It doesn't baffle me, it honestly terrifies me that people can be so STUPID and drag you into this madness. We didn't vote for our current "President" in 2020 and we shouldn't be forced to have to pay these prices as a result.

mk ultra is one powerful tool

@@FrederickTheAnon14W I hate to break it to you but when the recession actually hits when trump takes office due to the collapse of Bidens propped economy. many of us will also lose our jobs.

@@FrederickTheAnon14Wwe’re stuck living with ppl that are basically brainwashed north korean style…many of them either live in laland or have become so resentful of politics that think both sides are crazy

You can't reason with stupid.

Same for me, from 300 to 600, and that means no more Panda Express or Burger King, haven't gone to fast food more than a few times since the beginning of COVID

Use to be $150/week, and it it’s easily $300.

$150 per week, now over $2,000 for me.

All the more reason why it's so important to save money in the best times so that when voters vote for bad people with bad ideas that either lead to unemployment or higher costs of living a person can fall back on extra cash to manage a tougher situation financially.

Same. I have always made my grocery lists based on what's on sale and planned our family's meals that way (rather than planning a menu & buying for that menu). Our grocery bill for our family of 4 has always been lower than average because of that, and it still probably is, but it's easily double what it was a year ago. What has helped is that I have always bought a little extra of frozen/non-perishable items to store in my "Armageddon Pantry" and I have been able to "shop" from that as well. But it's still insane!

well its not so much money going too ukraine thers problem lol.. problem is corrupt socialist/democrats just print more money.. making every 1ones money woth way less.. inflation is just that. goverment printing money.. its only thing ther make inflation goe wushhh

@mormacfey [hand rubbing intensifies]

And senseless wars that obidum allowed to start

Hundreds of billions in PPP loan scams, trillions in lower wages due to increased cheap labor supply form illegal economic opportunists, hundreds of billions wasted on pointless wars and student loan forgiveness, tens of billions wasted just in CA on government scams that pretended to fix the homeless problem, and so on. So much government corruption and waste. And yet people think the answer is always to give them more taxes

Yeh I can tell whenever they handed me new dollar bills at the grocery stores

4 years? Try 111 years

@@geoxeph You get it! 👍

Oh you! 😂

It's the greedy corporations actually. And if you think this happens only in the US you are very wrong.

Har, har. You're so funny.

Well played, well played.

@@Ragnar452totally nothing to do with policies the leftists put in place. Bwahahahaha dumas

1999 = NO inflation 2024 = INFLATION and UNAFFORDABLE EVERYTHING! I wanna go home, to 1999!

I feel that. I was spending about $200 a month on groceries in 2019. Now it's nearly that every week, for two people. My spending habits haven't changed.

I saved almost 10k under Trump. Paycheck to paycheck for years under Biden. I don't understand how people could vote for this administration. Edit: I'm a skilled tradesman with a wife and 3 children. We make about 8k to much a year for welfare benefits. Hard to look at myself in the mirror knowing I've perfected my craft and it still can't take care of my family.

@@EffyaLifestyle same boat, man. I went from having a couple grand in the bank and about 5k invested to nearly overdrafted and working two jobs. Wife works too.

Damn my comments were removed?

Oh man, a lot of us on the east coast have heating oil. $1.75 per gallon under president Trump. That gallon is now %3.75 per gallon, IF you can afford to buy 400+ gallons at a time. It's over $4 if you can only afford 100 or so gallons. My house is 55° all winter long.

My car insurance went from 375 to 500 dollars and I called my insurance company and they admitted that I was getting all of the safe driver discounts due to not having had an accident or ticket in some years and that 500 dollars was their CHEAPEST rate due to INFLATION.

@mormacfey I did get a 50% pay increase by switching jobs. Inflation still hits hard. And for all that tough talk- INFLATION comes down, the prices won't go all the way back down, nor will the sizes of products return to normal. However, we definitely saw prices come down when Trump was in office because we were energy independent and fuel prices decreased.

I haven't noticed any substantial difference in any bills. Electricity and gas actually went down for me.

You can -thank- půņ ċ ħ a Democrat for that.

