Ensure shakes. DS2 has to drink one daily due to his ADHD meds. A box at Costco used to be $35 and now it's $48
I took my kids to McDonald's the other day. 4 kids and the bill was $50. 🤯🤯
If you eat at McDonald’s semi-frequently, I highly recommend using their app. You can earn free items….but they also have a 20% discount on orders over $10 I think, that you can use once per day, and it never expires. This usually works out better than saving up points for a free item.
I started using the rewards points to get my son ice cream , because that has gotten crazy expensive too!
We rarely get McDonalds but got the app on the recommendation the last time I complained about prices and I agree that that was worth it based on the specials I've seen there. I also got the TMobile Tuesdays app.
Ensure shakes. DS2 has to drink one daily due to his ADHD meds. A box at Costco used to be $35 and now it's $48
I took my kids to McDonald's the other day. 4 kids and the bill was $50. 🤯🤯
If you do this to help with weight gain (or maintenance), I make DS a “shake” every morning. It’s just whole milk and Carnation Instant Breakfast but he likes it. I’m sure it’s not the same amount of nutrients, but it’s a lot cheaper!
We use Native in the house but when I looked yesterday they were almost $20 each. WTF? I don't remember what it was last summer but it can't have been anywhere near that.
Pizza from chains like Dominos. We used to be able to do two large pizzas, cheesy bread, and a dessert for like $35. Now it’s closer to $55-60. And the last few times it was horrible…:cold, undercooked, wrong/missing items. Which is why we just don’t do this anymore.
I ordered dominoes and for 3 small pizzas (one being GF) and 16 wings it was $84 after all the fees and tip.
Heinz ketchup at $6 a bottle. I no longer let the kids eat it with spoons, and I save any packets we get with takeout.
Laundry detergent. I got a subscribe and save $20 bottle of All free and clear that shocked me. Now I carefully fill to obly the minimum line in the washer dispenser drawer and we switched to buying it at Walmart.
Soda. I remember when you could get 3 12-packs for $10, now a single case is $7. I guess the upside to that is I've drastically reduced my soda intake. I've actually started buying the 8oz cans, which is better for me.
2 liters used to regularly be on sale for a dollar 😩 it’s been a long time since those days
I get most stuff at Aldi but don’t love the bread. $6! for Pepperidge Farm is bonkers. Now we try to get it and snack foods at Costco because it is so much cheaper but Costco is not convenient and the sizes are a little big for us.
Pecans were $16 for a bag! I was going to make those pretzels with rolos and a pecan on top but when I saw that I was like “yeah…no fucking way “
Nuts are so expensive! I was looking at these old cookbooks and everything had so many nuts. Were nuts super cheap in the 1950-70s? They are super pricey now but even a year ago they weren’t cheap!
In happy something costs less news, I had to pick up a vial of insulin on vacation a few weeks ago and it was only $22 instead of $275!
That's great! I started getting one of my prescriptions from Cost Plus and went from paying $70 a month to $45 for a 3 month supply. It was a small victory in the grand scheme of things but a victory nonetheless.
Post by fancynewbeesly on Nov 21, 2023 21:11:20 GMT -5
Fruit. OMG. My girls eat a ton of fruit and it is so frustrating how quickly we go through it. And there aren't any "cheap" fruits lately---except bananas. Which thank god, they love bananas too.
Cereal. DD1 eats cereal for breakfast and rice Chex is like 7 dollars for a small box! And there is no actual generic one for it either.
Also I was toy shopping and there are barely good sales on toys this year for the holidays. Even the "sale prices" are still higher than the regular price a few years ago.
Post by litebright on Nov 21, 2023 21:16:51 GMT -5
Definitely fruit. I love having some berries with my breakfast and blueberries used to be the less expensive option, but the large container I used to buy for $5 or sometimes $6, which would last a week, is now $10.
Apparently in addition to inflation, there is a blueberry shortage right now because extreme heat in Peru meant that the harvest there wasn't good.
We use Native in the house but when I looked yesterday they were almost $20 each. WTF? I don't remember what it was last summer but it can't have been anywhere near that.
