Just got back from WW and firstly the stocls look quite low.

The price of most stuff looks like it has increased by 30 to 50 percent in the last year.

Grapes 10 dollars a kilo

200g of chocolate 4-50

Bread much higher

raspberries 5 dollars a punnet.


Perhaps the 7 percent inflation rate of whatever it is can explain the discrepancy in prices but i don't think so.

Been out of town for a while mate?

Reason why theres gaps on the shelves is flooding damage on train and road route accross the country

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/drought-breaking-storms-flood-nullarbor-pastoral-station/103572824

There is an article in this week's New Scientist reporting on modelling of food inflation due to climate change out to 2060.
Luckily for PCDefender, he won't be affected, because climate change doesn't exist.

Governments around the world are attempting to eradicate farming and cause food shortages to force us slave class into eating bug products.
They will feed the bugs our sewage waste so peasants don't consume any resources whatsoever (net zero)
Time to start turning your lawns into food crops as our grandparents did in the good old days.
I just finished turning a small part of my yard into some crop rows.




The price increase is probably just a combination of inflation, supermarket ripping you off, fuel prices, fertilizer prices, pesticide and chemical prices, constant flooding from geo engineering and all the regulation the government force on farmers to push them out of business so they will sell the land to the elite/parasitic scum.

Something I've noticed during the current Coles Woolworths price gouging event is that the rip off overpriced boutique stores have suddenly become quite competitive. If I'm paying $10 for apples, why not locally grown and not cold stored. And when it's $50 for meat anyway, I'll take the grassfed from the butcher anyday.

Coles and Woolies are effectively in a duopoly, with independants not really having the market power they have. The independants are probably just getting by as they wont generally have the market power to force suppliers, so they will be getting by on the same prices are the big two but probably making smaller margins.

They can dictate the conditions to a lot of suppliers and can even replace products with own brands. Every now and then you read of farmers being told what they can sell their produce for, and its probably take-it-or-leave-it.

I don't think anyone is arguing that the largest supermarkets are doing it tough.

Okay, now that is solved, I am off to have a cockroach and spider stew.

I would like to say I boycott the large two supermarket chains, but I am just too lazy instead as the IGA is just down the road.

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psychojoe said..
Something I've noticed during the current Coles Woolworths price gouging event is that the rip off overpriced boutique stores have suddenly become quite competitive. If I'm paying $10 for apples, why not locally grown and not cold stored. And when it's $50 for meat anyway, I'll take the grassfed from the butcher anyday.

I think I need to do the same. There are a few butchers around that no doubt have better quality and cheaper prices. They are not as common now as they once were though, probably from being outcompeted by the bigger shops. The last place I lived had a great one and they had so many products you had no excuse to buy from the supermarkets.

We can thank our over reaction to Covid for a lot of the inflation. Shutting down the economy and printing money isn't great for the cost of apples.

I am surprised they don't blame 'climate change' for inflation.

They pretty much blame everything on it these days.

Oh wait......

The soaring inflation has me eating a lot more basic these days.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Any fruit under five dollars a kilo or less.

The cheapest veg.

Rainwater when it pours.

Honey, lemon, lime with tea.

Salads with wholemeal Paratha bread fried.

Homemade veg soup.

Organic eggs.

Ice cream boysenberry Mt Bulla when the like of FN pisses me off

WA just need to look at the price of a pasito shandy ,(pale ale) pint at any trendy place. Will probably affect the birth rate
At least u have bush chooks

I remember the good old days when i could afford a 750ml bottle of Kombucha for 5 dollars on special.

Now i have to do with free rainwater.

I guess its a sh/t load better than living in Gaza struggling daily for access to any water or anything else for that matter.

We honestly do not appreciate how good we got it

Yes we do "got it good". The temporary cost of living increase post-covid is not so bad.

Temporary?

I see a skyrocketing of inflation.

A means of impoverishing the middle class.

Temporary HaHaHa

Its here to stay baby

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Tequila ! said..
Temporary HaHaHa

Its here to stay baby

Its likely the current narrative and he does not believe in CT.

I just boiled 5 small two dollar a kilo Spudshed potatoes with a little butter.

Including burning the gas and contributing to sea level rise and climate change i think the whole thing cost me around a single dollar.

Something like 5 dollars for a bucket of Maccas Frankenstein variety and the wholesome version tastes a lot better too.

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Pcdefender said..
I just boiled 5 small two dollar a kilo Spudshed potatoes with a little butter.

Including burning the gas and contributing to sea level rise and climate change i think the whole thing cost me around a single dollar.

Something like 5 dollars for a bucket of Maccas Frankenstein variety and the wholesome version tastes a lot better too.

Which variety of potato is the Frankenstein?

Is it better for boiling, mashing or roasting?


And Well Done for being able to boil potatoes for cheaper than a restaurant can sell them.

Microwaving on low power is more energy efficient.
Try adding some tarragon if you really want to leave Macca's chips in the dust.

Cost of Living ?

Have you people seen the price of string lately ?

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Pcdefender said..
I just boiled 5 small two dollar a kilo Spudshed potatoes with a little butter.

