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Grocery Prices

Bassbob said:
$60

Are you actually buying the same stuff or are you subconsciously being more frugal ?
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I've been being frugal for years now. Bare necessities. I haven't had a steak in years whereas I always used to have a freezer stocked with ribeyes. Chicken, ground beef, ground pork, occasionally I'll splurge on a pound of bacon if it is on sale. Lots of spaghetti, tons of shepherd's pie. Milk, eggs, butter, and cheese. Coffee. And $60 is waaayyyy high!
 
Bassbob said:
For the same groceries and the same amount of groceries ? I promise you grocery prices haven't fallen 44%. My grocery bill hasn't went down in any appreciable way.
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Definitely the same stuff and brands. The better half is very brand oriented. If I buy generic or store brand anything, she refuses to use it. I'm shocked at how much grocery prices have dropped. But gas and diesel hasn't budged a penny. When I see gas prices on the news I always ask myself "WHERE?!!!"
 
In NC haven’t seen them really move either way. We meal plan and are creatures of habit so it’s often the same thing. It’s just the two of us and we are usually around 85/week. Been pretty consistent, but it definitely could be regional. Someone that worked out of NC office moved to our Washington office and just a couple of months back she was seeing eggs at something stupid like $13/dozen (bougee cage free organic ninja eggs) and 8 for regular. She said they coming down a good bit recently, again, the bougee eggs. We never really saw much of a change here.

My cholesterol is bad so i eat liquid egg whites. No change in price there :)
 
Model 457 said:
Definitely the same stuff and brands. The better half is very brand oriented. If I buy generic or store brand anything, she refuses to use it. I'm shocked at how much grocery prices have dropped. But gas and diesel hasn't budged a penny. When I see gas prices on the news I always ask myself "WHERE?!!!"
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I'd be interested in knowing why, because it isn't even possible much less feasible that grocery prices have dropped 44%. I just asked my wife and she said our grocery prices haven't dropped at all.

Are we talking about out of season fruit or some other anomaly because something is going on for sure.
 
Bassbob said:
I'd be interested in knowing why, because it isn't even possible much less feasible that grocery prices have dropped 44%. I just asked my wife and she said our grocery prices haven't dropped at all.

Are we talking about out of season fruit or some other anomaly because something is going on for sure.
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Just me and the wife, our bill used to run about 110.00 a week, down some to about 96.00-97.00 now, and we usually get the same brands as before
 
Bassbob said:
I'd be interested in knowing why, because it isn't even possible much less feasible that grocery prices have dropped 44%. I just asked my wife and she said our grocery prices haven't dropped at all.

Are we talking about out of season fruit or some other anomaly because something is going on for sure.
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Yeah, I haven't spent too much time comparing receipts. I just might do that tonight if I get bored. We use reusable shopping bags and there are a bunch of old receipts scattered throughout the bags I've not thrown away. As Sharks79 said, we're much the same way. Creatures of habit. Only the two of us. Pasta with mixed ground beef and ground pork one night. Shredded chicken tacos another night. Chicken fajitas. Dutch oven baked whole chicken with potatoes and carrots. Shepherd's pie. Leftovers for lunch. Toast or hash browns with eggs for breakfast. Usual veggies on the regular - brussel sprouts, cauliflower, asparagus, mushrooms, whit onions, garlic, and broccoli. Not all of those weekly. Typically only 2 from the list with the exception of garlic. We use a lot of garlic. A couple each of apples and oranges. Pre-covid we were always well stocked with everything including a lot of red meat. But with covid, and even now, work has been extremely slow so we've been on a weekly menu and only bought what we think we'll need for the week. But my grocery expenses have definitely gone way down. Prior to going to the market, I log into my Safeway account and electronically clip all of the applicable coupons (which I NEVER used to do pre-covid). But the receipts don't lie. Prices have definitely decreased in Oregon.
 
Model 457 said:
Yeah, I haven't spent too much time comparing receipts. I just might do that tonight if I get bored. We use reusable shopping bags and there are a bunch of old receipts scattered throughout the bags I've not thrown away. As Sharks79 said, we're much the same way. Creatures of habit. Only the two of us. Pasta with mixed ground beef and ground pork one night. Shredded chicken tacos another night. Chicken fajitas. Dutch oven baked whole chicken with potatoes and carrots. Shepherd's pie. Leftovers for lunch. Toast or hash browns with eggs for breakfast. Usual veggies on the regular - brussel sprouts, cauliflower, asparagus, mushrooms, whit onions, garlic, and broccoli. Not all of those weekly. Typically only 2 from the list with the exception of garlic. We use a lot of garlic. A couple each of apples and oranges. Pre-covid we were always well stocked with everything including a lot of red meat. But with covid, and even now, work has been extremely slow so we've been on a weekly menu and only bought what we think we'll need for the week. But my grocery expenses have definitely gone way down. Prior to going to the market, I log into my Safeway account and electronically clip all of the applicable coupons (which I NEVER used to do pre-covid). But the receipts don't lie. Prices have definitely decreased in Oregon.
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If you typically buy the same stuff, like we do, maybe just continue keeping track of the totals and compare them over a longer time frame. Anomalies will present themselves easier. That’s what I’d do, but I’m a lazy bastard so…
 
Bassbob said:
I'd be interested in knowing why, because it isn't even possible much less feasible that grocery prices have dropped 44%. I just asked my wife and she said our grocery prices haven't dropped at all.

Are we talking about out of season fruit or some other anomaly because something is going on for sure.
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There is absolutely no way prices have dropped 44%, if at all. Some eggs have come down minimally, which had absolutely nothing to do with the current administration. Easing of avian flu restrictions and the fact that we have been importing more eggs to make up for the lack of domestically produced eggs has helped ease the price of eggs, but they are still
historically high.
 
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