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Grocery Store-What are you paying for food? (1 Viewer)
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Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Just got 24 at Costco for 7.49. That will last my wife and I at least a month or more. To be honest we don`t eat enough eggs for me to even notice what they cost. I don`t even know what I paid for them before the bird flu killed the chickens. Only notice now because of everyone talking about the price.
I am more concerned about paying 5 bucks for a 12oz draft of Miller Lite at my local tavern that lasts me 10 minutes.
Keep hearing about the shortage but in the Costco cooler they had at least 10 pallets of eggs stacked high. That is not counting another 5-6 pallets of organic eggs, and egg white cartons. Kroger shelves were also full so demand must be dropping.
Do they put eggs in it?
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
This
I don’t understand all the egg drama
NutterButter
Footballguy
Cheap plentiful eggs. Some guys have all the luck.
NutterButter
Footballguy
Just humans being humans
the moops
Footballguy
I think eggs are like gasoline in this instance. Something most people buy often enough that when the price is out of whack, it is easy to talk about. Probably used to be loaves of bread or gallons of milk, but not sure those are good barometers anymore.
coopersdad
Footballguy
Was at a minor league ball park in Houston for opening week of college baseball.
9.50 for a souvenir cup of diet coke on the 1st day.
6.50 for a 24 ounce water the next day
A couple of weeks before that was at the rodeo in Fort Worth...............18.50 for a generic margarita.
Dozen eggs lasts me a month (unless college son is home), so eggs are less that 50 cents a day.
the moops
Footballguy
Not trying to single you out here, more of a general comment about buying water. Stop buying water!
Gatorade
Footballguy
Some guys have all the pain.Cheap plentiful eggs. Some guys have all the luck.
Some guys get all the breaks.
Some guys do nothing but complain.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Instinctive
Footballguy
What do you do at long events where you can't bring in water?
SFBayDuck
Footballguy
Update - 35 pesos for 18 eggs at the local grocery. I suggest all you egg-eating freaks book flights to Guadalajara and get to shopping.
the moops
Footballguy
I haven't encountered one. But if I was, I would drink beer. Or from the water fountain. Or chug a bunch before I went in. Or find a hose to drink from
I normally have a yeti full of water with me wherever I am, so I know the need to drink water...but we have all gone soft in this realm. We don't need water every 30 minutes and can very easily go multiple hours without anyI am not lying when I say I have not bought a bottle of water in at least 10 years, except when traveling to foreign countries where it is not good to drink tap water
Instinctive
Footballguy
So you don't go to like an NBA game ever?I haven't encountered one. But if I was, I would drink beer. Or from the water fountain. Or chug a bunch before I went in. Or find a hose to drink from
I am not lying when I say I have not bought a bottle of water in at least 10 years, except when traveling to foreign countries where it is not good to drink tap water
the moops
Footballguy
Went to one in Miami just a couple weekends ago. Had 2 beers. Amazingly I didn't die of dehydration in those 2.5 hoursSo you don't go to like an NBA game ever?I haven't encountered one. But if I was, I would drink beer. Or from the water fountain. Or chug a bunch before I went in. Or find a hose to drink from
I am not lying when I say I have not bought a bottle of water in at least 10 years, except when traveling to foreign countries where it is not good to drink tap water
Instinctive
Footballguy
Oh. Interesting. Idk why someone wouldn't buy water if they wanted. Just seemed kinda out of left field.Went to one in Miami just a couple weekends ago. Had 2 beers. Amazingly I didn't die of dehydration in those 2.5 hoursSo you don't go to like an NBA game ever?I haven't encountered one. But if I was, I would drink beer. Or from the water fountain. Or chug a bunch before I went in. Or find a hose to drink from
I am not lying when I say I have not bought a bottle of water in at least 10 years, except when traveling to foreign countries where it is not good to drink tap water
pollardsvision
Footballguy
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But I do think eggs are one of the more difficult grocery items to substitute for. All due respect to GM's tofu scramble tip, but ain't nobody doing that.
The egg is a pretty awesome, unique food.
Generally, nobody is substituting anything for eggs. They are either eating them or they are not.
Also like gasoline, egg prices are prone to very rapid fluctuations in both directions. Bread and milk are just usually on a steady climb upwards.
But I do think eggs are one of the more difficult grocery items to substitute for. All due respect to GM's tofu scramble tip, but ain't nobody doing that.
The egg is a pretty awesome, unique food.
