When you look at the increase in food cost compared to the inflation on other items this argument shows to be rather ridiculous. A liter of gas is up 500% over 1980, a loaf of bread is up 500% over 1980, a t-shirt is up 500% over 1980...all approximate of course.
4.3% in July alone...We were warned that food prices would rise about 2 - 3 %. That was about 10 months ago. Not much seemed to change in any store. Then one day I went to do the usual shopping and was awe struck by the price changes.
And one more thing don't get sucked in by "Two for the price of one", you'll notice pork chops at $35 a kg. :lol:
You can save some money at Costco if you are feeding a large family and a lot on non edible products that you can buy in huge quantities. There is no saving on their meat. There is not much choice of brand names at Costco. I quit them years ago. You can do as well by watching flyers and case lot sales.
Oh you guys are so lucky you have choices. Out here in the boonies, Jimmy Pattison's Overwaitea has a monopoly and us by the balls. I will be asking if I can buy a case of peanut butter for a discount tomorrow, that's for sure.JLM one just has to know what the prices are in the local shopping market, then compare, sometimes I get
great buys at costco on meats, and sometimes not. I do shop the flyers, but many times costco is still
more economical, but I do notice 'now' that the local supermarkets are competing with costco, so the
buyer is getting more breaks because of them coming here, they all want our business, so shop and compare.
sometimes its safeway, sometimes thriftys, sometimes quality foods or costco.
we are not a large family, but a large quantity can be separated and frozen in 2 or 3 packages, which
saves money.
I will shop all of the grocery depts. for the items each of them have on special, its not far to drive to all
of them.
PB has been quietly rising in price for a couple of months. I went to buy a new jar a month or so ago and was really taken back by the price. So - I searched the shelves for a different brand and found that Skippy's was on sale so - I bought it. The kids can go through it quickly as can my husband. So - I bought a new jar again the other day. Again - high prices. The best buy I could find without store hopping was Western Family brand. It's an okay brand so I bought it. No one seems to notice if I change brands.Oh you guys are so lucky you have choices. Out here in the boonies, Jimmy Pattison's Overwaitea has a monopoly and us by the balls. I will be asking if I can buy a case of peanut butter for a discount tomorrow, that's for sure.
Maybe he does and maybe I do. My fridge door is "sweating" on the bottom of the door. Worries me that something is going wrong.Green head cheese, slimy ham....I think you need a new fridge.
My son eats that. I would consider it but - we don't eat a lot of PB between just the two of us and when the kids come in, while natural peanut butter would be healthier, it has to be kept in the fridge and then it's not readily spreadable. I do enough without running around remembering to take the PB out just in case they want a PB sandwich that day. Growing up that was all we had (me and you too) and I remember the times it would go rancid. Tasted gross. I don't know how that ever happened in a family with 6 kids but sometimes it did.I always buy Western Family Natural peanut butter. Only ingredient is peanuts.
I always buy Western Family Natural peanut butter. Only ingredient is peanuts.
Oh you guys are so lucky you have choices. Out here in the boonies, Jimmy Pattison's Overwaitea has a monopoly and us by the balls. I will be asking if I can buy a case of peanut butter for a discount tomorrow, that's for sure.
I buy large jar of 'organic unsalted peanut butter' in costco, keep it in the frig, and about
15 seconds in the microwave makes it very spreadable, and its delicious.
I just take out a glob, put it in a small dish, and into the microwave while i'm slicing bread, etc.
my daughter lives in ucluelet, and the co op is their only supermarket, prices are far too high there, but
they have the monopoly, no competition, and people don't want to drive to port alberni.
if I lived there I would shop every two weeks elsewhere, I would not pay them to rip me off.
Once upon a time peanut butter had peanut oil in it. Now the more valuable peanut oil is extracted and then replaced with ****ty canola.
From where Cliff lives it's a 100 miles to Nelson or Castlegar, so wouldn't want to drive that too often for peanut butter. :lol:
BUT Canola is healthy. :lol: