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It's totally unfair if you're NOT substituting brands. Compare this: https://www.rabato.com/us/shoprite/weekly-ad/LEipqw https://www.rabato.com/us/shoprite/wee

It's totally unfair if you're NOT substituting brands. Compare this: https://www.rabato.com/us/shoprite/weekly-ad/LEipqw https://www.rabato.com/us/shoprite/weekly-ad/LEipqw To this: https://www.rabato.com/us/shoprite/weekly-ad/KZiQw3p https://www.rabato.com/us/shoprite/weekly-ad/KZiQw3p You can see if you are not particular about brand, you can actually find CHEAPER items today in some cases. Overall, yes things are up. But they are not up 50%.

jonhohle 3y ago
Nice try. I said food costs 50% more and showed where that number came from. Now you're saying I need to reduce the standard of my "basked of goods" to make it fair. Guess what, that's how they come up with inflation numbers, too! Adjust the basket until you get the narrative you want. I had to substitute milk because a) it's a weekly purchase in our house and b) the previously cheapest brand in our area is no longer available, so I chose the next cheapest equivalent. You asked for receipts, I gave you a literal transcript of my receipts at no cost to you with actual prices that showed a 47.5% increase in our grocery bill over the past two years. I showed you mine, you show me yours. Show me how you're not spending around 50% more than two years ago for equivalent products. Those two receipts are reasonably representative of the things we buy at Walmart and cover most food groups. We typically buy the cheapest brand, usually private label store brands, except when there is a noticeable difference in quality. I took many brands off for brevity, but 12 of the 28 were Walmart brands and 5 were commodity vegetables. If a local chain grocer has a better price, we buy it there, but typically a week's worth of groceries cannot be found by just buying weekly specials. The very reason I know where my receipts are and could make the list so quickly was because we are ruthless about keeping cost-of-living low, track prices religiously, and avoid spending money on higher priced equivalents within reasonable limits (there might be a cheaper price on widget foo across town, but if the transportation cost to get it is higher, then I cannot realize the cheaper price). I could reduce my standards even further and replace all of it with boxed macaroni[0], but even that has increased 35% in the last 19 months[1] (the earliest price I can find, about 44% increase extrapolated to 24 months). (Target's store brand Mac & Cheese is only up 18%, but still more expensive than Walmart.) 0 - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Walmart-Great-Value-Original-Macaroni-Cheese-7-25-oz/10315422?athbdg=L1600 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Walmart-Great-Value-Original-Maca... 1 - https://web.archive.org/web/20220325010216/https://www.walmart.com/ip/Walmart-Great-Value-Original-Macaroni-Cheese-7-25-oz/10315422 https://web.archive.org/web/20220325010216/https://www.walma...
- roflyear 3y ago
  > Now you're saying I need to reduce the standard of my "basked of goods" to make it fair. No, I'm saying you need to compare like items, not specific brands. Don't misrepresent what I'm saying, it is rude.

jonhohle 3y ago

Nice try. I said food costs 50% more and showed where that number came from. Now you're saying I need to reduce the standard of my "basked of goods" to make it fair. Guess what, that's how they come up with inflation numbers, too! Adjust the basket until you get the narrative you want. I had to substitute milk because a) it's a weekly purchase in our house and b) the previously cheapest brand in our area is no longer available, so I chose the next cheapest equivalent. You asked for receipts, I gave you a literal transcript of my receipts at no cost to you with actual prices that showed a 47.5% increase in our grocery bill over the past two years. I showed you mine, you show me yours. Show me how you're not spending around 50% more than two years ago for equivalent products. Those two receipts are reasonably representative of the things we buy at Walmart and cover most food groups. We typically buy the cheapest brand, usually private label store brands, except when there is a noticeable difference in quality. I took many brands off for brevity, but 12 of the 28 were Walmart brands and 5 were commodity vegetables. If a local chain grocer has a better price, we buy it there, but typically a week's worth of groceries cannot be found by just buying weekly specials. The very reason I know where my receipts are and could make the list so quickly was because we are ruthless about keeping cost-of-living low, track prices religiously, and avoid spending money on higher priced equivalents within reasonable limits (there might be a cheaper price on widget foo across town, but if the transportation cost to get it is higher, then I cannot realize the cheaper price). I could reduce my standards even further and replace all of it with boxed macaroni[0], but even that has increased 35% in the last 19 months[1] (the earliest price I can find, about 44% increase extrapolated to 24 months). (Target's store brand Mac & Cheese is only up 18%, but still more expensive than Walmart.) 0 - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Walmart-Great-Value-Original-Macaroni-Cheese-7-25-oz/10315422?athbdg=L1600 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Walmart-Great-Value-Original-Maca... 1 - https://web.archive.org/web/20220325010216/https://www.walmart.com/ip/Walmart-Great-Value-Original-Macaroni-Cheese-7-25-oz/10315422 https://web.archive.org/web/20220325010216/https://www.walma...

roflyear 3y ago
> Now you're saying I need to reduce the standard of my "basked of goods" to make it fair. No, I'm saying you need to compare like items, not specific brands. Don't misrepresent what I'm saying, it is rude.