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Understood. But do you know any single person that will say 'my groceries only went up by a few cents'? I do not, hence my problem with the reporting.

Godel_unicode 5y ago
I would say that, for one. Recurring orders and receipt scanning make these kinds of comparisons pretty easy for me.
krastanov 5y ago
For what is worth, my personal anecdote is different: my rent went slightly down (renewed in August, in Boston) and my grocery bill has not moved in a noticeable way (middle class vegetarian with Mediterranean tastes).
zuminator 5y ago
Also keep in mind that groceries, or rather food in general, only comprise in the neighborhood of 10% of the average household budget. So if we're just talking about food, if you're paying 50% more, that is just a 5% increase in your overall expenses. And as far as your rent going up by 30%, that's offset by some people whose rent actually went down by a lot during the early pandemic when people were fleeing the cities and bargains were to be had. And some people who don't pay rent at all, but pay fixed-rate mortgages which will go up by zero percent over the life of the loan. So you can see how that could significantly nerf the total inflation affecting that household.
anchpop 5y ago
I live in lansing and I’ve not noticed groceries getting more expensive in the past few years
smt88 5y ago
My groceries haven't gone up. If your issue with the reporting of a statistic is that your personal anecdote disagrees with it, then you should probably look for more evidence.
herbst 5y ago
I live in Switzerland and a few cents seems accurate. A lot of the current increase I see is based on the bad summer harvest tho and less external factors. Either it's a Swiss thing, or because we buy the majority of food semi-directly of organic farmers and prices haven't changed that much in this sector.

Godel_unicode 5y ago

I would say that, for one. Recurring orders and receipt scanning make these kinds of comparisons pretty easy for me.

krastanov 5y ago

For what is worth, my personal anecdote is different: my rent went slightly down (renewed in August, in Boston) and my grocery bill has not moved in a noticeable way (middle class vegetarian with Mediterranean tastes).

zuminator 5y ago

Also keep in mind that groceries, or rather food in general, only comprise in the neighborhood of 10% of the average household budget. So if we're just talking about food, if you're paying 50% more, that is just a 5% increase in your overall expenses. And as far as your rent going up by 30%, that's offset by some people whose rent actually went down by a lot during the early pandemic when people were fleeing the cities and bargains were to be had. And some people who don't pay rent at all, but pay fixed-rate mortgages which will go up by zero percent over the life of the loan. So you can see how that could significantly nerf the total inflation affecting that household.

anchpop 5y ago

I live in lansing and I’ve not noticed groceries getting more expensive in the past few years

smt88 5y ago

My groceries haven't gone up. If your issue with the reporting of a statistic is that your personal anecdote disagrees with it, then you should probably look for more evidence.

herbst 5y ago

I live in Switzerland and a few cents seems accurate. A lot of the current increase I see is based on the bad summer harvest tho and less external factors. Either it's a Swiss thing, or because we buy the majority of food semi-directly of organic farmers and prices haven't changed that much in this sector.