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Grasswire2

(13,849 posts)
Fri May 31, 2019, 07:14 PM May 2019

Produce prices at my Kroger have doubled since last week.

Doubled.

Lettuces, cucumbers, all kinds of vegetables.

Oddly, avocados are only 99 cents. (From cold storage, no doubt.)

This is going to be a real problem for many families.

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Produce prices at my Kroger have doubled since last week. (Original Post) Grasswire2 May 2019 OP
Not sure if "doubled" but my local Safeway has had many price increases... Wounded Bear May 2019 #1
thank the tariff genius... spanone May 2019 #2
Inflation is running near 8-10 percent. roamer65 May 2019 #3
And people are not getting an 8-10 percent pay raise dalton99a May 2019 #4
Yep ! Every time I go to Walmart or JanetLovesObama May 2019 #5
I just went to Kroger... avocados were 69 cents and grapes were 99 cents per pound. demmiblue May 2019 #6

Wounded Bear

(64,062 posts)
1. Not sure if "doubled" but my local Safeway has had many price increases...
Fri May 31, 2019, 07:16 PM
May 2019

$1.99 celery bunch is now $2.99.

Quality is crap, too. I suspect partly weather, plus the tariffs so any imported stuff is more. A lot of our off season produce comes from south of the border.

 

JanetLovesObama

(548 posts)
5. Yep ! Every time I go to Walmart or
Fri May 31, 2019, 07:25 PM
May 2019

HEB my grocery bill skyrockets. We retired people really feel it. Cat food has really gone up and I have Five kitty babies. I eat tons of salads and am having to cut back. Wine is off the damn charts. I am very lucky to have a good retirement and Social Security but how in the hell do people who don't even make it???? drumpf needs to be GONE now. Today !!!

demmiblue

(39,523 posts)
6. I just went to Kroger... avocados were 69 cents and grapes were 99 cents per pound.
Fri May 31, 2019, 07:25 PM
May 2019

I haven't noticed anything doubling.

* I usually buy my produce elsewhere, unless there is a good sale at Kroger (which is closer).

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