I don't complain about paying a bit more for milk. I know a lot of the dairy farmers in our area (central Wisconsin) barely make enough to cover expenses as it is. I just wish more of the price increase would actually end up in the farmers' pockets.

I have noticed the price of everything is going up. So frustrating. I'm planning a bigger vegetable garden this year. I'm also planning meals, and trying to use up leftovers before they grow green fuzz. We've already cut back on trips to town as much as we can (at $3 worth of gas per trip)- don't know what else to do.

I have also noticed the price of groceries going up, I heard a rumor that the price of school lunches is going up in my school district but it will not surprise me with the high price of groceries.

I'm spending about about $40 more per week for the exact same things.

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This past weekend I went to SuperTarget for alot of my groceries, and I was shocked to see that the store brand of canned items (beans, corn, peas) had jumped .30 in 2 weeks. Usually SuperTarget for me is the Old Faithful of cheaper groceries, especially on their store brand.

I was so upset. I ended upi\ spending a lot and that is with no/little convenience items or prepackaged snacks, with the exception of a pack of juiceboxes.

I have already cut back a good deal and it looks like I will be cutting back more.

I hear you about everything going up significantly in just a matter of days. I am going to start applying the Pantry Principal found in The Tightwad Gazette more fully so that I'm stockpiling groceries purchased at the lowest prices and then planning menus around them. Even things like toilet paper, etc. are going up a lot.

I was looking at cookware sets on Amazon.com last weekend. I'm trying to replace my non-stick pans. Anyway, after some research, I decided on a set for $119. The next morning I went back on line to actually order it, and the price had increased to $129 overnight! GGgggrrrr!!!!

[quote=vickilynn]I don't complain about paying a bit more for milk. I know a lot of the dairy farmers in our area (central Wisconsin) barely make enough to cover expenses as it is. I just wish more of the price increase would actually end up in the farmers' pockets.

I grew up on a dairy farm in northern WI (Exeland) and I know exactly what you're saying about farmers barely making it. My brother is managing a herd now that he he hopes to buy in the next year, so farming is in our blood LOL! Contrary to what the general belief is, most farmers are not making out big time with subsidies, etc. Many of them are working a second job and their wives are almost always working a full-time job (in addition to the more-than-full-time job of being a farmer's wife). I wouldn't mind that we're paying a lot more for dairy stuff now if I thought I was benefiting the people supplying the raw product, because my family would be supporting my (former) neighbor's family.

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This is interesting:

One Week's Worth of Food Around Our Planet | FixingThePlanet.com

It shows (with pictures) what families around the world spend on food - and what they get for their money.

We've decided to change the way we meal plan since the prices have gone up so much. We've looked at meals and cut the stuff that really has no nutritional value. Example: Spaghetti Dinner is usually spaghetti with meat sauce, salad and garlic toast. No more garlic toast---its $3.00 a box and I'm not going to use up my sandwich/breakfast bread making it homeade so we just don't have it. Nobody seems to miss it really. We've done this with sandwiches---no more chips, sticking to carrot sticks and fruit and again healthier and nobody misses the $3.50 bag of chips. Cut out the unhealthy sides if you serve any and that can help make up the difference.

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Grocery prices are horrible, I agree! The thing that really got me when I went to Wal Mart (ugh) on Sunday was that the DOG FOOD had jumped nearly $3.00 a bag! Every brand! I know that it's probably just the Wal Mart people covering their butts for transportation expenses (we live in a somewhat remote area)....It's ridiculous!

We buy small bags (they don't have large ones here) of Purina Indoor Complete because Iam's was getting too expensive for us last year. Now the Purina is only about $5.00 less for a bag. So much for my huge guilt trip that is still lingering (from switching the dogs to a cheaper food)!

I also noticed -

Flour - 3 dollars for a small bag!

I am getting so frustrated. I was in the store an extra 30 minutes because I was trying extra hard to figure out which was the best deal (between brands of various things on my list) and I still came out spending more than normal.

More on food prices going up...

Grocery prices getting fat on ethanol demand, weak dollar | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Business News