Everything is so Expensive These Days

They do seem to be going higher. I try to pay attention to what is on special

Unfortunately, Food prices are crazy anymore. Makes it really hard to know what you expect to pay anymore. Especially when your Grocery $$ like for me, depends on how my sales are going to what I can afford to buy. Wish food prices could become more stable.

Yes, it's getting so that I can barely feed myself let along those who depend on me. My DIL and her little girl who were living with me have moved into her mom's so that my future DIL can be here, safe, and deliver her baby when it is time. So I have one less mouth to feed for a few more days then the new baby will hopefully be fed naturally. Good for her, good for her mom, and good for my budget! Everything has gone up, especially meat. I eat less meat and poultry now which is not good for my weight control. Other protein forms like beans have more carbs which means I have more trouble maintaining my weight, forget about losing any! I use turkey in place of hamburger a lot and buy old, half price rotisserie chickens. They are cheaper than buying a whole chicken and already cooked so I don't use utilities to cook it. We are eating more homemade soups because it's just a more pleasant and tasty way to get vegetables (I don't like hardly any of them) and it uses less meat. Dairy products are ridiculous. And I have had to quit buying, for the time being, my favorite free range eggs because they cost over $5 a dozen. Now I have to use eggs from tortured, inhumanely housed hens. I wonder where it will stop? I used to think those stories about seniors eating cat food were fictional but now I'm not so sure I won't be in the same situation!

I do 99% of my grocery shopping at Costco. Not long ago milk jump from $3.96 for 2–gallons to $5.16 for the same 2-gallons in a week's time. But now it has dropped down to $3.76 for the 2–gallons. Prices do seem to be creeping up, though.

Noticed that what you could buy five years ago can fit in one packet instead of five!

I've noticed here as I do most the shopping. Meats are always high, but around the holidays they usually have good sales. Milk was $3 just 2 years ago, now its $4. Drives me nuts.

Yes everything is so overpriced nowadays and the prices keeps on increasing from year to year. The prices of vegetables have soared up in my country. We just can't buy the same quantity as we used to.

I haven't shopped since the beginning of June so I'll check out the prices when I finally go. I hope the rise in prices isn't too bad.

Prices on food just keeps going up.

I use coupons and I try to buy things when they are on sale. We never eat red meat, but it is extremely expensive. I grow tomatoes, peppers, garlic, onions, zucchini, parsley, basil, sage and rosemary in my garden.

yes,they are getting expensive.Not sure this is the time of the year or not

'tis ridiculous the price fer goods these days ('n rent/utlities, etc) 'n they do such coz they can get by with 't. do ya recall when all goods prices went through the roof whilst gas was so high?? nary a soul went down'n their prices once the 'crisis' 'twas o'er though, now did they? crooks... the hubs does the shoppin' these days's i can't hold out to do such. i quit givin' him coupons coz he'll not use 'em. i nearly fainted this past week when he brought home him some pork ribs. $11.98 fer 2 1/2 lbs worth.

@suziecat7 - As to food prices going up, it is noticeable that the food still goes down once it is onto those plates and bowls on the table. -Gus-

Food prices are definitely on the rise where I live. Luckily there are fruit trees and vegetables planted on our land.