Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How much more are YOUR groceries under Joe?

Just bought 50 pd of seed taters holy fuqk😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

In some ways you really can’t win. If you build a greenhouse to grow vegetables, if it’s over a certain size you need a building permit. Then you pay taxes on the structure. That needs to change! I seen something on tv where stores lure you to buy things that are eye level. A while back I was at Wally World and just bought some canned corn. A couple was beside me looking on their phone and it showed canned corn at a much cheaper price. They searched and it was on the very bottom of the shelves. I grabbed some for myself and put the other back.

In 2019 and prior it was almost comical every time I went to the grocery store how close to $100 it was for a cart full of food. I would laugh because it seemed like no matter what I filled the cart with it ranged between $96-105 per trip.


Fast forward to now and it’s $200+ and I’m watching items more closely now.

I know around here a ribeye steak went from 9 dollars a pound to 16.
The groceries are bad enough but the toilet paper and paper towels are crazy high. We shop at Walmart because it’s our only grocery store now and overall I would say a 40 percent increase shopping there. Edk

I retired under Trump's watch and things were good. We usually make one trip a month to Walmart for groceries and essentials and were spending about $250 per trip. We went last week and the same cart full was $421. A small weekly trip to our local grocery store was $30 to $40 bucks is now $60. And yes, most packages are a few ounces lighter than before.

I got to thinking about my January and February comparison in 2020 and 2024 and decided that it wasn't fair to compare WI. to FL. grocery shopping, so I just ran June and July 2020 against June and July 2023 both from WI.

June 2023 we spent $680.63 for groceries.
June 2020 we spent $850.92 for groceries.
July 2023 we spent $617.82 for groceries.
July 2020 we spent $640.69 for groceries.

Combined 2023 that is $1,298.45
Combined 2020 that is $1,491.61 or $193.16 more.

All I can chalk it up to is better coupon management, buying on sale items, buying less processed stuff and Sweetness is really good at budgeting because she knows what we save off our grocery bill goes right into savings to help pay taxes at the end of the year.

FJB

Priced toothbrushes lately?

WTF? $5 for a plain jane…

That’s been the practice for at least twenty years

Thanks Brother Doors!

Seems to me that just about everything has doubled in price.

Dave, try the dollar store brother

65% seems about right.

Trump needs to hammer the criminal Joe Biden on the failure of, "bidenomics".
My costs across the board utilities food and gasoline are just under double what they were under Trump.

Had I not gradually transitioned (since the start of Biden's fake regime) into keeping my eyes open for two-for-one deals and sale items (I never used to), my grocery bill would likely be nearly double by now. Still MUCH higher than it was under Trump, despite that. Likely about 65% more, but only due to my new focus on special deals.

Doing the actual calculations, much as I want to try to agree with the OP's narrative, he asked how YOUR (our) grocery bill has changed in four years. Yes, going out to eat is more expensive, so we eat at home more. Yes, the price of gasoline is higher, so I drive the 6 cylinder SUV more instead of the V8 truck and combine trips. But the grocery bills for what ever reason (different shopping habits is all I can figure) just are not showing an increase with actual calculations. Thinking that my four year June and July WI. grocery figures were suspect, I just ran our 2019 September and October WI. grocery spending vs. our 2023 September and October WI. spending.

September 2019 we spent $586.17 for groceries.
October 2019 we spent $582.65 for groceries.

September 2023 we spent $515.64 for groceries.
October 2023 we spent $647.30 for groceries.

Combined we spent $1,168.82 September and October 2019.
Combined we spent $1,162.94 September and October 2023.

For those two months combined that is $5.88 more in 2019 than in 2023.

Feeder calves have almost doubled around here.

Weekly Walmart / Aldi trip is up around 50%.

FJB

You spend the same, you get less product.

Even the Biden administration admits there is inflation (even though they lie about the severity).

But you want us to believe you're the only American who hasn't been affected by it?

Beef raised on the ranch, no biggy however processing has certainly gone up.
Store bought goods, definitely pushing 75% higher overall.

Fuel was 1,78 when Trump left, double that now and it has been higher. Utilities and lp eat up, and of course that raises the taxes levied on it feathering the govt.

Osky