Potatoes..the other day I bought a 5lb. bag of white potatoes @ $3.99. I bought them instead of the red potatoes because they were $4.99 for 5 pounds.

Potatoes are $6.99 for a 10 lb. bag and onions are 99 cents for the plain old yellow ones. I refuse to pay that much! I go to the 99 cent store or Costco and buy a bag for somewhere between 45 and 50 cents a pound. Bettye/AZ

electricity......ugh!!!

Houston is HOT - air is NOT optional! Six in the family = lots of dishes, laundry & just general electrical usage. (College aged kids all with computers on 24-7)

With the air set at 78 we still had a bill that was TOO HIGH

Cooking oil and self rising flour have both gone up. My horses' feed has increased steadily and is 12.95 for a bag that lasts me two days. I could feed them cheaper but I won't feed a lesser quality feed.

I can't complain about my electric bill tho. It was $48 last month. I don't have a/c. I wouldn't be able to work outside if I got too used to a/c...the heat would kill me.

I've noticed that just about everything has gone up, but I'm still getting some good buys on meat, by buying it when it is on sale. I buy whatever fruits and vegetables are in season, and usually from the local produce farm.

Finding Dollar General is having big increases

Their brand toilet paper has really gone up!

The cats' dry food has gone up $3.00 in the past year and the wet food has gone up too but since it varies more by store I am not sure by how much. Elmo has to have special urinary tract food so all three get it. I emailed Purina and they will send me coupons every few month, all I have to do is email them. That helps take some of the sting out of the cost. I also buy it anytime I can find it a little cheaper. They are WELL worth the cost though!

Ground beef and chicken seems to have gone through the roof! Eric HATES the tubes of GB but I use it for spaghetti and stuff where the meat is all crunched up. It is getting to the point where it is almost cheaper for us to eat out than eat at home for some meals!

Apples. My favorite variety has gone from .99 cents a pound to $ 1.59. Needless to say I am not buying those.
Lois

latest price shock..grapes

razors, always been high tho

soup in a can, no deals to be found

Pet food of all varieties
Canned vegetables
Canned soup
Potatoes & other fresh produce except grapes, thye aren't too bad,

PRESCRIPTION MEDS !!!!!!!

Dottie

Lots of grocery items. But milk gets my attention b/c not only is it going up, it changes almost daily. Every time I run in for milk it's a different price. Just like gas.

all the above...toilet paper was one i noticed, recently...

Some of the price hikes have been a blessing in that I really don't need those potato chips or candy. I have to admit it's been helping my diet.

I think the potatoes were probably the biggest shock. There usually seems to be a loss leader on milk so I can usually buy it at an ok price. Two half gallons are often cheaper than a gallon. That big e-coli scare this summer put tomato prices pretty high. My tomatoes plants never produced like I hoped they would. Fresh apples seem to keep going up. I don't let the prices keep me from buying that or other healthy fruits and veggies for the kids. Junk food really isn't a bargain when you start filtering in health effects.

I guess something else I noticed has been the hike in meat prices. Again, that's sort of a blessing in that Im not tempted to buy more than we can eat so food doesn't go to waste as much.

Fresh vegetables - especially red peppers. Broccoli was $5.00 for 3 small stalks Friday. I didn't buy any.

Sunflower birdseed has gone up a lot these past few months.
Another thing was a surprise.....we have been buying flat twin sheets for quilt backing at church, and always paid Walmart's price of $2.96 In this past month, they have gone up to $4.00.

Milk and butter, flour and eggs.

The worst thing for me is that everything is going up. EVERYTHING. Oh yeah, except my salary which was essentially decreased last year when they changed my health care plan to a PPO which costs me a lot more out-of-pocket. That was probably my biggest 'thing' since I had a baby this year. I've got a ton of bills coming in for that compared to when I had Nick. I did put money into a flex spending account for medical expenses but I could have put in a little bit more.

DH does the shopping, so I honestly don't know...
Fruit must have been quite high for awhile because he quit buying it, and he LOVES fresh fruit! It either leveled off or he just decided to bite the bullet because he's buying it again, now.

Just paid $9.99 for a bag of red potatoes! Yikes!

Sue

Pet food. Not only has the sticker price gone up, but the 20-pound bag now weighs four pounds less.

Which reminds me . . . I never paid much attention to product sizes before, but now I'm checking. That "bargain" tuna wasn't such a good deal when I discovered the can weighed less than the other brand.

Not only has the price on everything gone up the the size of the product has gotten smaller. So we are getting hit twice.

