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I bring my calculator/phone so I can figure best bargains while shopping...
 

Why has your Big Mac become so much more expensive?​

It’s being billed as a clash of the corporate titans. Last week McDonald's filed suit against the four biggest US meatpacking companies, alleging that they had conspired to push up the cost of ground beef. But the issue at stake is one that is near and dear to the hearts of ordinary Americans. If inflation is finally slowing, why is everything from eggs and burgers to luxury hotel rooms still so expensive, and who is to blame?

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Food Shortages In 2025? 20% Of U.S. Food Imported; Impact Of Tariffs | Joel Salatin​

Nov 17, 2024 #food #economy #tradewars

Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms and best-selling author, discusses the future of agriculture in America, and the solution to America's health and obesity problems.


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Shrinkflation & high prices are alive and well. Hit Shoprite earlier and can attest some peeps aren't too happy.
 
^^ Sounds like me every time I go grocery shopping.
 

Nestlé’s price rises went ‘too far’, burdening consumers and ultimately turning them away, chairman admits​

Unrelenting inflation in the aftermath of the pandemic forced consumer companies like Nestlé to hike prices. But the Swiss company may have gone too far.

Nestlé has already started to course-correct, having cut marketing and advertising expenses to control costs during the high inflation period. But the consumer giant’s chairman believes more needs to be done.

Paul Bulcke told Swiss media that the company must do something to lure shoppers back to its brand. Consumers have turned away from Nestlé’s higher costs, hurting its market share.

"That had an influence on sales," Bulcke said in an interview with Swiss television channel TeleZueri on Tuesday, reported by Reuters.

The company may have saddled more of the price burden on consumers than they could bear amid the soaring cost of living.

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Egg shortage leaves empty shelves in several states — here’s why​

Folks who have eggs on their shopping list ahead of Thanksgiving could be in for a rude awakening.

An egg shortage is leading to empty shelves at many grocery stores across the country. Shoppers in Pennsylvania, Chicago and Denver have been posting about it on social media — including signs limiting the amount of eggs customers can buy in some stores like Whole Foods.

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Food prices are at their highest levels in over a year. And these items will get even more expensive​

  • Global food prices recently rose to an 18-month high, with some food baskets expected to continue climbing, according to market watchers.
  • In October, world food commodity prices were at their highest since April 2023, according to the most recent data compiled by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.
Global food prices recently rose to an 18-month high, with some food baskets expected to continue climbing, according to market watchers.

In October, world food commodity prices were at their highest since April 2023, according to the most recent data compiled by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...S&cvid=6d6d9cd9167b443ba508e275dc994667&ei=21
 
Take this fwiw. Who really knows what the future hold. Then again...........the peeps in this one may have some insight the rest of us don't.

Walmart CEO sounds alarm on grocery prices next year- but says there are two items that will drop in price​

Walmart's top boss has lifted the lid on what Americans can expect for grocery prices next year – and it's not good news.

CEO Doug McMillon said the cost of a family shop - at record highs after four years of rampant inflation - will not be coming down in 2025.

McMillon said he was 'disappointed' with the current level of food inflation, pointing to eggs and dairy as key contributors.

Year-on-year, official figures show prices for supermarket food is up a modest 1.1 percent.

But it comes after prices have jumped more than 20 percent in four years. The biggest annual jump came in in the year to August 2022 when they rose 13.5 percent.

Consumers and retailers are both hoping prices will come down from record highs, in what would be known as deflation. This is what happened across most goods in the mid-2010s.

McMillan acknowledged that customers are understandably upset - as food prices remain 'significantly higher' than pre-pandemic levels.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...S&cvid=1a97c0183f0441c884a8f59708a4551a&ei=23
 

Egg prices may soon ‘flirt with record highs,' supplier says. Here's why​

  • Egg prices may approach record highs, just about two years after they peaked during the pandemic era.
  • Highly pathogenic avian influenza, better known as bird flu, has killed millions of chickens and reduced egg supply. Consumer egg demand is also highest around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
  • The trajectory of the bird flu outbreak is unclear.
It's déjà vu for grocery shoppers, as the price of those Grade A eggs has spiked in recent months, just two years after egg prices soared to record highs.

