inflation

[Rogar]

Trumpflation has been in the news lately, although I think I've gotten used to price creep and hard to notice for a lot of things. Today I got a notice that my electric bills would be increasing 10% for 2026. Bulk coffee at Sprouts is now running 19.99 a pound and bulk chocolate covered nuts have gone up a lot, which I understand is due to crop failures. People have been warning me to expect a big increase in homeowners insurance. On the other hand gas is lower than it's been for a few years. The numbers the government churns out saying something close to 3% inflation doesn't seem quite right to me. Most things even besides groceries just seem more expensive.

I sometimes think Americans will complain about how expensive things are regardless.

[pinkytoe]

Hmm...Oreos - haven't had one of those in decades but I can still taste them. Out of habit, I keep logs of basic expenditures like groceries. Last October, we spent $453. This Oct, $536. Two adults, two cats. I don't think our shopping habits have changed much in a year but certain things have certainly gone up in price.

[bae]

I put gas in my truck today. $5.99/gallon.

[sweetana3]

Our gas prices have just decreased to less than $3 but noticed diesel has gone up to more than $4.

Milk is $2.29 right now and eggs are less than $2.50. Butter is around $3. Just found an ethnic grocery that has great prices on onions, garlic and butternut squash. Will start checking them more often.

I cannot find anything that is lower in price and even sale prices are higher than previous years.

We talked today and we are actually eating less but eating better. I have sale asparagus, sale cauliflower, 49 cent a pound sweet potatoes and Delicata squash and will roast them all tomorrow. We can use it as is or on salads and such.

[Tradd]

We have just about the highest gas taxes here in the US in IL. I paid $3.03 for regular unleaded on the way home tonight. A few stations closer to home are $3.47ish. Gas tends to be cheaper near work, which is further away from Chicago and in a different county.

[pinkytoe]

$2.49 gas at Costco today.

[Rogar]

Bird flu has dropped out of any common news I've seen lately, but the egg shelves have been well stocked. There's a big price range. "Vital" brand, organic, pasture raised, a 100 sq ft per hen claim was $7.50 per dozen today. Normal every day was about half that. Gas has been in the 2.50-3.OO range for several weeks. My grocery bill today was exactly $100.00, which was sort of weird. Coffee, a pound of raw almonds, some produce, bread, milk etc., and no meat. I will probably have to pick up odds and ends within a week. The news today said the average price of a new car just topped $50,000. and quoted a woman who said she remembered when you could buy a house for that.

In the big scheme of things, I'd think energy, insurance, housing, and health care may hit a lot of wallets more than groceries and gas, but those seems to be the common gauge of inflation judgement.

[iris lilies]

Bird flu is still rampant though. It just killed two of the swans in our lake in my former neighborhood.It also killed some geese there.

[iris lilies]

$2.49 gas at Costco today.

Gas is the only inflated good I notice. It seems reasonable at the moment.

[rosarugosa]

Wow Rogar, that's a lot for one person, especially with no meat. I don't think you are buying pet food either, right?