In the past 5 years the cat litter I buy has gone from $3.99 to $12.98 (20 lb bag). I can't find any similar litter anywhere so I guess I am stuck paying it.

Seems like everything has gone up around 15% to 20% or even more in some cases. I've really noticed it with things like soda and paper products.

Loaf of my favorite bread costs the same as a gallon of gas
Dry cat food when from 8.59 a bag to 10.99
Paid 5.99 for a bag of apples

Samkaren
your resident DJ

I was going to say, "Not much", as I live fairly simply, don't buy a lot of stuff.

And we old farts are supposed to be cutting back, to leave less burden on our offspring to clear after our demise ... haven't found a way to take any of it with me. And don't know whether I'd have any need of it, even if I could!

But - 10 kg.(22 lb.) of all-purp. flour for the bread machine was $8.00 and change - often about $8.39 ...lately has gone up to well over $11.00.

Last week son and I found some at $8.97 or so ... each bought a bag ... and I bought another at another store of same name a couple of days later.

I had a bag of high-gluten flour that I'd bought a few weeks ago, at not too bad a price, after the major price rise.

Now have them plus about four smaller bags that I bought recently at more or less the old price.

Plus a couple of bags of whole wheat ... and I only use one cup of that with three of all-purp. per loaf.

Looks like I won't be able to die till half way through next year, at least!

Oh, heck ... it'll have to be later than that ... I just planted asparagus this spring and have about 4 dozen plants ... and they take three years to produce any quantity of spears!

Like do develop those problems!

ole joyful

Hi again, everyone,

That last line, just above, was supposed to have been, "Life do develop those problems!"

o j

Cherries at 5.99lb

Picked up a "great" deal, Breyers ice cream, 2 for $5. I thought my hand had suddenly gotten larger, then I noticed the ice cream package was smaller.

The price of all groceries seems to have gone up. That, with utilities and meds are making it harder to get by.

We have 3 teenagers and they are eating us out of house and home. Well, the boys are. DD eats like a bird. We do our big grocery shopping at a warehouse and that helps a lot. However, even there we've noticed increases. We have to look at sale items when making choices. Milk prices have increased, and so has cheese. We can get good deals on produce, such as grapes for 99 cents a lb. We buy our bread from the bakery outlet and what great deals!

Sheryl in Oregon

Individual yogurt cups were 175 gm. (454 gm. = 1 lb.), then 150 gm., then 125 gm., 113 gm., recently have gone down to 100 gm.

If they get much smaller, we'll need a magnifying glass to see 'em!

Oh, but think of the health benefit ...

... we've been eating way too much, you know ...

... leading to obesity!

They're helping us reduce our intake!

Public service - that's the idea!

ole joyful

Dry cereal. Bread. Grain-containing products in general.

Oh yes, that is another gripe from me. The mfg companies keep putting less and less in the packages while raising the prices. That too ticks me off!! Dottie

Flour,I like to make my own bread and flour has almost doubled in price...still it's cheaper to make my own than buy store ready made.

My favorite Jewish deli rye bread is now $3.99. It's enough for about 6 sandwiches. YIKES!

Dh and I go to the store with a list. We buy what we need and don't look at the price. Just look at total when we get home.Then comes the shock

I'm changing some of my buying habits.

I shop mostly at Krogers, so I check their ads before I shop, and also I shop on Tuesdays to get the Senior discount.

Last week my "bargains" were:

Lipton tea bags (100) $3/reg $3.99
Fresh Bartlett pears 89¢lb/reg $1.79
Kroger Sliced Cheese $2.99 rather than Kraft $4.29
Kroger Cream Cheese $2.66 rather than Kraft $3.65
LandOLakes margarine (My preferred brand) 10 for $10.00 so I Stock up the freezer
Kroger Calcium BOGO

This week I will buy:
Private Selection Ice Cream (56 oz.) 2 for $5.00

These are 10for$10 buys:
Rotisserie Chicken Breasts
Chicken of the Sea Albacore Tuna
Hamburger buns

The best buy this week is Eggs (18ct.) 3 for $5.00.

I feel for Sheryl in Oregon and others with large familys, but there are ways to minimize when it is necessary.

Two weeks ago at Sharp Shopper I got 5 lbs white potatoes for $2.89.

It helps that I am not a big eater, but I do have to have ice cream and some cookies and I've given up chips.

Sue

Just came from KFC, and their 3 piece snack is up!

Philadelphia Cream Cheese is now up to $2.59 for 8oz.!