The average retail price of eggs in the U.S. has risen 38% since November 2023, according to consumer price index data issued Wednesday. Prices rose 8% last month alone.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...S&cvid=e94c46773597416fac0d31c598d0a444&ei=16
 
Welcome to the American Holodomor.

This is deliberate, and it's set to spread. America's beef herds are at their lowest number in decades.

We're all gonna be hungry, soon. To "nudge" us into Gatesmeal...helpfully sent to your hovel via Bezoszon.
 

Why Food Prices Are Still So High In The U.S.​

Jan 4, 2025 #CNBC

As inflation cools considerably, prices for items like gasoline, used cars and energy have all declined accordingly. But food prices continue to outpace inflation, increasing by 28% since 2019. 86% of consumers reported feeling frustrated with rising grocery prices, and over a third said they have resorted to buying fewer items to save money. Despite campaigning on grocery prices, President-elect Trump also acknowledged it might be ‘hard’ to bring down grocery prices. So why are food prices still so high? And can anything be done to bring the cost down?


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Chapters:
1:56 Cost pass-through
4:25 Price gouging
6:46 Consumer impact
9:04 Solutions
 
I stopped at 3:43 because it was absolute obvious to me. And I don't need to spend another ten minutes on telling me water is wet.
If the rest is actually informative, please let us know. And I will watch the rest. And thank you.
If not, then I hope I have saved some number of viewers their time that they will never get back.
 
^^^^^^^

I don't expect to get anything other than spin and cover and untruths, from the Establishment Nooze Liars.

It's not rocket scientists. Make farming harder, with regulations on fertilizer, tractor operations, land-use restrictions, fake diseases that "decimate" healthy herds and flocks...yeah. Food is gonna cost more, because there's less of it.

The Establishment liars, who are squarely behind the Global Marxists who are taking this country down, are gonna deceive and delude and deflect blame, any way they can.
 
The one comfort is, it's artificial.

Get goobermint the hell OUT of our farms, our fuels, our diets, and it all stops.

And we're at a crisis-point now. It either happens, or we literally collapse and die off.
 

Working Americans Turn to Food Banks as Fed Inflation Battle Drags On​

(Bloomberg) -- Once a month, Kersstin Eshak visits a food pantry in Loudoun County, Virginia to stretch her family’s budget.

Eshak’s husband works at a big box retailer. She works as a substitute teacher. They have income, but with prices up nearly 23% over the past five years — and still rising — their earnings just don’t stretch quite far enough some months.

Food banks across the nation are seeing a similar story: A post-pandemic wave of demand for food driven by working people caught in America’s cost-of-living crunch.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...-battle-drags-on/ar-AA1xVTUn?ocid=socialshare
 
Hit Shoprite early this AM. Walking through the bread / egg isle and noticed signs on the egg doors. I'll paraphrase.............

"Hello shoppers............welcome to bird flu land. During your trip you can expect shortages and high prices. We do hope your shopping experience is a pleasant one. Have a nice day. :)"

Onward and upward.
 
Paid $2.99 for a dozen medium eggs yesterday, got two dozen. No doubt in my mind some gouging going on...a lot of much higher priced eggs too.
 

Inflation Sticker Shock Across the US​

Feb 1, 2025

The national rate of inflation has dropped significantly since its post-pandemic peak, but perception of inflation in different parts of the country is not created equal. Michael McKee talks to a small restaurant owner that is now passing along the higher cost of brisket to her customers and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari about how people in his district are dealing with higher prices.


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Eggs..........you want eggs, no problem. Buck it up baby.

Waffle House is adding a surcharge to its eggs amid soaring prices​

Waffle House diners must now shell out a little more for their eggs.

The Georgia-based breakfast chain has placed a 50-cent surcharge on every egg it sells due to the ongoing surge in egg prices.

The surcharge went into effect on Feb. 3 and has been applied to all menus from Waffle House, which has nearly 2,000 locations across 25 states.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...S&cvid=f1bd7606bcbb4716bf66a9c44e1777cc&ei=30
 
Are egg speakeasies next???? Will the cops crack the case????

