ECON Report food and grocery price increases/shortages here: 2021 Edition

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Sleeping Cobra

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"In an attempt to eliminate fossil fuels, this legislation would impose a “fee” on all methane emissions, including in our agriculture industry. We all know that a fee is just a tax and that consumers are the ones who will pay for it. The tax is estimated to cost $6,500 per dairy cow, $2,600 per head of cattle, and $500 per swine each year. That is more than what the animals are worth, it’ll run ranchers out of business."

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helen

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A two-pack of Walmart Equate brand canned chicken was under $4 but went over $4 not too long ago. I used their app and got a case of 12 cans (six two-packs) for just under $20.

Weird thing is, I couldn't pick it up at the store. It has free shipping, and it must be shipped to your address.

I'm moving toward emptying my refrigerator and freezer and going with things that don't need refrigeration. At least until summer next year.
 
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parsonswife

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helen said:
A two-pack of Walmart Equate brand canned chicken was under $4 but went over $4 not too long ago. I used their app and got a case of 12 cans (six two-packs) for just under $20.

Weird thing is, I couldn't pick it up at the store. It has free shipping, and it must be shipped to your address.

I'm moving toward emptying my refrigerator and freezer and going with things that don't need refrigeration. At least until summer next year.
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Doing this because of tech stop?
 
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Barry Natchitoches

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SouthernBreeze said:
We've tried several different methods over the years, and nothing seems to work good for us. We gave up trying a few years ago. The last time we tried, we planted directly into the ground in a prepared section of our garden. Plants were beautiful. When it came time to harvest them, to our dismay, some insect or something had eaten holes in every single potato we dug up. The whole crop was ruined. The potatoes looked like Swiss cheese.
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SB, my soil and climate are very similar to yours, since we are practically neighbors anyway.

Potatoes might be easy for folks in other parts of the country to grow, but in our area - it is next to impossible. Our soil is too heavy, for one thing. Too much clay, too little sand.

On top of that, the southern climate is just not condusive to growing taters.

I had a minimal amount of success mixing soil especially for potatoes and then growing them in barrels especially designed to grow potatoes vertically, instead of down in the ground.

But it was too much trouble for the yield I got.

So I went back to growing my potatoes the old fashioned way: on the produce aisle at Kroger. Carrots too.
 
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Sleeping Cobra

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Sleeping Cobra said:
"In an attempt to eliminate fossil fuels, this legislation would impose a “fee” on all methane emissions, including in our agriculture industry. We all know that a fee is just a tax and that consumers are the ones who will pay for it. The tax is estimated to cost $6,500 per dairy cow, $2,600 per head of cattle, and $500 per swine each year. That is more than what the animals are worth, it’ll run ranchers out of business."

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Everyone will be paying 2X for the price of Bacon. What, $10 / pound for Bacon?
 
Loretta Van Riet

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helen said:
A two-pack of Walmart Equate brand canned chicken was under $4 but went over $4 not too long ago. I used their app and got a case of 12 cans (six two-packs) for just under $20.

Weird thing is, I couldn't pick it up at the store. It has free shipping, and it must be shipped to your address.

I'm moving toward emptying my refrigerator and freezer and going with things that don't need refrigeration. At least until summer next year.
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Helen...I'm with you. Last year I lost a LOT of food after a 5 day loss of power during the summer, then AGAIN when my refrigerator crapped out. So I now own a LOT more freeze-dried food and canned foods. The freeze-dried strawberries are great!
 
Marie

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Sleeping Cobra said:
I saw a video that the Government is paying Farmers to destroy their crops and won't subsidize them if they don't destroy the crops. Deliberate food shortage.

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This is not true farmers are not being paid to destroy crops.
 
ainitfunny

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i just noticed they are SCAMMING some people on cup of noodles by the (half) case selling you 12 styrofoam cups of noodles for $29.99 when 12 cups of noodles only costs $6 at the most $4.99 in a lot of places!
 
ainitfunny

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bev said:
This is not technically “food,” but I’ll put it here anyway ...

I‘ve been shopping for vitamins recently, specifically vitamins C and D3. I have trouble swallowing big pills, so I prefer the gummies, plus I share them with the grands. And these taste really good.

Locally, it’s getting hard to find them in the brand I prefer (Nature Made, they often have BOGO deals). I have found them on Amazon and Vitacost, but by the time I finish shopping, they’ve been marked “out of stock” in my cart.