Including burning the gas and contributing to sea level rise and climate change i think the whole thing cost me around a single dollar.

Something like 5 dollars for a bucket of Maccas Frankenstein variety and the wholesome version tastes a lot better too.

Do you realise that potatoes have DNA in them? That potato DNA is now coursing through your body and Bill Gates is tracking your every move.

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snoidberg said..
Governments around the world are attempting to eradicate farming and cause food shortages to force us slave class into eating bug products.
They will feed the bugs our sewage waste so peasants don't consume any resources whatsoever (net zero)
Time to start turning your lawns into food crops as our grandparents did in the good old days.
I just finished turning a small part of my yard into some crop rows.

The price increase is probably just a combination of inflation, supermarket ripping you off, fuel prices, fertilizer prices, pesticide and chemical prices, constant flooding from geo engineering and all the regulation the government force on farmers to push them out of business so they will sell the land to the elite/parasitic scum.

Yes, but they're also trying to ban home gardens, make it so you can't water anything (even if you have abundant underground water) and make fertilizers useless.
And once you get your garden established, how are you going to control the rodents?

agriculture.vic.gov.au/farm-management/chemicals/chemical-use-legislation-and-regulation/agriculture-legislation-amendment-act-2022-fact-sheet

How supermarket specials are hurting fruit and vegetable growers (msn.com)


One lemon on special for 2 dollars or 3 for 5 dollars and that's supposedly on special. Predictive programming perhaps?

4 PERCENT INFLATION right there lol.

Shopping today at local fruit and veg shop they had a small punnet of blueberries going for 11-99.

WW had grapes going for a bargain 11-90 a kilo.

You could buy them a few years back for 2 and 3 dollars a kilo.

There's your 4 percent inflation rate again.


Is there anyone out there that buys this 4 percent inflation rate?

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Pcdefender said..
How supermarket specials are hurting fruit and vegetable growers (msn.com)


One lemon on special for 2 dollars or 3 for 5 dollars and that's supposedly on special. Predictive programming perhaps?

4 PERCENT INFLATION right there lol.

Shopping today at local fruit and veg shop they had a small punnet of blueberries going for 11-99.

WW had grapes going for a bargain 11-90 a kilo.

You could buy them a few years back for 2 and 3 dollars a kilo.

There's your 4 percent inflation rate again.


Is there anyone out there that buys this 4 percent inflation rate?

Teach them a lesson, and choose different things. If demand goes down, prices should also go down. By buying expensive fruit, you are just adding to the problem.

I am sure when shoping you can reduce your grocery bills by only buying things that are cheap and getting the other stuff the next week or a different brand.

I find it amazing when you see someone complaining how expensive shopping is and then they go and buy the same brand they always do, everytime.

What happened to buying a few things when they are cheap, or not buying the best brand when there is a similar product cheaper?

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Pcdefender said..
How supermarket specials are hurting fruit and vegetable growers (msn.com)


One lemon on special for 2 dollars or 3 for 5 dollars and that's supposedly on special. Predictive programming perhaps?

4 PERCENT INFLATION right there lol.

Shopping today at local fruit and veg shop they had a small punnet of blueberries going for 11-99.

WW had grapes going for a bargain 11-90 a kilo.

You could buy them a few years back for 2 and 3 dollars a kilo.

There's your 4 percent inflation rate again.


Is there anyone out there that buys this 4 percent inflation rate?

Real inflation is normally 4x the official number.
They just pick carefully the basket of prices that set their index. Every gov does it differently to suit their needs/propaganda.

Ask the renters/mortgage holders.

House prices were never part of the index calc here...HaHaHa

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Pcdefender said..
Shopping today at local fruit and veg shop they had a small punnet of blueberries going for 11-99.
WW had grapes going for a bargain 11-90 a kilo.

You have to buy what is in season mate.

Blueberrys pretty well out of season by now, plus the very wet weather in the last couple of months in northern NSW / SE Qld cut this year off early.
Same with grapes. Just about out of season by now, limited stock of fresh pickings each week pushes prices up.

It is no secret what is available. Go visit the wholesale markets for a looksy, or even just hit this each week :
www.woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/fresh/fresh-market-update

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Pcdefender said..

Shopping today at local fruit and veg shop they had a small punnet of blueberries going for 11-99.

I assume you understand the Western Australian concern about the spread of Blueberry Rust?

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FormulaNova said..
Teach them a lesson, and choose different things. If demand goes down, prices should also go down.

That's not how they operate, they will let the food rot and then dispose of it keeping the price high.
The only time you will get it cheap is when the fruit is in season and they have a **** ton of it to sell.

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Carantoc said..
Blueberrys pretty well out of season by now, plus the very wet weather in the last couple of months in northern NSW / SE Qld cut this year off early.

Most blueberries are grown in green houses w/ extra CO2...

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Carantoc said..
Cost of Living ?

Have you people seen the price of string lately ?

Depends how long it is?

1.20 for Avo's
$9 kg Pork Roast
$8 kg Lamb Leg (a month ago)

Inflation has slowed up a fair bit. If anything the crisis is over. Cry on someone's shoulder who remembers the 70s or 80s. Or even an Argentine.