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No fresh chicken today at 2 different Publix in central Florida....
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 80081035:MV81MDE2ODMwXzkxODcwODEwXzkyNDZFMUM1] [quote:The Årtist:MV81MDE2ODMwXzkxODcwNDA1X0YyMkRERDZG] [quote:Anonymous Coward 80081035:MV81MDE2ODMwXzkxODcwMDQwX0UxMjI0NDM4] [quote:The Årtist:MV81MDE2ODMwXzkxODY1NjA3XzE1MTlCMUFG] Just got back from the butcher. I get 5 pounds of free range chicken breast every week. $6 a pound. 3 pounds of tritip $10/pound, 2 pounds of prime filet, $50 a pound, 2 pounds bacon at $9 a pound, and 2 pounds of pork belly at $6 a pound. The chicken breast has been $6 a pound for the past 5 years. Before that it was $5.50 a pound. Thighs are $4 a pound. This is free range, never caged chicken... it's completely different than any chain grocery store chicken, hard to explain. But this butcher I go to has plenty of meat, always, and the line is often long. But they have plenty of tritip, filet, picanha, ribeye (bone in, tomohawk, or regular), chicken thighs, breast, wings, and whole bird roasters, sausages of all types, 4 kinds of bacon, and skin on or skin off pork belly. They have pork chops, both regular and smoked, and pork loin. In the freezer they have bear, deer, wild boar. They also have a small selection of tuna, swordfish, and salmon as well as oysters in the shells. Never has there been a shortage of anything there. But also, most people don't shop there. It's primarily regulars that go there every week and their suppliers aren't the same as with a Publix or chain grocery store. But I've always paid more for their quality, it's worth it. While their prices haven't changed too much, the grocery stores are a completely different story. Our overall food cost each month has gone from $1200 to $1700. We're spending $500 more a month on foodstuffs. And while that's not a problem for us at all, it has to be hard for many others [/quote] DANG!!!!!!!!!!!! $1200/mo is [b]A LOT OF MONEY!!![/b]!!!!!!! We don't spend that much, but it's only 2 of us, plus 5 cats! Also, I have always bulk shopped, so I don't get caught off guard by not having/finding something I need. I usually have a supply of anything I need, and when it gets down, I replenish. I've always done this - not b/c of current hysteria (real or not). Just heard this morning that a caller in to Chris Plante show said he was shopping in Wal-mart (don't remember the city) and THERE WAS *NO* MEAT!!! That struck me odd. I've seen "shortages," but never NO - ZERO - meat in the coolers. I think it's going to start showing up that way in lots more places. But I don't shop for staples at Wal-mart. Sometimes cat litter or bread....but mostly I go there for NON-grocery items. I shop at a local meat market for most grocery items. But Publix has started showing shortages, too. [/quote] It USED to be 1200 a month. $300 a week. Now it's like $400 a week.. And if we need toilet paper it's more. Like I was saying, it's fine for us financially but I don't see how it's even remotely sustainable for the average American income. I hear on the radio and news that inflation on food is up like 4-5%... that's complete bullshit. And weird shit is always hard to find, like canned cat food, sugar free redbull, premixed protein shakes like the Premier Protein or Adkins, or whatever... always empty shelves. I thought the Hi-C type drink boxes and pouches were only out because of back to school several months ago, still picked over shelves. Meat prices are easily up 20% here in Metro Atlanta in the grocery stores. [/quote] We are semi-retired, and we will be hurting if prices continue to rise like this.....is why I HAVE BEEN HOARDING!!!! We simply cannot afford to pay higher and higher prices, no matter what. NO WAY to supplement the income. :( [/quote]
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Frozen purdue sh!t is almost gone too.
Beef selection is minimal and the price is off the charts also.
And the butcher says no trucks today. I hope everybody has a food supply. The quickest way to take down a society is the vanishing food supply.
I really feel for parents with young mouths to feed.
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