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Not sure if it's just me but my grocery spending hasn't changed in the last year. It's definitely more expensive then say 2 years ago but seems like prices have stabilized.
I cook often so most of what I buy are produce and it's generally cheaper than other stuff.
I agree. On one hand I look at prices of stuff and think "damn is it really this much now? Was half this price last year". But on the other hand, my shopping receipts really haven't doubled since a year ago, I don't feel like they increased at all... But I also buy produce and cook for myself most of the time.
Same. Junk food is higher it seems but that stuff is garbage anyway. My grocery bills have been leveled off for a long time buying staples.
I haven't changed my shopping habits, but I definitely notice the ripoffs of significantly higher prices on some of the same food items I've been buying for years. Overall it's still much cheaper to buy groceries and make your own food than the vast majority of restaurants and such.
Fast food prices have gotten more noticeably higher than groceries have in my area. So I assume that most of the people I hear complaining the loudest about "Inflation" are the ones who eat fast food as a staple of their diet.
Nah, I remember when I could fill an entire cart with food and it'd be about $75 way back in the ancient days of 2019. Now I'd have to pay double to do that and even then I might end up with less food.
Yeah if you actually cook food it's not that bad. It's frozen food and junk food which has exploded in price
We are in Canada. I scratch cook everything and we grow the vast majority of our own food. Most grocery shopping is staple stuff like flour and sugar. Our grocery bill has trippled in the past 2 years and it's still rising. Our gardens have gotten considerably bigger to make up for it.