OMG, I just got back from the grocery store. Prices have jumped on everything!! I couldn't believe it--the difference from last week to this week. Not to mention gas is now $3.09 a gallon here--the highest it's ever been in my area!!! Before long, we're not going to be able to afford food or gas with how high everything is!!! Sorry, just had to get it out.

I was updating my price book last week, it's only been 2 or 3 months since I first did this and the jump in some things was 30-50 cents. I'm a little concerned about this.

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Wendy~Self-proclaimed hippie momma to Bob and Jamie

I know what you mean!!! I decided to just use up everything in my pantry and wait until the last possible moment to go shopping again for groceries, it just stresses me out!! I used to be able to find several packs of meat marked down at the store, now there's never any there, I think more and more people are looking for bargains with everything going up like it is. Gas here is $3.15 to $3.19/gallon.

Another CNN article on this:

Led by milk, food prices keep climbing, climbing, climbing - Dec. 20, 2007

They're definitely going up fast!

It is getting ridiculous! I have definetley noticed the jump in prices too. But I have still been able to lower my grocery bill! :-) I went yesterday and spent $94 and that will get me through to next Tuesday or so.

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I also noticed last Fri when I went that things is our area have jumped $.50-1.00 in the last two weeks. I keep crossing my fingers that just once ~ ONCE ~ something will go down

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Everything keeps going up. I'm not sure how we are expected to live! The poverty level is going to keep on rising and by record numbers.
I need to update my price book comparison.

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yep i normally spend under $100.00 a week that includes diapers and pullups all household stuff and last week my bill was 145.62 so across the board i spent over 45 bucks more and i bought my normal stuff... we are going to have to re-think some of our produce choices.

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We live in the farming community and have been suprised that this hasn't happened sooner. I do agree the prices are up but we have to remember the cost to harvest and ship good out are expensive now too.

Seed prices, and grain for animals are so high now, some of us have had to reduce our animals on the farm because we are having to grow our own grain to try and keep costs down. That grain is now using up fields we would have used for cash crops.Then there is the cost of gas for the machinery. The cost to ship the goods. Plus we are dealing with foot & mouth, BSE and the ever threaten of chicken flu. The worries never end.

You will see anything that contains wheat go up quiet a lot in the next fews weeks. You will be surprised what all contains wheat. Wheat in North American has always been a stable and has been really in-expensive, but when it hits us all at once, it seems like a huge cost on the budget.

That being said I have noticed that this week up here in Canada vegetables have been the lowest they have been in months. Beef lately has dropped as well, and I don't know why? But breads and cereals are jumping fast.

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Neleh

I know what you mean! I have less ansd less stuff in my shopping cart and the price is going up and up. Then gas went up 10 cents over night!

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