You laugh now, but one bout of explosive of diarrhea later…
(You may recall the guy that popularized the saying, who claimed he wasn’t streaking through the Walmart parking lot intentionally but had explosive diarrhea.)
Uber Eats is a service that delivers your favorite restaurant food to your door in a timely fashion. All the place needs is take out service.
Of course they will not deliver the full experience…
Zippy:
SixFoot:
But Trump.
Comical, isn’t it.
If nothing else, it’s automatic. Like a trained (D)og.
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Samm
May 10, 2024, 8:28pm
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PurpnGold:
Samm:
We (the wife & I) have tallied our grocery slips every calendar year since 1975. But for just the last three years, our food bill (not counting restaurants or alcohol) went from $12,080 in 2021 to $14,207 (+17.6%) in 2022 to &16,910 (+19.0%) in 2023. That’s a whopping 40% in three years under Biden’s economic turnaround.
By the way, in 1975 we spent a grand total of $1987.63 for food for the two of us.
You both eat a lot. I spend about $400-$450 a week for a family of 4. That’s about 20k a year. We shop at Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods. So we aren’t exactly shopping at bargain places. We could cut our bill by about $50-$100 a week if we shopped at like ALDIs or something like that.
This is in California btw. Now I know our produce is typically cheaper than most of the country because some of it is locally produced.
It has very little if anything to do with how much we eat. It has to do with where we live. Nearly 100% of our groceries are imported and we are at the far end of the transportation chain. We buy almost no red meat except for hamburger and almost no processed “junk food” or “soft drinks.” We as a couple probably take in fewer than 4000 calories a day.
The point of my post was to reflect the increase in the cost of food over the last three years, not how much it costs.
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But that’s the inconvenient part they don’t want to talk about, that’s why the conversation was purposely diverted.
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Samm:
PurpnGold:
Samm:
We (the wife & I) have tallied our grocery slips every calendar year since 1975. But for just the last three years, our food bill (not counting restaurants or alcohol) went from $12,080 in 2021 to $14,207 (+17.6%) in 2022 to &16,910 (+19.0%) in 2023. That’s a whopping 40% in three years under Biden’s economic turnaround.
By the way, in 1975 we spent a grand total of $1987.63 for food for the two of us.
You both eat a lot. I spend about $400-$450 a week for a family of 4. That’s about 20k a year. We shop at Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods. So we aren’t exactly shopping at bargain places. We could cut our bill by about $50-$100 a week if we shopped at like ALDIs or something like that.
This is in California btw. Now I know our produce is typically cheaper than most of the country because some of it is locally produced.
It has very little if anything to do with how much we eat. It has to do with where we live. Nearly 100% of our groceries are imported and we are at the far end of the transportation chain. We buy almost no red meat except for hamburger and almost no processed “junk food” or “soft drinks.” We as a couple probably take in fewer than 4000 calories a day.
The point of my post was to reflect the increase in the cost of food over the last three years, not how much it costs.
Fair. My costs have barely increased at all in the last 3 years. Maybe 10%? But it’s a little difficult to tell since we eat more now than 3 years ago
It wasn’t diverted. He talked about his food spending and I commented on that number.
PurpnGold:
Toll_Collector:
WoW!! You spend that much? It’s just me and my wife, and I think we eat great, and I don’t spend 1/4 what you spend. I have a dog too. We spend a lot on him too, but still doesn’t come close to your bill.
Yea some weeks less, some more. Depending on what meals we want to prepare and whether we need meat (which is expensive).
My kids are 12 and 10… so they are starting to eat a lot. The summer grocery bills tend to be a little higher due to them being home for 2 months.
My grocery bills have increased from 2019 until now. But not necessarily due to raising prices but because our kids eat more. We also have a dog and cat but they are only about $120 every 2 months for food.
Sometimes I forget what kids cost. My sister in law had kids that age back in 2000. I remember her husband saying they spent 250 a week. I remember thinking that was crazy.
I always buy grass fed ground beef. It’s up 20-25% since the pandemic.
He was pointing out how it has risen and the percentages represented to showcase the increase.
You never addressed that point. Just stated how much you spend now without mentioning any difference over the past years as he did to show an increase.
THAT is what you do not want to address.
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RTchoke:
He was pointing out how it has risen and the percentages represented to showcase the increase.
You never addressed that point. Just stated how much you spend now without mentioning any difference over the past years as he did to show an increase.
THAT is what you do not want to address.
But I did address it. You just didn’t read the thread.
Toll_Collector:
PurpnGold:
Toll_Collector:
WoW!! You spend that much? It’s just me and my wife, and I think we eat great, and I don’t spend 1/4 what you spend. I have a dog too. We spend a lot on him too, but still doesn’t come close to your bill.
Yea some weeks less, some more. Depending on what meals we want to prepare and whether we need meat (which is expensive).
My kids are 12 and 10… so they are starting to eat a lot. The summer grocery bills tend to be a little higher due to them being home for 2 months.
My grocery bills have increased from 2019 until now. But not necessarily due to raising prices but because our kids eat more. We also have a dog and cat but they are only about $120 every 2 months for food.
Sometimes I forget what kids cost. My sister in law had kids that age back in 2000. I remember her husband saying they spent 250 a week. I remember thinking that was crazy.
I always buy grass fed ground beef. It’s up 20-25% since the pandemic.
Kids are expensive. Chicken nuggs are not cheap
Oh I saw what you are referring to and it’s ■■■■■■■■■■
To claim they have barely raised in 3 years? Even the media says your are wrong.
Consumer price index shows services are mostly responsible for persistent inflation, but food prices in California remain high.
Est. reading time: 4 minutes
From last year:
From 2022:
They have constantly risen.
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For my family, they have barely risen. I don’t know what to tell you. My guess is prices have risen the most at the low end of groceries. I shop at the higher end… by mostly organic produce… grass fed beef… so on. My groceries have always been expensive.
Is that supposed to impress me?
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Calm down. I’m not trying to impress anyone over the internet. The fact that you took it that way is a you problem
I’m just stating why my grocery bill hasn’t risen 15-30%.
That you even felt you needed to say that says “pretentious” all day long.
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Well… you did pester him into it.
No sense in getting pissy about it now
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