Too Little For Too Much...  

It is sad how the prices keep going up.
Even with people loosing jobs, and businesses
cutting back, the prices still go up. I only
buy what I need. I buy a few comfort foods but
nothing like I did before the crunch.

We have cut back on everything. The prices are just too high. We don't buy things like we used to. We don't drive like we used to. It is hard to make ends meet. It does seem that each time I go to the store the prices have been raised just a little bit higher. It is very frustrating.

I agree, it seems every couple of days the things we usually buy go up at least a few cents and the pkg volume gets smaller. My grocery bill has doubled in the past year and I am not buying as much of the things we really like. Those are more of a treat than a staple now.

I am starting a vegetable garden this year so I can at least save on some produce. Also won't have to worry as much about diseases that are becoming so prolific lately.

And I go out of my way (a bit) to shop at WalMart in KY since they have no sales tax on food items. TN is outrageous at almost 10 % tax.

I can't believe how high groceries have gotten, either. The news is full of people saying they want consumers to buy more, but how can we when prices are already above what we can afford and just keep going higher?

I remember when I first got married way back in 1973, we budgeted $25 a week for groceries for the two of us. That bought a lot of food, too, including cuts of meat we gave up eating a long time ago. My husband always remarks that it used to be you'd have to wait in line at the meat counter, but now there's never anyone there. That shows that others aren't buying much of the expensive stuff, either.

We try to stick to eating whole foods, and we buy those that are on sale if possible. We keep on wearing the same old clothes. One of our cars is a 1992, and that's what my husband drives to work every day. We've never made big bucks, but even while we were raising our family, our budget was never as tight as it is today. It's appalling how little you can buy for a whole lot of money.

and it's going to get worse..not better..famine is just around the country even for us.

My daughter used to buy a lot of prepared, just stick it in the oven, meals but with groceries getting so high she can't afford that now. She also used to run out of food before the end of the month. We do get food stamps but she was still having a hard time making it. I took over most of the grocery shopping after I moved up here and started stocking up on staples when they were on sale and now we are doing better.

We just got a notice yesterday though that our food stamps were being reduced by about 100.00. The only thing that has changed is my raise in my disability which was no where near 100.00. I have never figured out why the government gives with one hand and takes away with the other.

prices are awful here toplus are sales tax is 9.75 & that soon adds up to. i drive over to ky. which is about 10 miles awy & u don't have to pay any taxes on food & just 6.74 on other things, i really think it pays me to over there.gas is always at least 10 cents cheaper to. i buy my cigarettes over there anyways because thet are alot cheaper than tennessee' s. i try to cut corners wherever i can but it's not easy. of course it's just me here. i don't see how big families afford to feed themselves.

hi twoey the prices are rising here too but it doesnt affect us too much. First because like you we shop at Aldi and Lidl more than other places and get quality for a still reasonable price even veggies now in wintertime.
We live quite healthy (okay hubbys main food sin is salami sausage)and I am proud of him for being a thrifty shopper most of the time.

Funny same type thing happened to me yesterday.I bought a package of sausage
(5 sausages in pkg) for supper 6.99, bottle Gaviscon liquid, Motrin tabs and a small tube of ointment and when she said 56.45 I nearly died. I went over the reciept and it was right. The Gaviscon liquid was 15.00 and the ointment blew me away it was 9.00 and if you could see the size of the tube, about the size of my baby finger. The doctor told my husband to use Motrin instead of Advil for arthritis and they were 24.00 then tax. Doesn't take long and I really don't know what people are going to do soon.

have you seen the $14 chicken yet?
we have a discount place,i can get some foods there,but not meat except canned.
i just do the best i can,everything's gone up.
first the stores claimed prices were rising due to gas,now they're saying it's cause their property taxes went up.i suspect it's only gonna get worse.