am I alone in realizing that I can't afford to eat like I used to? Holy crap...

am I alone in realizing that I can't afford to eat like I used to? Holy crap...

 

I can't either, but not so much for the prices as the calories, carbs, etc.

 

Still the prices are ever rising... especially fish and red meat.

Well thank g-d we dont have an inflation problem.

Diesel prices are still over $4/gallon. Guess what? All the food you buy gets delivered from a truck. Who do think is paying for that overpriced fuel?

I just kill my own red meat, so i don't notice any price increases except in broad heads and arrows. But I have noticed produce prices are pretty crazy, especially for organic which is all we purchase in my house.

 

Get used to it. Fixed size planet, growing population, rising energy prices. There maybe ups and down, but in the long term ....

When I filled up today diesel was $3.55

am I alone in realizing that I can't afford to eat like I used to? Holy crap...

My food bills are my second highest expense...right behind my mortgage.  Family of five.  It's insane.

My food bills are my second highest expense...right behind my mortgage. Family of five. It's insane.

Well you could stand to lose a few

Proteins in general is up and rising... not only due to factors like diseases, transportation costs,feed,distribution but the emerging markets in Asia who traditionally only considered any meats and fish as seasoning but now have the resources to purchase and consume the best of North American beef,pork and global seafood as a main instead of merely just a side or token protein.

This establishes prices, availability and distribution of some of the things we take for granted as traditionally inexpensive and readily at hand and will continue to ramp up in the future.

Multi year drought in western states, fuel still high, grains being redirected for ethanol for fuel.  Yea all good reasons for high food prices.  No end in sight, good time to start a diet.

When I filled up today diesel was $3.55

Paying close to $5 in NY.

 

Oh yeah, and our NJ politicians are talking about raising taxes on fuel in NJ (gasoline and diesel), you know, because we have the lowest gas taxes in the country (but highest property taxes).

Well you could stand to lose a few

ka-pow....right in the kerniggy.

 

I just lost 45.  15 to go to hit my goal. : )

 

Then it's going to cost a fortune for cloths that fit me. 

 

Then it's going to cost a fortune for cloths that fit me. 

 

On the bright side, the clothing industry is struggling so sales are everywhere

Many moons ago, deisel was always cheaper than gas and the lowest I can remember regular leaded gas was .32 cents a gallon.

 

Carbs are cheap and for you people who say it's cheaper to eat out, you are full of it. A pound of pasta can be had for .99 cents,. Add jar of sauce and it is still not cheaper to eat out. Especially now in NJ where prepared foods are now taxed. Want to gain weight? Eat carbs!

 

Protein foods were/are always expensive no matter what food it is. When you diet, your main stay should be mostly protein. Going on a protein diet is not cheap.

 

Milk and dairy... Also use to be cheap, but keep fooking with the farmers and feel their wrath. I've seen a gallon of milk is $4 and at clubs, maybe $3.55....

Eating out for me is cheaper a lot of times. I live alone. If I make something it's always way too much. Even when I put leftovers in Tupperware I'm not always able to eat it before it goes bad due to my schedule. It ends up getting thrown out so it's a total waste of money. I can go to a local pub and get a dinner special for 5.99. Includes a salad. If I don't drink booze I'm way better off than buying all the ingredients to make what I had at the pub that night.

Gas $3.39 a gallon here (it was between $3.55 to $3.85 for months on end).

 

Most shocking price is $3.99 for 4 sticks of butter. 

Ground Beef at Kroger $5.00 a pound

Ground Beef at Meijer $3.90 a pound (on sale).

Sounds like the perfect time for the Federal Government to step in and start Rationing of food like they did during WWII.

 

And, of course, outlaw localized or home raising of produce and livestock which diverts resources from interstate food production.

ka-pow....right in the kerniggy.

 

I just lost 45. 15 to go to hit my goal. : )

 

Then it's going to cost a fortune for cloths that fit me.

Congrats on the weight loss and that explains that one outfit you have to shoot in

Gasoline is $3.19 here. I can get milk on occasion for $1.99/gal which usually is the price of half a gallon. Meat is high, $16.99/lb for fillet. Bread is horrible because it dries out quickly. It gets hard from loaf to mouth in minutes. Most if not all food products are taxed here, which is high.

Gas here was hovering around $3.00 this week... 2.999-3.029. As far as food, I haven't noticed a drastic increase... We paid roughly the same Fri as we normally do, and that's for 3 meals a day for me and 2 for her. I work in NYC so it's bring your own food or spend $15+ per day for breakfast and lunch.

Paying close to $5 in NY.

 

Oh yeah, and our NJ politicians are talking about raising taxes on fuel in NJ (gasoline and diesel), you know, because we have the lowest gas taxes in the country (but highest property taxes).

Yea they wanna raise the tax because our transportation fund is empty. Yet we have the some of the worst roads in America. I just filled up my pickup with diesel in Rahway. $3.34 a gallon. Luckily it's been trending downward but that won't last for long.

And don't forget it costs trucks delivering food $85 to go across the Hudson river. Yes, its an $85 toll ($17/axle). Then add in all the other tolls every 5 feet in NJ.

Yea they wanna raise the tax because our transportation fund is empty. Yet we have the some of the worst roads in America. I just filled up my pickup with diesel in Rahway. $3.34 a gallon. Luckily it's been trending downward but that won't last for long.

There is no transportation fund in NJ. You have one bank account. All money goes into it, and with authorization the Treasurer can write a check for every damn dollar in there tomorrow and the state will be broke.

 

Which is why the paper fund is empty. All the governors go into QuickBooks (LOL) and switch accounts from "State of New Jersey" to Treasury of New Jersey and they only see all of the money they can write checks for and none of the obligations of these imaginary accounts.

Get used to it. Fixed size planet, growing population, rising energy prices. There maybe ups and down, but in the long term ....

 

More like the dollar is in the toilet.  Lets print 1 trillion dollars with nothing to back it.  That will always help.

Get used to it. Fixed size planet, growing population, rising energy prices. There maybe ups and down, but in the long term ....

World population will begin to decline around 2050.

 

According to the ONLY people you can rely on to predict the future.

If you really want to be shocked, price lettuce by the pound. Compare with beef.

Costco food prices have gone up precipitously (20% or more) over the last 2-3 years. 

for us Americans the price increases are Devaluation of the Dollar and increase costs in doing business Ie insurance, Gas, Labor and Regulatory muscle form the Federal Government.

 

If this asshole in the whitehouse gets his way you'll really see a spike in costs when the Min wage hits 15.00 bucks an hour.

Costco food prices have gone up precipitously (20% or more) over the last 2-3 years. 

 

No Doubt.... Its funny how the Government does in include the necessities when calculating inflation.  Do inflation is flat but we all know thats complete bullshit.