Can you elaborate on what exactly increased in price so much?

@@myquestforfaith409 meat, veggies, fruit and even simple things such as toilet paper have gone up a lot. The processed foods (cereal, hamburger helper, etc) went up but not as much. The quality and quantity of the foods have dropped a lot as well.

@@benerval7 You are saying your costs increased by more than 500% over four years. I have Walmart receipts from 2020 and I haven't found one item that has even come close to doubling. I know meat has gotten more expensive, but steaks didn't increase from $10 to $60 per pound and chicken isn't $12 per pound. How on earth do you get those numbers?

@@myquestforfaith409 thats what i am spending. Am i comparing pound for pound? No.. logic would suggest going from 5 down to 2 people would require smaller quantities. Now I did add two dogs to my house....but that is just a 44 pound bag of food every few weeks.. i doubt they are the reason. We eat healthier these days so our fruits and veggies have increased....but again we dropped from 5 to 2 people eating. You can check your math. going from 300 to 700 bucks is NOT a 500% increase. It more than doubled.....but not 500%.

​@@benerval7 You started out paying $300 for five people ($60 per person). Now you're paying $700+ for two people ($350 per person). If no cost increase had occurred, you would have expected to pay $120 per month ($60 per person) when the kids left, not $700+. If your kids stayed and you paid the $350 per person you pay now, your monthly cost would be $1,750+ per month. That is nearly a 500% increase per person. Of course it's not that high if you just use the monthly totals, but they don't tell the whole story (the expected decrease in quantity from fewer people). The only explanation for the increase in total amount (133% to $700+) while buying for 60% fewer people is you are buying much, much, much higher quality and more expensive food, which is completely your choice and has nothing to do with inflation or the government.

I went from roughly 450 to now over 1,100 for the same items. I eat the same things every day… oatmeal in the morning, mixed vegetables and buckwheat for lunch, fruit as snacks, and some sort of beef for dinner, rump roast or something.

We're cutting waaaayyy back. I can't afford to shop at trader joes.

I’m in the same boat brother. Also a disabled vet but I have a dog. Our bills are almost exact. No way could I afford Trader Joe’s. This time of year I’m usually camping or at the beach. Can’t go anywhere, after bills and food for us I can’t afford anything extra. It sux not being able to do anything. The Obama administration has destroyed the middle class. I can’t watch anymore news on Biden, gets me angry and my BP way up 😡

Extra laundry soap is pretty good and isn't expensive. Some people use wood pellets as cat litter. They say it works well and is cheaper. Good luck brother.

Same..We went from $200 to $350 for the exact same groceries 4 years ago.

The Democrat Party & their partners in crime the elected RINOs. They share the blame.

Oh no, not Democrats... More like DEVILcrats!

It's America. It likely won't happen because they'll cry that it goes against the First Amendment.

Biden was selected not elected.

We should also be angry at the do nothing Republicans who didn't listen to the majority of voters who think the election was stolen and did nothing to investigate

Your health will thank you for it

Try batch cooking and freezing. Then you can take a break occasionally. It is great having your own convenience food! You can buy big #10 cans of things like beans and tomatoes at club stores and restaurant supply stores. Even Walmart has an institutional section.

Tell me about it. I'm disabled and having to cook every meal is killing me. I have problems standing for extended periods of time and even if I sit and rest while something simmers, etc by the time I'm done cooking I'm in so much pain I have to lay down for a bit before I eat or I get sick.

@@secretsiren6769 but you will have absolutely no happiness. Just like the Dem voters.

Cook and freeze your meals one day of cooking and the rest of the week you can put your feet up.

When I was a kid in the 70s in Minnesota, my parents had a huge garden in the back yard. My mom canned beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, we had corn, radishes, beans, peas, rhubarb, carrots, strawberries, raspberries, potatoes, onions..... 5 growing boys eat alot, so my parents knew how to be frugal.

I have 5 kids and live in CA. Yes, I spend well over 1000 a month on groceries and I hardly buy any processed foods.

@@Lopez-sw2xf I believe you. Especially in California. Newsome is robbing y’all blind. California used to be the richest state in the Union. Now it’s bankrupt.