Generally, nobody is substituting anything for eggs. They are either eating them or they are not.
the moops
Footballguy
I find it completely ridiculous to pay $7 for 24 ounces of water. Not to mention the plastic issue. It is my biggest peeve of all. I am happy to see that more and more places are allowing empty reusable water bottlesOh. Interesting. Idk why someone wouldn't buy water if they wanted. Just seemed kinda out of left field.Went to one in Miami just a couple weekends ago. Had 2 beers. Amazingly I didn't die of dehydration in those 2.5 hoursSo you don't go to like an NBA game ever?I haven't encountered one. But if I was, I would drink beer. Or from the water fountain. Or chug a bunch before I went in. Or find a hose to drink from
I am not lying when I say I have not bought a bottle of water in at least 10 years, except when traveling to foreign countries where it is not good to drink tap water
Instinctive
Footballguy
I just find it equally ridiculous to pay $12 for a Miller lite.I find it completely ridiculous to pay $7 for 24 ounces of water. Not to mention the plastic issue. It is my biggest peeve of all. I am happy to see that more and more places are allowing empty reusable water bottlesOh. Interesting. Idk why someone wouldn't buy water if they wanted. Just seemed kinda out of left field.Went to one in Miami just a couple weekends ago. Had 2 beers. Amazingly I didn't die of dehydration in those 2.5 hoursSo you don't go to like an NBA game ever?I haven't encountered one. But if I was, I would drink beer. Or from the water fountain. Or chug a bunch before I went in. Or find a hose to drink from
I am not lying when I say I have not bought a bottle of water in at least 10 years, except when traveling to foreign countries where it is not good to drink tap water
I'll join you in the pet peeve thread for how ridiculous concession prices are in general. Talk about monopoly power being abused!
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Already has in my area. Was up 30%
FairWarning
Footballguy
That will crush the smaller coffee joints, Starbucks can absorb the hit.
NutterButter
Footballguy
Concert venues allow u to bring in your own water bottles and provide refill stations. I love that.I find it completely ridiculous to pay $7 for 24 ounces of water. Not to mention the plastic issue. It is my biggest peeve of all. I am happy to see that more and more places are allowing empty reusable water bottlesOh. Interesting. Idk why someone wouldn't buy water if they wanted. Just seemed kinda out of left field.Went to one in Miami just a couple weekends ago. Had 2 beers. Amazingly I didn't die of dehydration in those 2.5 hoursSo you don't go to like an NBA game ever?I haven't encountered one. But if I was, I would drink beer. Or from the water fountain. Or chug a bunch before I went in. Or find a hose to drink from
I am not lying when I say I have not bought a bottle of water in at least 10 years, except when traveling to foreign countries where it is not good to drink tap water
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
That is one thing I never buy outside the home unless I am traveling.
Get Kirkland or Folgers at Costco for 10-14 bucks for 3 lbs and that lasts my wife and about 4-5 weeks making one pot a day. Less than 50 cents a full pot.
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the moops
Footballguy
Yea I buy in bulk too. And I am the only coffee drinker in my house. Make a few shots of espresso each morning - mostly over ice with oak milk. Takes me like 2.5 months to go through it. While I don't want to pay 30% more, that's only like 15 bucks more a year for me
Man at that price might have to offer a buck or two to a homeless guy to get me an extra carton.
Stoneworker
Footballguy
Sec. of Agriculture outlines 5-pt plan to lower egg prices. (excerpted from WSJ)
...today I am announcing a comprehensive strategy to combat avian influenza.
The Agriculture Department will invest up to $1 billion to curb this crisis and make eggs affordable again.
First, we will dedicate up to $500 million to helping U.S. poultry producers implement gold-standard biosecurity measures.
Second, we will make up to $400 million of increased financial relief available to farmers whose flocks are affected by avian flu, and we will assist them in receiving faster approval to begin safe operations again after an outbreak.
Third, USDA is exploring the use of vaccines and therapeutics for laying chickens. While vaccines aren’t a stand-alone solution, we will provide up to $100 million in research and development of vaccines and therapeutics, to improve their efficacy and efficiency.
Fourth, in addition to tackling avian flu, we will take other actions to lower the price of eggs. For starters, we will remove unnecessary regulatory burdens on egg producers where possible.
Finally, we will consider temporary import options to reduce egg costs in the short term.
This five-point strategy won’t erase the problem overnight, but we’re confident that it will restore stability to the egg market over the next three to six months. This approach will also ensure stability over the next four years and beyond.
...today I am announcing a comprehensive strategy to combat avian influenza.
The Agriculture Department will invest up to $1 billion to curb this crisis and make eggs affordable again.
First, we will dedicate up to $500 million to helping U.S. poultry producers implement gold-standard biosecurity measures.
Second, we will make up to $400 million of increased financial relief available to farmers whose flocks are affected by avian flu, and we will assist them in receiving faster approval to begin safe operations again after an outbreak.