Police still haven't cracked who stole 100,000 eggs from a company in Pennsylvania​

Pennsylvania police are still scrambling to figure out who pulled off a daring heist of 100,000 eggs at a time when egg prices are soaring amid nationwide shortages.

The theft was reported Saturday night of 100,000 organic eggs worth more than $40,000 from a distribution trailer in south-central Pennsylvania. The facility where the eggs were poached was operated by Pete & Gerry’s Organics in the borough of Greencastle, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/p...-in-pennsylvania/ar-AA1ywWTw?ocid=socialshare
 
Shouldn't be hard to find.

Eggs are perishable - they'll have to be sold fast. Anyone selling eggs for pennies on the dollar, is probably involved.
 

High egg prices weren’t Biden’s fault. They’re not Trump’s either, but they’re his problem now​

The soaring price of eggs has alarmed consumers and the agriculture industry, and practically everyone in Washington is pointing fingers in various directions to direct blame.

It’s hard to lay America’s egg crisis at the feet of any one politician. But agricultural experts say politicians in Washington and around the country can do more to help curtail the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or avian flu, responsible for the deaths of more than 40 million egg-laying birds last year.

Because of short supply, egg prices rose 14% from November to December alone, and they are projected to rise another 20% this year, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Grocery stores across the country are limiting egg purchases, Waffle House announced a 50-cent surcharge per egg, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the shutdown of all live poultry markets in the state through February 14 to try to contain the spread.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/h...S&cvid=2a92b21c65a1446b9bd7a886048f7656&ei=39
 

Egg purchase restrictions take effect at more major US grocery stores​

Costco, Kroger and Whole Foods are among the growing list of grocers that are putting a purchasing limit on eggs as supply shortages persist.

Companies started imposing limits on the product as the shortage caused by outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or bird flu, persists, causing a frenzy among shoppers. Droves of viral videos have surfaced in recent weeks, showing shoppers stockpiling eggs. One video posted on TikTok claimed that an entire section of eggs at a Costco was gone in less than 10 minutes.

Amazon-owned Whole Foods posted signs on its shelves notifying customers that customers can only buy three cartons of eggs at one time.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...S&cvid=6d0f205b07294894aa7f7d79d0545de3&ei=34
 
I just ordered four new pullets from my Farmer's Co-op last week. $12.50 each. Should be delivered around the first week of May. My chickens are getting older, and I am no longer getting an egg a day out of each chicken. Two years ago, I was swimming in eggs and having to give them away to friends and neighbors. I was taking five or six dozen at a time to my sister who lives in town, and she was giving them away to her neighbors. It will be good to get back to that point. Some of these people are older and on fixed incomes so a good source of protein for free was very welcome to them.


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CiscoKid said:
I just ordered four new pullets from my Farmer's Co-op last week. $12.50 each. Should be delivered around the first week of May. My chickens are getting older, and I am no longer getting an egg a day out of each chicken. Two years ago, I was swimming in eggs and having to give them away to friends and neighbors. I was taking five or six dozen at a time to my sister who lives in town, and she was giving them away to her neighbors. It will be good to get back to that point. Some of these people are older and on fixed incomes so a good source of protein for free was very welcome to them.


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A writer and columnist in some Wisconsin papers, long ago - I followed online, because he was a good writer, had done a couple of good books, although he's a beta cuck and his wife unit is Woked - he got into the part-time chicken-farmer game, back about 15 years ago. He'd bought his in-laws' old farmhouse and decided, among other activities, he'd keep chickens.

And found out the red tape. Wisconsin required REGISTRATION of all chicken flocks/gaggles/operations, with an involved online registration process.

And now, just as with gun "control," we see the end game. Keep chickens, have eggs - until men in cheap suits with sunglasses, show up with papers ordering their destruction.

There is no way to win, short of an uprising against governmental tyranny. We know where this traces back to - the CDC and Davos - and how it's being imposed - by Federal and some State government operatives.
 
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A writer and columnist in some Wisconsin papers, long ago - I followed online, because he was a good writer, had done a couple of good books, although he's a beta cuck and his wife unit is Woked - he got into the part-time chicken-farmer game, back about 15 years ago. He'd bought his in-laws' old farmhouse and decided, among other activities, he'd keep chickens.