I think a big part of the problem is time…I can understand why a family would need to buy some processed frozen dinners ect. Just for reference my commute is 3-4 hours daily + 8 hours that is 12 hours 5 days a week. The sad part is the affordable homes are not close to decent paying jobs. If there’s a will there’s a way I try to cook 2xs a week and over cook then use the leftovers into new meals but if I have to work over 8 I’m def eating processed shit sadly

@@kirataylor4981 I understand all too well, however with proper planning and budgeting, on the days you cook you can do up multiple meals for the week ahead, some or portions that can be refrigerated and others frozen. There are lots of videos for getting ideas from people who do this. You can make your own breakfast burritos and freeze them, or any type burrito for that matter. Wraps can be made up ahead of time. Make your own bread for sandwiches. Make frozen dinners that you can pop in the microwave and oven. Learn to can. There’s lots of things you can do on the day you set aside to cook since time is precious. It just takes desperation on your part to make it happen.

Sadly, we've not even begun to feel all the inflation that's coming, and Trump can't do shit about it. He will correct course, get a few things to come down. But overall prices will continue to rise. Biden fucked up gas prices forever. That deal with Saudi Arabia we've had for your entire lifespan--Biden let that die. Gas prices will never really go back = everything else stays pricey.

Then you buy the wrong items.

It's the middle men and large conglomerates making everything more expensive. Grocery stores operate on the slimmest of margins....1 to 2%........

@@FUGP72Oh good grief. You people complain about other buying processed foods and you complain that the original commenter is only buying fresh food. Yall are a piece of work. 🙄

Unfortunately, once prices go up, they rarely ever come down again.

You spelled “Demonrat” wrong.

As a single man I love on 200$ monthly for food 😮

These are the end times and this is why it's happening all over the world. Seek Christ if you want to be saved and accept Him as your Lord and Savior because He's coming back soon

@@JesusLovesEVERYTHING Amen! I love Jesus. I have lived a full life and I have had so many incredible supernatural experiences in my life. I know He is God and He loves me so much. He has blessed my life and is the only way I can afford to eat these days. He provides. "Tired of this place" My eyes are set on the blessed hope. See you there!!

@@givemeliberty700 Yeah I remember those days lol. What is crazy is that we don't buy snacks or wasteful products...This is just for basics! Crazy~ Man, I used to work in kitchens for years and years and was responsible for food ordering in many establishments, kept the food cost low, so my spending is super dialed in. We have recently switched in the last few months to bulk meat orders, bundles. This has saved us quite a bit! Cuts the protein cost in half.

...and to be at that $400, you have probably made concessions and are shopping smarter, using coupons, and buying off brand products...I know I don't buy name brand bleach, laundry detergent, soap, etc since Briben tanked the economy...

Yeah , I shop for 4 and I would never buy pre-made meals and all the extras he didn't need

The media is trying to oust Biden and put someone else in they think will have a better chance before the main election delivers Trump's 2nd term. If he holds on these stories will start to disappear if Biden holds onto his spot once the main election starts.

Oh no

If only voters would stop being so easily brainwashed by the political parties into voting for their boys...

We'll make a loaf of bread cost $50 boys, just give it four more years!!!!!!

Fck Biden & Trump tbh. Reminder they all work for the same corporations behind closed doors.

if you had lived else where tho -- it would have gone up

I hope you're not voting for the same policies that drove you out of CA.

@@kelf114 And here I thought we were getting along so well. Why would you see the need to insult me.😃

My whole chickens went from about $4 each to north of $7. It is crazy that my chicken salad dinner last night cost about $35 when it used to be a $10-$15 meal.

Funny I still buy 20lb bags of frozen chicken keg quarters every 12 weeks at Sav a lot for under $10

Anything over 35 ish percent increase is gouging. A lot of companies know everyone expects things to cost more but have no idea how much more they should cost. So they gouge on prices to take advantage.

If we all go back to subsistence farming, we won't need to worry about tax. The future is the past. What a wonderful economy

When you to decide to point a gun at the IRS and have a stand off with the local police.

How many people would it take to refuse to pay taxes before they couldn’t do anything about it? 10 million? 20? They don’t have the prisons to hold anywhere near that many and trying to seize and sell off all that assets of 20m Americans would be a death sentence to the political career of anyone who attempted it.

@@JohnSmith-op7ls only 3% of the population would cripple the government.

Try not paying taxes and see what happens to you.

wow, that's a very real man thing to do

I remember when I visited the U.S. in the eighties how cheap everything was in the States compared to the U.K. its the opposite now

I have a medication I need to take three times a day with meals. I've dropped my meals to once a day due to food prices and retired income here too. I tried to explain this to my doctor recently.....blank stare.

Try going to a food pantry,

Tripled

Mine has tripled and I'm buying less....

​@@tacticalmattfoleyexact same here

Prices went up, but grocery budgets did not for most people.

My bill tripled and I’ve only gotten at 57 dollar bi-weekly raise in the past 2 years. So I’m using credit cards to buy food. WTF…

the neighbors' cats and dogs are options :)

I have it on good authority that rodents can be rather tasty if prepared right.

And, a lot of the food is inferior quality compared to several years ago. Tasteless, or loaded with garlic and black pepper to hide that fact.

@@tulanzuya Very true, and it’s not just people loosing their taste and smell from Covid causing it! You’re right the food is minimal quality!

Since when are there uneducated people left that fall for the "organic is healthier" bullshit? I literally thought everybody stupid enough to still think that died from Darw1insin related causes long ago. I guess there are a few fucking idiots left though. Seriously WHY wouldn't you get an education? Why would you want to be literally less than worhtless your entire life? Don't you WANT there to be some time where someone is happy you exist? Or do you love your loneliness?

The 70s and 80s were like this and worse....people have forgotten.

No fruits, veg, meats or any real food. Processed junk food with an "organic" fancy name. Where's the nutrition?

@@lisakadel6134 the point is that prices have reached luxury levels to eat better you incompetent bitch

THIS. My family home is paid off… originally bought in 2005 for $125k.. it’s now worth $400k.. for a basic ass HOA one story, 3 bedroom home… property taxes doubled.

@@Crowski "you will own nothing and you will be happy..."

LMAO this is probably the funniest comment I've seen all year. I'm stealing it, respectfully.

Good one!

Opened borders, thank you Biden!

Biden sucks

"Allegedly"

Same here.

It's upper middle, it's nowhere near cost effective.

Its owned by Aldi's, so some of that reputation carries over. Honestly, Trader Joe's feels like a cheaper version of Whole Foods, so its like a Aldi's version of whole foods.

@@Thunder.Sizzle Cheaper than Whole Foods still does not make Trader Joe's cheap. There are far cheaper places to shop where I live.

It isn't even just that it was Trader Joes. It was also WHAT he bought. Everything he bought had a cheaper alternate right next to it on the shelf.

Urinated States of America. Where all prodcuts that are made there are NOT allowed inside the EU because of shit they put inside of it.

Years ans years late to the oarty. Was always a thing for over a decade.

It's only perceived that way due to the Whole Foods effect. Snoody folks who brag about getting their stuff at whole foods, sprouts, ect instead of a non chain small town grocery store. A lot of the small groceries actually buy homegrown actual organic stuff from locals and resale it at normal prices.

Organic isn’t any healthier. It’s just a marketing term

Dix organic isn't healthier and a lot of time it's not actually organic. The rules for being able to slap that sticker on is shady at best.

I also only eat meat 2 or 3 times a month. Oh well, that many less animals have to die for my dinner. What a miserable world where some creatures slaughter other creatures and eat their flesh. Gruesome.

Our current President's motto is everyone else first, America last!

Sure, but that grocery list was ridiculous. Avocados and complaining about cost? They're not cutting if they're still buying avacados

... $200 for me weekly

At least you don't have to deal with mean tweets

Many days I'll just have 2 decently sized meals per day and at night my third meal will be 1 apple 1 banana a yogurt and a glass of milk.

I've literally never been inside one. Seems like a Kommiefornia thing to me. In fact I can't even distinguish them from Natural Grocers. Either ShartMart or Kroger for me.

There is a chain of grocery stores in my area called CUB Foods. I usually go to Walmart for groceries, but I thought I would go there instead since they have a larger variety of items. Anyways, I was looking at the frozen pizzas and saw they had Totino's pizzas for $2.99 and I just had to laugh. Those pizzas were just $1.50 a year ago at the same store, and $1.24 at Walmart (which now sells them for $1.99). You need to get it through your head, though---This is all by design. The US Public is being conditioned to blame Liberals for all of our problems, including the economy and social division, making it easier for Trump to be seen as the man who will save us from Liberal Marxist ideologies and policies.

@@JacobPaul-ix7ocoh. You’re stoopid. Ok then. In fact, it is the libtards fault. Through their policies. Derp

Walmart is up 21-23 bill in profits since you know who got in.

@@edwardabeason9990Aldi owns Trader Joes. The basics are reasonably price but the specialty items is where you pay out the ass for.

Its called "pumping." Water is injected into the meat.

Yeah minimum

My condolences. I remember trying to keep the house stocked for teens. Don't feed their friends, because they will literally eat you out of house and home. As the old saying goes. It's like mogwai...

How about those property taxes too?

Non-bidonary 😂 I love it!

LOL!

eah we have 4 and go to aldis. Trade joes is wayyyy overpriced.

Trader Joe's is a cost effective option. 😂😂 Vallarta is actually cost effective.

Especially when they are getting all prepared meals.

Trader Joe's is owned by aldi

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Buying prepared meals in grocery stores cost a lot 3 years ago too.

True, but we can't ignore that they're choosing to buy things like steak, shrimp and frozen meals. I'm not saying these prices are great, but to be honest they seem better than at Walmart even. For just a household of two, I believe I spent roughly $240. The only meat on that bill was 1lb. of ground beef. We don't buy frozen meals and more than half of our list is produce. Other things include pasta, rice, maybe some eggs and milk, home essentials like TP. Compared to this person's list we're VERY conservative but it still cost an arm and a leg. This $240 spent was also enough for about a week and a half, two max.

@@xtaytoex this. I feel this so much. Most of my cart is filled with water, veggies, condiments, seasonings, various ingredients and two choices of meats for the week. I usually go to dollar stores for home essentials like cleaning products and butt paper.

@@FUGP72No they didn’t lmfao.

@@xtaytoexOh my god how dare people not want to live like peasants.

Yes. Trump will personally make your steak cheaper 😂😂😂😂

It's not 30 day of food...it's a week and half.

@@gladyswilliams1148 no kidding. It’s 10 days and that’s how I did the math and expanded that figure out to 30 days. Maybe you should do the math as well. 🤷‍♂️

Took me a minute😄🥲

​@@whytho1690 me too! 😂

Too few people realize that's the major source of all the price hikes we're seeing. Biden axed domestic energy production on day 1. Trump's economy was so robust because the refineries were going full steam, gas was cheap, and that meant goods could be processed and shipped for less. Biden is directly responsible for not only outrageous governmental misuse of taxpayer money, but deliberately cutting off America's energy-based prosperity, knowing full well what that would mean for the average American. Then he uses up the Strategic Oil Reserve to partially cover up his incompetence, and goes to the Saudis to beg them to lower their oil prices. I wish Trump would say more about this and place a lot more blame on Biden for destroying our economy the way he has.

I just bought two for .99c at food for less yesterday.

Single mothers driving the price up...

Amen to this.

^This.

This is 100% true. My daughter (10) started cooking classes last summer and now she loves making dinner for the family out of whatever is in the pantry and it's all surprisingly good. She makes a really good beef broth based soup with carrots, onions and brocolli that's excellent among other things. Feeds our family of 4 for about $10 if we shop savvy for the other ingredients, is super tasty and is filling and is helping me lose weight.

And prepare for regular food poisoning.

I guess even as a 35 yr guy I should be glad I don't have any kids because they cost a fortune especially with today's inflation.

Kids..stay the fuck in school so you re not literally less than worthless to society like Jonny boy here. Imagine being a grown ass adult and stil lfalling for the "Organic is healthy" bullshit? Why would you CHOOSE to be uneducated and lonely your whole life? To go through so many decades knowing nobody will ever want you to exist.. All because every day you do, you are a burden to society since learnin' was too hard and welfare was good enough for your momma so it would be god enough for you.

Honestly organic foods are a racket. Nutritionally they aren't really all that much better than the normal non-organic produce, but you're paying 20-50% more depending on what it is. I mean yeah it's nice to know they didn't use certain pesticides and stuff, but honestly it's kinda like the 'natural flavors' you read on the ingredients box where it's basically the same chemicals just derived from different sources.

@@shred1894 Don't forget about the hormones and stuff, too.

Facts. But. Joe has to make sure that Ukraine doesn’t tell the truth about his crack addicted son.

Us

Exactly. It’s the money printing…. Trump spent a ton of money too.

@@graveyarddoji9620 Our Money printing has been going on since the Federal Reserve Bank was started. Definitely blame both parties.

did you see the video of that guy had 125 bill 2 years ago and a reorder was $400. Wally world doesnt do many sales so very relavant. eg i could do the same a Publix but have major sales and could double the next week.

Stop having a lot of kids.

​@@crystalwater505Thank them for creating the people who are going to pay your social security.

@@JuliaPatterson-sc1st Lol.

Nope. It split into 2 separate companies before either popped up in the US.

Same parent company, but different clientele. Aldi's is a little bit cheaper.

Two separate companies. Aldi Nord is one company which happens to control Trader Joe’s. Aldi Sud controls the Aldi grocery stores branded Aldi in the US. They split a long time ago.

@@Nuthing_but_the_TruthNo name brands unless you hit a good day and you might find real coke or Lay’s chips.

Aldi's stores are lot more affordable though. In fact I've found them to be more affordable than Walmart, Costco, anyone really.

I am now making what my dad was making before he retired at 62. My mortgage is 700 more than his for a house of similar price and while he has money in the bank, I'm living paycheck to paycheck frequently

And we're being robbed by our government to give money to people who hate us.....

The agenda is to break the middle class and widen the gulf between us and them

It blows my mind that people who hold government offices know less about economics than you or me. I never went to no big fancy school to learn economics and I assume you didn't either, but yet we are more knowledgeable on economics and what will happen when/if they do raise the minimum wage. I remember a few years ago when our "President" tried to raise the nationwide minimum wage to 15$ and I was relieved when it got shot down, because I KNEW what raising the minimum wage would do, and it ended up happening in California over 20$.

I don't understand how some folks don't understand this.

​@@FrederickTheAnon14Wthat should be a requirement to be a government official.

The focus over the past 10 yrs should have been building more affordable housing even if it was partially or fully funded by the government at the same time the minimum wage should have been left alone allowed to rise more gradually according to what the market dictates.

@@FrederickTheAnon14W And businesses are closing because of it!

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who don't understand that out of control government spending causes massive inflation. Let's throw more money overseas. And add on millions more people who shouldn't be here for government freebies.

@@paule4566 That's pretty much why they got rid of the gold and silver so they could no longer be restricted by needing to hold gold reserves. Ever since the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 inflation has been over 8000 %. Not entirely sure where some people have been, I guess not paying attention.

​@@Particle_GhostThe way to make gold was first discovered in 1941. If there is a way they will print it look at the back of a 1d bill for answers.

So what they are spending is about average for a family that size. Cut out most of the processed and ready made foods, the bill will be less.

Don't have so many kids.

Thank you for pointing that out!

Prices are still up 3x it was in 2020 even if you shop in the "cheaper places" what he bought is less important than the cost of each item

@@Bossman-pg8kk I'm not sure why some are not understanding the fact that the content of the shopping basket is irrelevant. It's the prices compared to 3 years ago that is the subject here. Complaining about what he bought or ought to be buying instead is a whole other subject.

I'll just use the bugs to catch some tasty fish.

​@mormacfeylazy people do not get higher salary.