They were out of stock at my closest Walgreens and I was able to order them online yesterday. They also had the BOGO deal. :)

Does anyone have another good source for vitamins?
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Sleeping Cobra

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From another forum:

"I was able to connect with my neighbor, she works PT weekends at Albertsons in the bakery. She told me the cost of food is going up again 2% by the end of the October. She said they received a memo about it when she checked her work mailbox this past weekend.
She said they are getting half empty trucks and do not even have supplies to make the baked goods they do prepare in store.

She said at her location its been a shortage of meats, dry good and cans, sugar, paper products. Basically everything. Also bread is arriving late and that is why you see the dates expiring within 2-3 days on the shelf, because they are not getting deliveries even on time.

She purchased 3 Beef Roasts this weekend at 2.97lb and said people were literally fighting over them this weekend when she worked. She said she has never seen anything like it.

Crazy times I am in Phoenix AZ"
 
nomifyle

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Millwright said:
May need to learn about makin' bacon.

Pigs are free....sorta.
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Can't get the seasonal meat processers around here to do bacon, its a lot of work. DH has six wild bacon seeds pinned up and feeding the little boogers, but I don't think we will get bacon from them. Now if I could just figure out what kind of bacon seasoning to get to use on ground pork.

God is good all the time

Judy
 
Marie

Marie

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Marie said:
Actually got a recipe for that. I'll dig for it.
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Misc - Bacon recipe

Ingredients 3 to 4 pound uncured pork belly skin off ⅓ cup kosher salt ¼ cup apple sauce 2 cups packed light brown sugar ½ cup maple syrup 4 tablespoons coarse ground black pepper 2 tablespoons Red River Ranch Mesquite seasoning *see substitution ¼ cup warm water Instructions Trim excess fat...
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Walrus Whisperer

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thompson said:
Whoa! When was the last time you'd purchased it?
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Prolly about 3 months ago. I got enough for a good long while. I also spent a lot on enough chicken feed, I figure I got close to 3 mo's worth for my girls and I plan on roasting a few of the old ladies this winter. Got a couple extra bags of scratch too, that will feed them, but not necessarily great for eggs, although I have calcium for them, enough for at least a couple years. Just trying to figure for hard times.
OTOH, I have plenty of people food, always have had quite a bit put away....
 
thompson

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Walrus Whisperer said:
Prolly about 3 months ago. I got enough for a good long while. I also spent a lot on enough chicken feed, I figure I got close to 3 mo's worth for my girls and I plan on roasting a few of the old ladies this winter. Got a couple extra bags of scratch too, that will feed them, but not necessarily great for eggs, although I have calcium for them, enough for at least a couple years. Just trying to figure for hard times.
OTOH, I have plenty of people food, always have had quite a bit put away....
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Big jump in price for 3 months! Glad you've put away extra for your girls.
 
twobarkingdogs

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Barry Natchitoches said:
SB, my soil and climate are very similar to yours, since we are practically neighbors anyway.

Potatoes might be easy for folks in other parts of the country to grow, but in our area - it is next to impossible. Our soil is too heavy, for one thing. Too much clay, too little sand.

On top of that, the southern climate is just not condusive to growing taters.

I had a minimal amount of success mixing soil especially for potatoes and then growing them in barrels especially designed to grow potatoes vertically, instead of down in the ground.

But it was too much trouble for the yield I got.

So I went back to growing my potatoes the old fashioned way: on the produce aisle at Kroger. Carrots too.
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I live in n.ga with heavy clay soil and grow potatos. You have to grow a type which will do well in your area. For me its kennebec, yukon gold or pontiac reds. I have tried other types like russet and while the plant does grow I do not get healthy potatos. Talk to a feed store in your area who sells 50lb boxes of seed potatos and don't buy your seed potatos from walmart or any place you has them in branded overpriced small boxes as those might not be best for your area.