And found out the red tape. Wisconsin required REGISTRATION of all chicken flocks/gaggles/operations, with an involved online registration process.

And now, just as with gun "control," we see the end game. Keep chickens, have eggs - until men in cheap suits with sunglasses, show up with papers ordering their destruction.

There is no way to win, short of an uprising against governmental tyranny. We know where this traces back to - the CDC and Davos - and how it's being imposed - by Federal and some State government operatives.
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Well, there's the problem. The writer was a commie beta cuck with a liberal woke wife. He followed all the rules like a good commie and learned his lesson the hard way. FAFO. He probably voted blue all his life and look where that got him.

Where I live, even people in town are allowed to keep chickens. Right in the middle of town. And men in cheap suits and sunglasses are free to come out to my place and sit at the end of my gated driveway all they want. I've got $100 bucks that says they won't try to climb my gate and walk down my drive, and $1,000 bucks that says they won't make it halfway if they try. Caucasian Ovcharkas really take a dim view of people doing that. I've had Sheriff's deputies try to serve me jury duty summons and, after sitting at the end of my drive for half an hour, finally give up and leave it stapled to my gate.

The Department of Agriculture started sending me some survey. Must have been twenty pages at least. Wanted to know everything about my farm. I threw it in the trash. They sent me another one letting me know that I was required by law to fill it out completely and mail it back. It went into the trash. Two months go by, and they sent another one. Trash. They finally gave up. These people really don't have any power, but they like to pretend that they have. I've talked with friends who also own local farms, and they all threw the surveys in the trash. Bottom line - the government only has as much power as we willingly cede them. Personally, after witnessing the abuse and fraud from them, I wouldn't give them the sweat off my balls.
 
CiscoKid said:
Well, there's the problem. The writer was a commie beta cuck with a liberal woke wife. He followed all the rules like a good commie and learned his lesson the hard way. FAFO. He probably voted blue all his life and look where that got him.

Where I live, even people in town are allowed to keep chickens. Right in the middle of town. And men in cheap suits and sunglasses are free to come out to my place and sit at the end of my gated driveway all they want. I've got $100 bucks that says they won't try to climb my gate and walk down my drive, and $1,000 bucks that says they won't make it halfway if they try. Caucasian Ovcharkas really take a dim view of people doing that. I've had Sheriff's deputies try to serve me jury duty summons and, after sitting at the end of my drive for half an hour, finally give up and leave it stapled to my gate.

The Department of Agriculture started sending me some survey. Must have been twenty pages at least. Wanted to know everything about my farm. I threw it in the trash. They sent me another one letting me know that I was required by law to fill it out completely and mail it back. It went into the trash. Two months go by, and they sent another one. Trash. They finally gave up. These people really don't have any power, but they like to pretend that they have. I've talked with friends who also own local farms, and they all threw the surveys in the trash. Bottom line - the government only has as much power as we willingly cede them. Personally, after witnessing the abuse and fraud from them, I wouldn't give them the sweat off my balls.
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I get your point, and I don't disagree - not totally.

But the tail end of your strategy takes you to where Clive Bundy wound up.

The odds are it won't happen to you. But this sort of resistance - blocking the boys in cheap suits and sunglasses with your shotguns - does invite someone to make an example.

I know, I know, the option is just to submit. But, as Dirty Harry once said...DO you feel LUCKY?....PUNK?

FAFO. That can bite both ways.
 

Trump Suggests People Should “Shut up” About Egg Prices​

Donald Trump wants Americans to “shut up” about the soaring price of eggs.

Trump shared an article on Truth Social Saturday titled “Shut Up About Egg Prices—Trump Is Saving Consumers Millions,” written by Charlie Kirk, the CEO of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA that assisted the president during his campaign.

The article posited that Democrats were “positively giddy about the price of eggs,” which reached $8 a dozen last week. While Democrats may long for “proof that these backward, ‘extreme’ MAGA Republicans didn’t know what they were voting for,” the high price of eggs was “in no way President Trump’s fault,” Kirk wrote.

Read more here:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...S&cvid=17c891f91bd64e3aa279e447cae40039&ei=32
 
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