My daily costs went from about 10 a day for food and drinks to 15. I just had to give up that 10 target. It wasnt feasible anymore. Last week I made a salad bowl, spent 13 bucks on just basic stuff like lettuce, cucumber, some tomatoes, a can of olives and a can of tuna.

Exactly! My utilities have went up about 30% year over year for the last three years. My county went and reassessed all the home values earlier this year to the new, highly speculative values then decided to raise our millage by 32% afterwards. My car and homeowners insurance has over doubled in the last few years without a claim or traffic violation. I made very good money at a very young age working oil and gas, I invested wisely and was able to semi-retire at 35 and just a few years later I am sitting here rethinking my decision to do so. Between my Roth and 401k I have nearly 2.5 million, and still earning, that I cannot really touch without penalty until I'm 65 but my other assets and should have easily carried me for the next 30 years. And anyone curious how someone so young could have that much, my 401k matched up to 9% and I was putting 14% of my $120-$180k since the DOW stock market high was around 12,000 but is nearly at 40,000 today. My truck and car payment are $400 a month combined. My house is paid off. Between my wife and I we have over $5,000 a month in passive income, more if you consider trading on the market as "passive". There is absolutely no reason why we should be feeling the pinch but we absolutely do. This isn't to say that we are hurting like so many people are, but it has absolutely had an effect on us. I genuinely feel bad for the average person making the average wage just trying to tread water in this economy.

Keep in mind. The "Official" inflation rate does NOT include the cost of food and energy. Pretty sure that is done for a reason.

They're feeding them processed junk food like substances. Worse they're paying the premium for "Organic" processed junk. Buy actual food, plan meals, learn to cook. Use all of it, use the veg trimmings to make veg stock/ratatouille, meat left overs to make meatier stocks even soups, It's trivial to make a light bolognese sauce that can become a keema curry, then turn into a chill con carne, all are freezable all are suitable for an everything stew. Aim for zero food waste and zero food packaging waste and they'll slash their bill. Yes, they'll eat simpler more staple food, but that's the whole point. A treat is supposed to be a treat, not some shit you decide to eat everyday because your parents are too lazy to tell you no, you can't have pre-packed tamales today even if you think it's your favourite. Spoilt brats, the lot of them, including the parents.

What's actually weird is that you somehow think this is victim shaming. They put it out there don't forget. They chose to buy that rubbish and then moan about it on the internet. Here's a wake up call self indulgent pigs: You *DO* have a choice, you're just too lazy to make it.

​@@yafu2599just an FYI, I do a lot of these things. Everything is still extremely more expensive. Complaining about a qualify of living we've had in our first world country getting demolished by a single administration, is rightly able to be complained about. You seem like a person who takes pride in blaming themselves for outcomes, always can "do better". That's cool. Still doesn't bring back my $100 grocery bill that'd last me 2 weeks. Even when we stretch it with with food-use knowledge. The reality is, no one had to do this prior. We weren't "spoiled" it was a standard of our countries living for decades. We were better than, having to eat gizzard. When we're being fed bugs, you'll be the person going, "LOOK! IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE EXTRA THORAX TO GO LONGER YOU'LL NEED TO CUT HERE!" That's awesome man, but we use to eat steak for 4$ a pound. That's not being spoiled, that's comparing a better time of our country to now, and honestly talking about the differences. But, thanks for making our rations go longer while being condescending. We know, we all needed more pompous neighbors feeling high and mighty over being able to ration their FOOD. You think what you know is common knowledge, as someone who also knows, it isn't. That's pretty obvious.

⁠​⁠@@Sketchy-- you guys are having 2 different arguments. You seem to be writing that regardless of the circumstances, EVERYTHING isn’t as good as it was before. I don’t think many people would disagree with that. Yafu seems to be writing that, yes…times are worse now than they were, but the receipt person certainly isn’t helping the situation by their own choices. Times ARE tough, so maybe be smarter about your cooking/grocery shopping, and the receipt would not have to sting AS MUCH. You can BOTH be correct.

@@yafu2599 TJs premade meals are actually pretty healthy. Aldis are horrible. Aldis has great GF pizza that is pretty healthy though.