Speaking of potatos my walmart is still having issues on frozen french fries as of yesterday. Going on their second week. They did have a brand packages of seasoned curly fries but no regular plain fries. The tater tots they had from last week were all gone. Baking potatos in the produce section of all the grocery stores appear to be in stock so its either the type of potatos for fries had a poor harvest, manufacturing or transportation issues. Fries is always something I've never had luck making homemade and I like the convenience of taking some out of the freezer and just cooking. I might have to research how to better make and freeze homemade fries a bit since I do grow potatos.

tbd
 
psychgirl

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Loretta Van Riet said:
Helen...I'm with you. Last year I lost a LOT of food after a 5 day loss of power during the summer, then AGAIN when my refrigerator crapped out. So I now own a LOT more freeze-dried food and canned foods. The freeze-dried strawberries are great!
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I list an extra freezer, once, years ago too. It was a small upright that I’d diligently stocked up with meat, ONLY.
There was a fuse or something that went out that we were not aware of until I saw the blood running out. More to the story but you get my point.
I literally sat down and cried ; I was in between jobs then so was counting on that freezer to sustain my meager grocery trips.

Black trash bags, full of spoiled meat.
Hubby never forgot that terrible day, he said he vowed I’d have another freezer full of meat, soon as he could pay for one and he did.

A couple of years later he surprised me on my birthday with the biggest, most fancy upright freezer I’ve ever seen sitting in our basement, all ready to go! It’s as big as a house... lol.

I monitor that thing like a hawk. It has all sorts of alarms, lights, gauges, etc like a spaceship.
 
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twobarkingdogs said:
Speaking of potatos my walmart is still having issues on frozen french fries as of yesterday. Going on their second week. They did have a brand packages of seasoned curly fries but no regular plain fries. The tater tots they had from last week were all gone. Baking potatos in the produce section of all the grocery stores appear to be in stock so its either the type of potatos for fries had a poor harvest, manufacturing or transportation issues. Fries is always something I've never had luck making homemade and I like the convenience of taking some out of the freezer and just cooking. I might have to research how to better make and freeze homemade fries a bit since I do grow potatos.
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Well, I have a link for making French fries, but they are canned, not frozen. I got the basic instructions from Summerthyme years ago. They truly are the best fries and fry up perfectly every time. The kids love them. A quart jar will feed 5-6 of us, which doesn't seem possible, but for some reason, we're satisfied with just a few. Probably because they don't have the additives that make you want to eat more.

Homemade French Fries
 
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school marm said:
Well, I have a link for making French fries, but they are canned, not frozen. I got the basic instructions from Summerthyme years ago. They truly are the best fries and fry up perfectly every time. The kids love them. A quart jar will feed 5-6 of us, which doesn't seem possible, but for some reason, we're satisfied with just a few. Probably because they don't have the additives that make you want to eat more.

Homemade French Fries
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Thanks for the link. For me though since I only eat frozen french fries when I'm making a quick lunch I usually microwave the fries after defrosting them and after adding some pepper or cajun seasoning to them. Yes they come out soggy but that's not a big deal for me as its the convenience they add to a quick burger on the grill for lunch.

I've seen methods for making homemade frozen french fries which involve soaking and then blanching the fresh cut fries in boiling water before freezing. But the taste didn't come out the same as I believe that commercial frozen fries are pre-fried before packaging. That pre-frying step as difficulty when you're wanting to take 20lbs of potatos and turn them into frozen fries in the home or at least in my home. Frying in oil is just not my thing and I'm not set up to do much more then pan frying fried chicken every now and again.

I grow potatos usually planting 50lbs of cut seed potatos and getting 300 to 500lbs of harvested potatos. But these are kennebecs or yukon golds which mean no baking and I get tried of sliced, mashed or hash browns so I like fries with a quick meal. Need to do more research I guess since at least now buying fries from the store seems to be an issue

tbd
 
SouthernBreeze

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Barry Natchitoches said:
SB, my soil and climate are very similar to yours, since we are practically neighbors anyway.

Potatoes might be easy for folks in other parts of the country to grow, but in our area - it is next to impossible. Our soil is too heavy, for one thing. Too much clay, too little sand.

On top of that, the southern climate is just not condusive to growing taters.

I had a minimal amount of success mixing soil especially for potatoes and then growing them in barrels especially designed to grow potatoes vertically, instead of down in the ground.

But it was too much trouble for the yield I got.

So I went back to growing my potatoes the old fashioned way: on the produce aisle at Kroger. Carrots too.
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I think you've "hit the nail on the head" with our problem growing potatoes. There are very few gardeners here that try to grow them. Probably for the same reason you stated. Onions are another hard to grow crop. They just won't grow here. I've never tried to grow carrots, but I don't know of anyone that has. Radishes will barely grow.
 
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