Prices have gone up
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43130)
Staten Island, New York
October 31, 2021 10:14pm CST
We are out of sour cream, so while I was shopping at the supermarket I decided to look for it. I only buy the Friendship brand. The price has gone up. It's regular price is now over $3. Don't remember the exact amount. It happened to be on sale for $2.99 but that is still expensive, so didn't buy it.
Decided to get it at the Russian store instead as it is usually $2.49 there. Turned out it was on sale and for $1.89. That is a much better price. I was gonna get two of them but the date was November 8th, so only got one.
I was also going to get half-n-half there because it is much cheaper than in the supermarket but they were completely out. Good thing I still have some left in the fridge. Last time I bought it I grabbed the last one. I wonder when they will get the new shipment in. I am gonna run out of it soon.
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Nov 21
Even gas prices are going up. But there also seems to be a shortage of it, at least in certain gas stations.
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@Deepizzaguy (95207)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Nov 21
Food prices are higher in my area as well.
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Nov 21
The supermarket I shop at did renovations on the outside and on the inside. I wonder if that also affected the price increase.
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Nov 21
@Deepizzaguy I hope we are not going to start running out of toilet paper and soap again.
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@Deepizzaguy (95207)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Nov 21
@lovebuglena That is one of the reasons other than supplies are high in demand and there is not enough of the items for sale for the customer to buy.
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@RebeccasFarm (86942)
• United States
1 Nov 21
Yes they were totally out of half and half here at Walmart the other day.
Things are definitely getting pricey.
@RebeccasFarm (86942)
• United States
1 Nov 21
@lovebuglena I wish I had a Russian store nearby...too far away from me all of them.
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Nov 21
@RebeccasFarm do you drive?
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Nov 21
In my supermarket, there was plenty of the brand of half-n-half I get but I didn’t get it because I know the Russian store has it for much less. Yet they were out. I got it at the Russian store last Monday I think. That means they probably didn’t restock since then as shelf was empty. Even of another brand I don’t buy.
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@LadyDuck (460013)
• Switzerland
2 Nov 21
@lovebuglena It is real cream of milk, 35% fat content.
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Nov 21
@LadyDuck That's a lot of fat content.
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Nov 21
Do you mean rising prices?
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@LindaOHio (158044)
• United States
1 Nov 21
Prices are up everywhere unfortunately. Everything is getting more expensive.
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Nov 21
It’s one thing to have a slight increase in price. A whole different story to have a huge increase in price.
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@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Nov 21
I hope we are not back to the times of the height of the pandemic when supplies of certain things were limited and prices were very high for them.
@lovebuglena (43130)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Nov 21
If I buy half-n-half or sour cream I can buy more than one if it’s on sale but only if the best-by date is not nearing. If not on sale I don’t buy more than one usually unless the regular price is a good one.
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@Vree0937 (3879)
• Indonesia
2 Nov 21
@lovebuglena Yes, somehow I type wrong on above :-D
If its on sale and "best before" still long, I would like to stock up too. For fresh cream chesse, I prefer made myself. but it soooo rare to be happen
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