocery inflation is actually even far worse because not only did they massively inflate the price of the sold product, they reduced the weight/volume, etc so you are even paying far more than you think. True, I have noticed that my toilet paper rolls have become smaller since Covid hit.
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Post by deyana on Mar 1, 2024 22:11:36 GMT -5
remember when they started the hoarding? pretty sure that might have a lil something to do with it I couldn't find enough stuff to hoard! Not during Covid, the shelves were near enough empty. And since then there is not need to. I hope to never see those kind of shortages again, it was not good. Mind you not everything is back to normal yet. Things like appliances - the orders are back logged. for some types. New cars are higher in price then ever before, as the availability is just not there as it was pre-covid.
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Post by deyana on Mar 1, 2024 22:13:54 GMT -5
So next three items. How much do you pay where you are for them?
3. A dozen large eggs?
4. One Lettice?
5. Butter?
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Post by Justbec on Mar 1, 2024 22:15:37 GMT -5
remember when they started the hoarding? pretty sure that might have a lil something to do with it I couldn't find enough stuff to hoard! Not during Covid, the shelves were near enough empty. And since then there is not need to. I hope to never see those kind of shortages again, it was not good. Mind you not everything is back to normal yet. Things like appliances - the orders are back logged. for some types. New cars are higher in price then ever before, as the availability is just not there as it was pre-covid. Fortunately I hate to shop so I always have way more than I need so I don't have to go out. When COVID it I started ordering pasta, flour, canned goods, paper products, etc online and we filled the basement. Then we bought a second freezer. Now we have three but my shopping style hasn't changed. Food gets rotated but I always have a supply just in case.
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