These are $12.99 at my Target (just looked) so I'm wondering if this is regional? I mean that's a huge difference!
I paid $41 last year for 100 Staples Christmas cards (it was a Groupon). This year I paid $56. Tf!?!?
Staples had a promo last year where if you bought 3 gift cards in store, a coupon printed on the receipt for 25 free holiday cards. I did this 3 times for 75 free cards. I am always buying gift cards there so f they run it again, I will tag you. ETA - oh, I just realized you already purchased them.
Also I was toy shopping and there are barely good sales on toys this year for the holidays. Even the "sale prices" are still higher than the regular price a few years ago.
I glanced at the Lakeshore catalog before it hit the recycling bin. They were always high, but the price some of the “cheap” plastic toys was much more than any school or childcare budget.
We use Native in the house but when I looked yesterday they were almost $20 each. WTF? I don't remember what it was last summer but it can't have been anywhere near that.
These are $12.99 at my Target (just looked) so I'm wondering if this is regional? I mean that's a huge difference!
I checked when I went today and they are $14.99 at my target
Clementines at Costco used to be $3 for a 5lb bag. Yesterday at our "cheap" grocery store they were $8.50 for a 3lb bag. Costco is like $7 now but still a 5lb bag at least. Those little bags of apples at Costco are like $6 and use to also always be $3. Bacon at Costco can go up to $17+ randomly. Bread is all $6-7 loaf.
Can you tell I almost exclusively shop at Costco? Lol.
Fruit. OMG. My girls eat a ton of fruit and it is so frustrating how quickly we go through it. And there aren't any "cheap" fruits lately---except bananas. Which thank god, they love bananas too.
Cereal. DD1 eats cereal for breakfast and rice Chex is like 7 dollars for a small box! And there is no actual generic one for it either.
Also I was toy shopping and there are barely good sales on toys this year for the holidays. Even the "sale prices" are still higher than the regular price a few years ago.
Yeah what happened to the generic cereals? I used to buy the Target generic of cinnamon Life, I actually like it better than the name brand Life, and now it doesn't exist anymore? I HATE paying more for the one I actually like less!
The boneless skinless raw chicken tenders that I buy used to be about $6 for a package a few years ago, then went up to like $9, and now are $12-$13 for the same package.
Post by cheeseplease on Nov 22, 2023 9:38:14 GMT -5
Grocery prices are out of control. I won't even bother buying some stuff anymore like chips, loafs of bread, and anything of out season. And it just KEEPS going up, when will it stop? I remember seeing a video (prob on tiktok) a few years ago of a woman buying chicken feed and she said if you think its bad now, just wait. She said that feed prices affect so much up and down the food chain.
But honestly, everything, how about something going down? Nothing I can think of. Wait, purchasing power. Down.
Post by emilyinchile on Nov 22, 2023 9:53:35 GMT -5
FI needed deodorant when we were in CA in July, and I was SHOCKED at the prices!
Here in Chile everything has also gotten so much more expensive at the grocery store, but the one that I can't get over is these pre-portioned trout pieces that more than doubled in price. I cannot imagine who on earth is buying them now!
My son eats a ton of fresh fruit. He will not eat any canned or packaged fruit or applesauce. I am glad, but it is expensive. I don't know what we would do if we didn't have an Aldi right near us. I think a lot of their prices have gotten out of control too, but their fruit is still always great to amazing when it comes to prices and it's good quality. I went to the regular grocery store this morning and I almost fainted when I saw their prices on berries.
Post by blondemoment123 on Nov 22, 2023 13:37:14 GMT -5
I just got a canned soda from the machine at work and it was $1! I could've sworn it was 75 cents last time I bought one. I know it's only a quarter, but still annoying.
Peanut Oil. We use it to fry turkeys at Thanksgiving and then our Christmas party a week later. It is $62 at Costco this year -past years it's been $35 - $42. We ended up getting a smaller container of vegetable oil at the grocery store for $32. We are going to strain the oil after Thanksgiving and reuse for the Christmas Party since it's only a week later.
I just got a canned soda from the machine at work and it was $1! I could've sworn it was 75 cents last time I bought one. I know it's only a quarter, but still annoying.