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no_hypocrisy

(53,165 posts)
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 05:19 AM Jul 30

But the price of eggs . . . . .

There was more hand-wringing over the price of eggs a year ago than there is now for inflation of food.

Ground chuck is more expensive, $ 6.00+ per pound. That's hamburger, not a strip steak. It cost $ 1.99 a pound on sale a year ago.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/forget-eggs-beef-prices-are-soaring

Sure, we could import more beef from Brazil, but Dear Leader is putting a 50% tariff on imports from that country.

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But the price of eggs . . . . . (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Jul 30 OP
US cuts threaten food supply and farm workers: 'Not just stupid, it's evil' BoRaGard Jul 30 #1
Coffee too, snowybirdie Jul 30 #2
Bought a bag of medium Roast ground coffee from Costco... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 30 #15
Hamburger is $3.99 a lb where I live Kaleva Jul 30 #3
And where is that? Didn't you say you lived in California? W_HAMILTON Jul 30 #6
Upper Michigan. It's on my profile page. Kaleva Jul 30 #14
I wouldn't say that essentially a clearance price is an accurate portrayal of the actual price. W_HAMILTON Jul 30 #16
I buy in quantity when it's on clearance Kaleva Jul 31 #19
$6 lb jonstl08 Jul 30 #13
WE all knew this was coming... Trueblue Texan Jul 30 #4
Well, to be honest, there is one. OldBaldy1701E Jul 30 #5
And the rent OC375 Jul 30 #8
Ground beef $5.50/lb in north TX Torchlight Jul 30 #7
This thread should have more comments about the power of the ReichWing media. Last year NoMoreRepugs Jul 30 #9
A co-worker once told me that Biden was the worst president ever. Dr. T Jul 30 #11
I paid $19.00 for a 1-pound ribeye in Wisconsin yesterday. Dr. T Jul 30 #10
we've been buying the cheaper cuts of meat cadoman Jul 30 #18
My grocery is now selling cheaper avocados from Peru instead of the California Hass avocados. Lonestarblue Jul 30 #12
this is the perfect example of bad narrative management cadoman Jul 30 #17
produce prices shanti Jul 31 #20
We don't import any Mexican beef right now due to infestation of screwworms Melon Jul 31 #21

BoRaGard

(7,586 posts)
1. US cuts threaten food supply and farm workers: 'Not just stupid, it's evil'
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:15 AM
Jul 30

republicons are delivering a mean-spirited, perversely unChristian gut punch to America.

Scientists outraged as US cuts threaten food supply and farm workers: 'Not just stupid, it's evil'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-outraged-us-cuts-threaten-103057467.html

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,260 posts)
15. Bought a bag of medium Roast ground coffee from Costco...
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:24 AM
Jul 30

Was up to $16. Once open, I put it in the freezer.

Being that it is just me now, I make a pot of coffee every 2 to 3 days or 12 pots a month. There is 24 hour coffee where I live as well. A lot of my groceries last longer, but still I see the prices inching upwards.

Kaleva

(39,953 posts)
3. Hamburger is $3.99 a lb where I live
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:35 AM
Jul 30

Last edited Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:16 AM - Edit history (1)

It was $2.99 last year.

This is ground chuck that had to sell that day.

W_HAMILTON

(9,541 posts)
6. And where is that? Didn't you say you lived in California?
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:03 AM
Jul 30

I live in a low cost of living state and just checked the prices at my local grocery store online and they are $6.99/lb, for 80%, $7.79/lb for 85%, $8.49/lb for 93%. And that's just the generic store brand meat at a run-of-the-mill (i.e., not high-end) national grocery store chain.

Kaleva

(39,953 posts)
14. Upper Michigan. It's on my profile page.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:22 AM
Jul 30

This is for ground chuck that is priced to sell that day.

It was $2.99 a pound last year.

Rotisserie chicken was $3.99 a bird last year. Now the cheapest I’ve seen it this year is $5.99 a bird.

W_HAMILTON

(9,541 posts)
16. I wouldn't say that essentially a clearance price is an accurate portrayal of the actual price.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:32 AM
Jul 30

There are usually better deals on food that is about to expire and needs to be sold ASAP or it will be thrown out, but there are also usually only limited quantities of those, and once the few of them are bought up, you are left with the regular supply at regular prices.

Kaleva

(39,953 posts)
19. I buy in quantity when it's on clearance
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 03:23 AM
Jul 31

Recently I bought a dozen boxes of instant oatmeal (12 packages in a box) for $.99 a box.

jonstl08

(501 posts)
13. $6 lb
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:19 AM
Jul 30

93% lean hamburger where I live is $6 per lb. 80-85% lean is $5 per lb. The low grade hamburger they sell I do not know because these are the only ones that I see in my area.

Trueblue Texan

(3,786 posts)
4. WE all knew this was coming...
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:34 AM
Jul 30

We ate pinto beans and skillet cornbread last night. I found the price of meat disgusting even before I started to go plant based.

We also knew that no matter how poorly TSF performed his job, his base would sing his praises. I swear, there are no surprises left.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,128 posts)
5. Well, to be honest, there is one.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:40 AM
Jul 30

The surprise I feel every day that we are still in this nightmare.

Torchlight

(5,720 posts)
7. Ground beef $5.50/lb in north TX
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:07 AM
Jul 30

and supposedly, our prices are generally 10-15% cheaper than most of the nation. Sealions may get cheap, rancid stuff from the discount rank of the corer gas-station, but "dear uncle, I can see a church by daylight..."

NoMoreRepugs

(11,637 posts)
9. This thread should have more comments about the power of the ReichWing media. Last year
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:13 AM
Jul 30

people were fed the bullshit story that the rising price of eggs was emblematic of Biden’s mismanagement of everything, versus the result of bird flu primarily. The perception machine they’ve built has now managed to somewhat quiet what should be screaming outrage over rising food prices.

Dr. T

(412 posts)
11. A co-worker once told me that Biden was the worst president ever.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:18 AM
Jul 30

I stood there in stunned disbelief. It fits your narrative.

Dr. T

(412 posts)
10. I paid $19.00 for a 1-pound ribeye in Wisconsin yesterday.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:15 AM
Jul 30

Last edited Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:04 AM - Edit history (1)

My girlfriend has been trying to get me to eat less red meat. She's getting her wish only for much different reasons.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
18. we've been buying the cheaper cuts of meat
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:49 AM
Jul 30

And are actually enjoying the heck out of it. Discovered we were buying stuff that was fancier than necessary for soups and stews...

Lonestarblue

(12,940 posts)
12. My grocery is now selling cheaper avocados from Peru instead of the California Hass avocados.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:18 AM
Jul 30

They’re terrible because they’re hard as a rock at first and then when they’re ripe you cut into them and they’re already black on the inside. Total waste of money.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
17. this is the perfect example of bad narrative management
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:48 AM
Jul 30

Repukes would see this and hit on it. We see this at the forum level and hit on it.

The gap is this pain doesn't seem to reach awareness of party leadership. Why aren't they slamming Krasnov every day on beef/gas/rent/insurance/healthcare costs? All are extremely high.

shanti

(21,759 posts)
20. produce prices
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 04:53 AM
Jul 31

are really rising here in nor cal. $1 for ONE zucchini or ONE bell pepper, what? $1.79 for one bunch of cilantro. it's getting crazy.

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