Third, USDA is exploring the use of vaccines and therapeutics for laying chickens. While vaccines aren’t a stand-alone solution, we will provide up to $100 million in research and development of vaccines and therapeutics, to improve their efficacy and efficiency.
Fourth, in addition to tackling avian flu, we will take other actions to lower the price of eggs. For starters, we will remove unnecessary regulatory burdens on egg producers where possible.
Finally, we will consider temporary import options to reduce egg costs in the short term.
This five-point strategy won’t erase the problem overnight, but we’re confident that it will restore stability to the egg market over the next three to six months. This approach will also ensure stability over the next four years and beyond.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
USDA announced today that they predict a 41% rise in egg prices over the next year. Whom to believe?
Wife got 2 dozen AA brown eggs at Costco today, in very expensive SoCal, $7.89.
Wife got 2 dozen AA brown eggs at Costco today, in very expensive SoCal, $7.89.
Doug B
Footballguy
Yeah, but it seems like there’s absolutely no brake at all on this current bird flu. 90% of the replacement hens will probably get the same flu, the way its looking.
This kind of stuff never happened in the 1980s-1990s? Never once?
While we’re at it: Where was listeria back then? Either we were gobbling a ton of listeria back in the day, or food safety precautions have taken twenty steps backwards in recent years. Can’t go a week nowadays without hearing about a new listeria recall.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Now do gas and heating oil
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
I'm getting a MEAA hat 
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
3.34 for heating oil seems extreme
fatness
Footballguy
I honestly don't know so I'll ask -- what are "biosecurity measures" for mass-raising chickens?
"The USDA has already paid farmers roughly $1.2 billion for the birds they had to slaughter. The additional aid will continue going to those payments and help farmers bring in new flocks more quickly."
That sounds good until you realize that the corporate farmers getting the money are being subsidized to continue operating farms with over a million chickens each, where each outbreak requires all those chickens be killed. Canada's not being hit so hard by price rises due to avian flu since their farms have about 20,000 chickens each, which limits the damage.
And the bolded sounds risky.
US farmers have been against using chicken vaccines because doing so will prevent them from selling to many foreign countries
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
MEAA
kupcho1
Footballguy
Need 2 for my bacon wrapped meatloaf. Worth it at 10x the price.
kupcho1
Footballguy
If you don't trust the tap water, why would you trust the local bottlers? You're just fooling yourself if you think they're using something other than tap.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Interesting take. Care to unpack that one?
If you don't trust the tap water, why would you trust the local bottlers? You're just fooling yourself if you think they're using something other than tap.
kupcho1
Footballguy
Sure, GB.Interesting take. Care to unpack that one?
If you don't trust the tap water, why would you trust the local bottlers? You're just fooling yourself if you think they're using something other than tap.
I've lost count of the times I traveled to China on business (probably in the 30 - 40 times range). I had a number of colleagues that I got to know pretty well over there, Chinese nationals as well as expats. More than once, one of the locals warned me against drinking bottled water as bottlers would collect used bottles and fill them with tap water. Not all of them. But some.
Now, if you can find bottles that had the type of cap where you could tell it had already been opened, and it hadn't, those might be something other than tap.
Anyway, that's one country, but I'd imagine pretty consistent with someone's list of "countries where it is not good to drink tap water."
the moops
Footballguy
Hilarious.
If you don't trust the tap water, why would you trust the local bottlers? You're just fooling yourself if you think they're using something other than tap.
There are reliable bottled water brands that may be tap water, but it is filtered tap water. I am sure there are brands that are just tap, but if you do some research before traveling to a country where the tap water is considered unsafe, I am sure you can find reputable and reliable brands
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Never been to Asia. But I’ve traveled quite a bit. Never had this problem. I know it’s a possibility, but I’m fairly savvy.Sure, GB.Interesting take. Care to unpack that one?
If you don't trust the tap water, why would you trust the local bottlers? You're just fooling yourself if you think they're using something other than tap.
I've lost count of the times I traveled to China on business (probably in the 30 - 40 times range). I had a number of colleagues that I got to know pretty well over there, Chinese nationals as well as expats. More than once, one of the locals warned me against drinking bottled water as bottlers would collect used bottles and fill them with tap water. Not all of them. But some.
Now, if you can find bottles that had the type of cap where you could tell it had already been opened, and it hadn't, those might be something other than tap.
Anyway, that's one country, but I'd imagine pretty consistent with someone's list of "countries where it is not good to drink tap water."
fatness
Footballguy
I've been paying a little less for food lately. Also lately, after putting the bags in the car I've reached in my pocket to get my keys and found pork chops in there. Or blueberries. One time I found 3 packages of jumbo shrimp (that were on sale for $6.99/lb., I checked before shopping). It's the oddest thing.
You had pork chops in your pocket? Did I read that right?
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Gimme your tots.
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