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I started with something similar a while ago but stopped as I got busy. It’s something I noticed, and I usually don’t pay much attention to grocery prices, or a

I started with something similar a while ago but stopped as I got busy. It’s something I noticed, and I usually don’t pay much attention to grocery prices, or at least I used to. What made me pay attention was a chocolate bar I used to get for around $4. Then I didn’t buy it for a year, only to find out it’s around $7 now! I always wonder why no one speaks up about that. There are plenty of government employees who are living paycheck to paycheck, yet no one is saying a thing.

jml7c5 2y ago
The cost of cocoa beans skyrocketed this year because of bad weather. There is a huge production shortfall. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-31/why-cocoa-prices-spiked-and-what-it-means-for-chocolate-lovers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-31/why-cocoa...
- tamimio 2y ago
  Not the chocolate please!!
jfil 2y ago
I encourage you to initiate those conversations with your friends and acquaintances. They've probably felt that something is going off the rails but might feel disheartened that no one seems to notice. The solution to this problem starts with talking to each other about the existence of the problem.
- tamimio 2y ago
  Yeah, I’m guilty of not doing that, which is why I wanted to create some sort of tracker as a personal project. I even got the domain and started scraping some data too. But I agree, it should be one of the main topics that most people talk about because otherwise, it won’t change.
Fricken 2y ago
At the 2 major chain Canadian grocery stores I regularly visit (Save-On and Superstore) prices can vary wildly every time I'm at the store. With Chocolate bars, coffee and butter the price fluctuations are especially violent. I'm not up to date on Cocoa or Coffee bean futures, but the Canadian butter supply chain is not so unstable that the price ought to be varying from $5.50 to $8.50 on a regular basis! I'm not even sure what kind of game it is they're trying to play. Like, what are they hoping to achieve by jerking their customers around this way?

jml7c5 2y ago

The cost of cocoa beans skyrocketed this year because of bad weather. There is a huge production shortfall. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-31/why-cocoa-prices-spiked-and-what-it-means-for-chocolate-lovers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-31/why-cocoa...

tamimio 2y ago
Not the chocolate please!!

jfil 2y ago

I encourage you to initiate those conversations with your friends and acquaintances. They've probably felt that something is going off the rails but might feel disheartened that no one seems to notice. The solution to this problem starts with talking to each other about the existence of the problem.

tamimio 2y ago
Yeah, I’m guilty of not doing that, which is why I wanted to create some sort of tracker as a personal project. I even got the domain and started scraping some data too. But I agree, it should be one of the main topics that most people talk about because otherwise, it won’t change.

Fricken 2y ago

At the 2 major chain Canadian grocery stores I regularly visit (Save-On and Superstore) prices can vary wildly every time I'm at the store. With Chocolate bars, coffee and butter the price fluctuations are especially violent. I'm not up to date on Cocoa or Coffee bean futures, but the Canadian butter supply chain is not so unstable that the price ought to be varying from $5.50 to $8.50 on a regular basis! I'm not even sure what kind of game it is they're trying to play. Like, what are they hoping to achieve by jerking their customers around this way?