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Groceries ARE EXPENSIVE AS HELL

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by SamFisher, Aug 7, 2025.

  1. edwardc

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    47 and his minions have let the prices of beef go through the roof. They have killed taco Tuesday .
     
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  2. Buck Turgidson

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    It's a little more complicated than that. Same with chicken. But I get the frustrations.
     
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    Two questions.
    Why would a worldwide mover and shaker be shopping at Costco?

    And why would such a titan of industry with a housekeeping staff not send his staff to said Costco to purchase said pot pie?

    Just curious.
    I'm no mover and shaker but my wife and I usually eat NY strip and tenderloin each once a week. Why is a worldwide titan out looking for discount chicken pot pie
     
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  5. Buck Turgidson

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    They have a surprisingly good meat department.

    Because McDonalds is too expensive?
     
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    ^Great post by me?
     
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    Have you seen this economy? Even industrial titans need to penny pinch to stay afloat.
     
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    SMH - I detest Chuck Schuler

    That is all

    Rocket River
     
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  10. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    How could you detest Chuck Schuler? Look at this power mullet!

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    Or this sex machine?

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    Or, uh...yeah, this guy is scary:

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  11. No Worries

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    It is all a con job, says the man who has no plan and sorting out his own con job to get past this.


    Trump doesn't want to hear how much a Walmart Thanksgiving costs. He prefers the lie. | Opinion

    First, he bragged that the price of Walmart's pre-assembled Thanksgiving Dinner has been reduced by 25% this year, repeating a claim he made earlier that day in a social media post.

    But social media users were quick to point out that Walmart has reduced the size of the meal from 21 items to 15 items and swapped out brand-name products for Walmart brands.

    A reduction from 21 items to 15 items is a 28.6% decrease. So Walmart customers will be paying over 3 percentage points more for their Thanksgiving meal, to get less.

    A journalist on Nov. 7 followed up on Trump's Walmart claim, noting the reduction in size of the meal. He cried "fake news" rather than acknowledge the math, or the truth.

    Trump on Nov. 6 also claimed "we have virtually no inflation" now. Anyone who shops for anything knows that's not true. Inflation rose in September, with consumer prices increasing by 3% over the same time in 2024.

    A day later, on Nov. 7, Trump insisted that inflation is "down now to 2%, and we'll be maybe 1%." His own administration tells a different story, but it's one he can't bear to hear.

    Trump kept going on Nov. 6, insisting that "groceries are way down" in prices. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service in late September reported: "In 2025, prices for all food are predicted to increase 3.0 percent."

    Are you starting to sense a theme here?

    Prices are up, not down. And the president doesn't want to hear it. And he really doesn't want you to hear it, even as you live it.

    A day after he made that claim about groceries, Trump insisted that the recent focus on "affordability" was a "con job" by Democrats.
     

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