Sticker shock at the grocery store

Oh I know I've seen some things go up but a few others things go down, it surprises me actually. Milk here as gone down by $.60 in the past month. It was up to $4.19 a gallon and now it's down to $3.59 so go figure. Just when you think you figured things out they change it on you I have though with some things once I saw the price put it back. I buy cheap, whenever possible. I go with generic or sale items first. If it's something we need though what choice do you have? You can only get around so much. We do have to eat after all and they know it.

There were some economists on television discussing the poor first quarter returns for retail. People are just not buying clothes, shoes, household goods, etc. unless absolutely necessary. The experts agreed that commodities were going to "save our economy" so we would see lots of price increases in all the things that keep us poor, like food and utilities. The groceries are out of sight Milk, cereal, eggs are all noticeably higher. I use my savers card and coupons. Unless it is something absolutely necessary, I will not purchase the item that has gone way up in price and wait for it to go on sale. If it means changing my recipe a little bit, that's o.k. or I will substitute a different ingredient.

I have changed what food goes in my shopping cart. Several foods are just to high for me to buy. I'm buying less meat, as its higher every single week. The one item that has been lower is milk and I'm lactose intolerant, so I can't take advantage of this savings.

Wheat, Rice, Milk. All the prices have gone up and not just a little but a lot. Last December I could get a 50 pound bag of wheat for around $13 today I got some at the store for $25 and that was on sale. The price of lifes necessitys has gone up so much we are all in for a shock some way or another. Lots of farmers are swithcing from growing food to growing things to make bio fuel and the prices of farm things are shooting up faster then anything else. I buy what I need and it is still cheaper to buy wheat then to buy junk food so I bought it.

while i am not a fan of canned beets, i have noticed most of the prices of grocery items are skyrocketing (how come my paycheque isnt too???) anyways, we will just have to have a bigger garden this year!

I have definately put things back on the shelf at the grocery store once I got a look at the price. It's getting harder and harder to stay on budget with ym grocery bills. I shop at the "no-frills" store that had cheaper prices, rather than the pretty supermarket. It's super crowded so lot of people must be having the same thoguht. At least becuase of that the meat and producemove pretty quickly and are very fresh. It's get so crowded thoguh that my boyfriend and I do out food shopping first thing in the morning. If you wait until after 10am, forget it. You can't even move your cart!

The thing that I noticed jumping in price was milk. Yep - still buy it anyway. Don't know what else to do about that. I did get some powdered milk to use when I cook now.