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rockbluff botanist

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19. My family has raised cattle in central Florida for over 100 years

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 01:30 PM

Feb 2024

This is a fact: The rancher is going broke!!!

Here in Florida, Publix is trying to sell Select grade beef (not Prime or Choice) at previously the price of Kobe and Wagyu beef!!!! I quit eating beef. I'm not paying those prices. They put out very little in the way of steaks or roasts in the cases now. Just ground beef.

Friends of mine who previously swore they would not shop at Wal-Mart are now happily doing so.

Publix's owner is a ridiculous piece of work and always has been. A real Florida woman.

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Consumers are increasingly pushing back against price increases -- and winning [View all] dalton99a Feb 2024 OP

People are actually ahead now Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #1

My income hasn't:( Johonny Feb 2024 #7

Sorry. Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #9

Mine hasn't kept up either MichMan Feb 2024 #14

Not applicable to retired people Hope22 Feb 2024 #17

Social security increases have exceeded inflation. Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #18

Inflation and CPI is based on a specific list of metrics MichMan Feb 2024 #21

On average though Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #23

That 2.8 % increase this year was wiped out by rising utility/rent rates, niyad Feb 2024 #34

It was 3.2% Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #38

Oh, I do most humbly beg your apology for my error. 4/10ths of a percent on, say, 1,000 niyad Feb 2024 #42

Don't know where you live. Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #44

YOU were talking about the country as a whole. The rest of us were relating niyad Feb 2024 #46

Relating the facts. Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #47

Our own lived experiences ARE FUCKING RELEVANT TO US. The stats niyad Feb 2024 #48

People are important Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #49

Statistics codfisherman Feb 2024 #60

Please tell me where rents are down! Melon Feb 2024 #51

Plenty of places Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #52

lol. That article says down less than 1% from its peak...in 2022 Melon Feb 2024 #54

And property tax! Mossfern Feb 2024 #55

And pet food! niyad Feb 2024 #61

I have 3 rather large cats Mossfern Feb 2024 #62

My guy is about 10 pounds, doesn't eat a whole lot. But his canned food has niyad Feb 2024 #64

Really? In what sectors? Certainly not the ones where people are being laid niyad Feb 2024 #32

K shaped recovery IbogaProject Feb 2024 #26

We should worry less about a dollar more on a grocery item. Insurance is what's out of hand! jimfields33 Feb 2024 #28

This is not true for me....and I'm now so far behind Melon Feb 2024 #50

Demand destruction is really our only weapon. roamer65 Feb 2024 #2

I won't buy certain products now XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Hotler Feb 2024 #4

one day boycotts don't do much unless it's more about getting media attention JI7 Feb 2024 #6

Silly me, I'm sorry. nt Hotler Feb 2024 #10

No need to be sorry or delete post JI7 Feb 2024 #11

I also noticed the tipping option was gone at a couple places JI7 Feb 2024 #5

The crunch seems to be coming at the mid end Johonny Feb 2024 #8

I take advantage of discounts. They have to be good discounts. LiberalFighter Feb 2024 #12

I've been saying it and living it for 2 years. louis-t Feb 2024 #13

I did buy toilet paper during Covid. Keeps well in the garage. jimfields33 Feb 2024 #29

I'm charmed. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #71

Break up corporations that have market-controlling power. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2024 #15

Watch prices... homegirl Feb 2024 #16

My family has raised cattle in central Florida for over 100 years rockbluff botanist Feb 2024 #19

I wouldn't be too happy about shopping at Walmart either. progressoid Feb 2024 #22

Walmart has a completely wrong reputation for being inexpensive. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #72

A long time ago, a RW relative told me I need to go to Walmart for my prescriptions. progressoid Feb 2024 #73

Car insurance went up $200 a half, last month. Hope22 Feb 2024 #20

The insurance industry is gouging us, especially vehicle insurance FakeNoose Feb 2024 #27

Why is that? I'm in PA and just about to pay over 3,000 bucks to renew our two vehicles, one doesn't even have collision Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2024 #39

Retro cooking rockbluff botanist Feb 2024 #24

Time to go back to cloth diapers. nt BWdem4life Feb 2024 #25

Environmentally preferable, if what I've read is correct. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2024 #40

I line washed and line dried diapers for four babies Mossfern Feb 2024 #56

I once made a trip with cloth diapers for my baby. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #57

Not sure how that would work TxGuitar Feb 2024 #67

One of my current favourite examples of corporate price gouging is apple niyad Feb 2024 #30

Eggs are getting right back to where they were last year durablend Feb 2024 #31

Especially if one watches for sales or markdowns. To a degree, I could niyad Feb 2024 #33

Price range at Trader Joe's homegirl Feb 2024 #37

A few weeks ago, I was in Natural Grocers, and one of the egg brands, niyad Feb 2024 #43

+1. Unit price increases across many categories are huge - it is sheer profiteering at this point dalton99a Feb 2024 #35

And they think we don't notice, or will just go quietly along. . well, some niyad Feb 2024 #36

And some here act like everyone got all this extra income in raises, so we are way ahead of inflation MichMan Feb 2024 #63

That has been astounding! niyad Feb 2024 #65

Bummer! So many ways the super wealthy in charge are demanding more and more of our money. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2024 #41

How wonderful that you were able to reconnect with an old friend. And niyad Feb 2024 #45

Definitely not toasted bread! I have to confess, I never quite developed a liking for apple butter, Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2024 #66

Ughhhhhh. I am so sorry to hear about her being a religious t#### niyad Feb 2024 #70

I'm in Australia but noticed the same. Aussie105 Feb 2024 #53

I've had a fixed amount for groceries for about a decade now. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #58

Nope. You're not doing anything wrong. You've got it together! fierywoman Feb 2024 #59

$5.99 for an 8.25-ounce bag of Doritos at a local supermarket . . . . hatrack Feb 2024 #68

Prices on used cars are coming down too TexasBushwhacker Feb 2024 #69