I thought it would be fun to start a thread on the ridiculous prices of items and/or crazy things you see going on in the stores in your neck of the woods. 2 days ago the local grocery store had a “sale” sign “get it while you still can” for a 32 oz. carton of Orange Juice @ $3.99 ... gulp ... what I consider a sale is $2.00 - $2.50. The bacon is untouchable at $8.00 - $9.00. There is still plenty of chicken and hamburger meat on display. The Bakery Dept bread went up $1.50 per loaf so I’ve been buying frozen pretzels. 25 seconds in the microwave and they are ready to eat. :yes: I was able to get a few bags of store brand flour for only 99 cents - it was a sale and the expiration date is 2023. Now comes the hard part ... I’m just not sure how to make the homemade bread. I still have to purchase yeast and find recipes. B-) Ready made frozen entrees meals used to be 5 for $10.00 and now marked 4 for $10.00. Iceberg Lettuce head is $3.99 and looks like it came off the “Ever Given” ship. 🙁 My salads now ... minus the lettuce ... is just chopped up cucumbers/ tomatoes and carrots with the dressing. Bananas are still reasonable but most of the “fresh” fruit is VERY expensive so I have to settle for the can fruit. I walked passed the corn on the cob display ... $1.00 each ... I remember when the cobs were 20 cents each. About 3 weeks ago I was at Home Depot in the plant dept ... in all the years I’ve known ... you could always, without fail, find reasonable price plants and sale bargains ... not this time ...their prices were sky high for plants that looked half dead ... you had to be VERY desperate to purchase anything that day ... 15 minute clip from Lisa .... starts at 2:44 marker point “The days of the “peanut man” (Jimmy Carter) is here, and it’s gonna get a lot worse - Fair Use - I bought gas today. At $1.55 Canadian dollars a litre, that works out to about $4.82 USD per gallon. I see just across the border in Bellingham, Washington they are averaging about $3.00 per gallon. Needless to say, we are getting massively ripped off in Canada. High gas prices = higher food prices. *Ugh* I sell for an equipment trailer manufacturer. Since January last year, our prices have gone up 18% to the dealers we supply. On top of that, steel, lumber, tires, axles, and just about everything else has gotten scarce and increased in price by historic amounts. Lumber is up 300% in some cases. I know I keep harping on the positioning of the seals, but if the state of all this across the supply chains at large isn't black horse territory, I don't know what is. shipping is affected. it was always a bit slower waiting for "island" delivery vs living on the mainland. but it used to be that appliances could be found, to purchase a floor model or shipping was a week or so away. we were looking for a new dishwasher in April. our first choice was eta mid June. second choice was mid may. we went with the may one. still waiting... Geri, i've made homemade bread and rolls many times. without the bread machine B-) if you would like, pm me. we can talk bread. we may have to start a bread thread Regina! I have made bisquits, pie crusts and rolls before but not actual loaf bread....I would be interested in your tips/trade secrets too :yes: Here you go Geri https://www.thespruceeats.com/no-knead-loaf-bread-4775105 We will need photgraphic proof after you have completed your mission! We will need photographic proof after you have completed your mission! I second that! :yes: MFATW was on Begley last night and said that within 2 weeks that food prices were going to skyrocket and that many common items would be unavailable. He also said that many farmers are not planting crops this year. When I shopped last weekend I definitely noticed two things - 1) many common items were not available - such as strawberries -- this is strawberry season and there were zero at Costco, and 2) prices are significantly higher across the board. Time to stock up on freeze dried foods? I'm conflicted as my hope is we're out of here, but there's Joseph -- should I be storing up?
And Joseph went out from Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout Egypt. During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. I have always tried to have a couple of weeks worth of stuff after living through a couple of horrendous snow storms and floods in my life but in the last year I have been stocking up a bit extra on some canned meats, dried beans, some frozen meats and paper goods....but not crazy stocking, perhaps a couple months worth, because mostly I feel in my heart that it will not be for us...but as a help and a further witness to those left behind...first to support that we knew ahead of time because of the word and the Spirit speaking Truth to our hearts and secondly that the Lord loves them and wants for them to receive salvation and He provided for them through us.
