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$20 for hamburger buns? In Australia even the fancy pants brioche buns at the local Whole Foods equivalent are $5 for 4. https://www.harrisfarm.com.au/product

$20 for hamburger buns? In Australia even the fancy pants brioche buns at the local Whole Foods equivalent are $5 for 4. https://www.harrisfarm.com.au/products/boundary-road-bread-brioche-burger-buns-81480 https://www.harrisfarm.com.au/products/boundary-road-bread-b...

kleiba 5y ago
And let's not forget differences in package sizes. For instance, I could buy shampoo, burger buns, ground coffee, and a chocolate bar for under 7 Euros at Aldi, but that would mean: - Shampoo: ~8oz - Pack of burger buns: 6 pieces - Ground coffee: bag of 2 pounds - Chocolate bar: probably the same as everywhere
- carlob 5y ago
  I highly doubt you can buy 2 pounds (900 g) of coffee, which is a month supply for 7 euros. The cheapest coffee I've seen in Italy is about 2 euros for 250 g.
  - grenoire 5y ago
    I mean, 7 / 2 × 250 = 875. Not far off? There's even filter coffee here in the Netherlands that's about 4 euros a kilo.
  - drw85 5y ago
    The store brand coffee at Aldi is 3.99 if i remember correctly and that's 500g. So that's definitely realistic.
    - kleiba 5y ago
      https://www.aldi-sued.de/de/p.amaroy-premium-roestkaffee-classic-g.490000000000044800.html https://www.aldi-sued.de/de/p.amaroy-premium-roestkaffee-cla...
  - soylentnewsorg 5y ago
    I used to live in France. Here's coffee at the largest euro grocery store chain for 3EUR a kilo. https://www.carrefour.fr/s?sort=productSimpleView.pricePerUnitCents&q=Caf%C3%A9%20en%20grains https://www.carrefour.fr/s?sort=productSimpleView.pricePerUn...
  - kleiba 5y ago
    You actually can, but I still made a mistake in my calculation above: the correct sum for all the products is more around 10 Euros rather than 7.
soylentnewsorg 5y ago
$100 for 60 hamburger buns. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Europastry-Large-Crystal-Sliced-Burger-Bun-2-75-Ounce-60-per-case/513913455 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Europastry-Large-Crystal-Sliced-B... $20 for 8 special dietary hamburger buns. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Low-Carb-Hamburger-Buns-Great-Low-Carb-Bread-Company-4-Buns-16-oz-2-Pack/734821304 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Low-Carb-Hamburger-Buns-Great-Low... 88 cents for 8 hamburger buns. yes, eight store brand buns for under a dollar. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Hamburger-Buns-11-oz-8-Count/10450104?athbdg=L1200 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Hamburger-Buns-11-oz-...
- toqy 5y ago
  I wouldn’t count your expensive example as they are 3rd party sold and shipped, not something that could be picked up at the local store. Very misleading example.
  - soylentnewsorg 5y ago
    I don't get this - being hyperfocused on completely irrelevant details. "That blue race car has a low suspension making it hard to drive on the streets." "Wrong, the car is a navy color, very misleading example." Yes, the most expensive at the walmart physical store are $7-8 for 8 after tax. The point of the example is that 60 buns are a hundred bucks. The guy never said how many buns he bought. There are 8 per package, he could have bought 3 boxes. The example is that not given quantity the price could be anything, and the OP's post where he gives a total for an unknown quantity or brand of anything, is not useful to support a claim that prices went up.
    - esyir 5y ago
      It's a pretty terrible case for "everything is getting crazy expensive". If that 28 buck cost stems from all his ultrapremium/expensive brands, that's on him, not inflation.
    - ihattendorf 5y ago
      They said "Yesterday at Walmart i bought", not "Yesterday at Walmart.com sold and shipped by Otoric - Free 2Day Shipping* | Otoric Inc. i bought" Buying food from third parties online is not the same as in store.

kleiba 5y ago

And let's not forget differences in package sizes. For instance, I could buy shampoo, burger buns, ground coffee, and a chocolate bar for under 7 Euros at Aldi, but that would mean: - Shampoo: ~8oz - Pack of burger buns: 6 pieces - Ground coffee: bag of 2 pounds - Chocolate bar: probably the same as everywhere

carlob 5y ago
I highly doubt you can buy 2 pounds (900 g) of coffee, which is a month supply for 7 euros. The cheapest coffee I've seen in Italy is about 2 euros for 250 g.
- grenoire 5y ago
  I mean, 7 / 2 × 250 = 875. Not far off? There's even filter coffee here in the Netherlands that's about 4 euros a kilo.
- drw85 5y ago
  The store brand coffee at Aldi is 3.99 if i remember correctly and that's 500g. So that's definitely realistic.
  - kleiba 5y ago
    https://www.aldi-sued.de/de/p.amaroy-premium-roestkaffee-classic-g.490000000000044800.html https://www.aldi-sued.de/de/p.amaroy-premium-roestkaffee-cla...
- soylentnewsorg 5y ago
  I used to live in France. Here's coffee at the largest euro grocery store chain for 3EUR a kilo. https://www.carrefour.fr/s?sort=productSimpleView.pricePerUnitCents&q=Caf%C3%A9%20en%20grains https://www.carrefour.fr/s?sort=productSimpleView.pricePerUn...
- kleiba 5y ago
  You actually can, but I still made a mistake in my calculation above: the correct sum for all the products is more around 10 Euros rather than 7.

soylentnewsorg 5y ago

$100 for 60 hamburger buns. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Europastry-Large-Crystal-Sliced-Burger-Bun-2-75-Ounce-60-per-case/513913455 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Europastry-Large-Crystal-Sliced-B... $20 for 8 special dietary hamburger buns. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Low-Carb-Hamburger-Buns-Great-Low-Carb-Bread-Company-4-Buns-16-oz-2-Pack/734821304 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Low-Carb-Hamburger-Buns-Great-Low... 88 cents for 8 hamburger buns. yes, eight store brand buns for under a dollar. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Hamburger-Buns-11-oz-8-Count/10450104?athbdg=L1200 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Hamburger-Buns-11-oz-...

toqy 5y ago
I wouldn’t count your expensive example as they are 3rd party sold and shipped, not something that could be picked up at the local store. Very misleading example.
- soylentnewsorg 5y ago
  I don't get this - being hyperfocused on completely irrelevant details. "That blue race car has a low suspension making it hard to drive on the streets." "Wrong, the car is a navy color, very misleading example." Yes, the most expensive at the walmart physical store are $7-8 for 8 after tax. The point of the example is that 60 buns are a hundred bucks. The guy never said how many buns he bought. There are 8 per package, he could have bought 3 boxes. The example is that not given quantity the price could be anything, and the OP's post where he gives a total for an unknown quantity or brand of anything, is not useful to support a claim that prices went up.
  - esyir 5y ago
    It's a pretty terrible case for "everything is getting crazy expensive". If that 28 buck cost stems from all his ultrapremium/expensive brands, that's on him, not inflation.
  - ihattendorf 5y ago
    They said "Yesterday at Walmart i bought", not "Yesterday at Walmart.com sold and shipped by Otoric - Free 2Day Shipping* | Otoric Inc. i bought" Buying food from third parties online is not the same as in store.