So I went down to the local Safeway...

[decay]

i always, always shop by UNIT PRICE.

weird, sometimes name brand is less than store brand!

[jdc]

coke just did this too -- they have those little "short" half size coke cans that were 8oz and 100 calories




now they are taller and skinnier -- and 7.5 oz... and 90 calories

[Doc]

Yogurt cups 10 years ago: 12oz

Yogurt cups 5 years ago: 6 oz

Yogurt cups today: 4oz

And milk products are subsidized in this country, yet the price keeps going up.

[msienkiewicz]

maybe it's just as well that I've developed lactose intolerance and am not eating ice cream anymore...

I was hoping you had some good news about going to Safeway. I actually had a little bonus last time I shopped. I had loaded some of those e-coupons into my store card and forgot about it. When I picked up some Bisquick on my last trip I got 60 cents off - no muss, no fuss, no paper coupon.

[Ombligo]

Anyone else noticed that coupons of late have gotten scarce on many items. I used to always have two or three $1 off coupons for Kelloggs or Post cereals... now I'm lucky to find one every 3 months (even less often for adult cereals). General Mills has gone to $1 off if you buy three boxes to combat store BOGO sales. Same with many other products.

My food bill has gone up around 25% in the last year with no change in buying habits.

[M A V I C]

I actually returned something to the store a couple weeks back because it was too expensive.

Butter.

1lb of butter was $6.50. A few weeks prior it was $4. I was in a hurry, thought I didn't remember the old price correctly. Thought about it the next day and returned it. This was at a Kroger store. Went to Whole Foods and the same butter was a few dollars cheaper there.

There's some insane price gouging taking place between that store and the nearest Safeway. Like 2lbs of cheese at most stores it $5.99. At these two they often want over $10 and the Kroger one wants $13.49 as their regular price. Another Kroger store under a different name a few miles away wants $5.99, regular price, no card.

The cheese is normally $10.99 or so with a card "on sale."

I can't believe Whole Foods is so much cheaper than Safeway or the nearest Kroger.

[WHiiP]

M A V I C wrote:
I can't believe Whole Foods is so much cheaper than Safeway or the nearest Kroger.

Now that IS strange . . . neaky:

[mikebw]

The "Grocery Shrink Ray" as they call it over at Consumerist.com. I always shop by unit price too; I don't really care about the size as long as the price is right.

[josntme]

Just think, in a few months they can go back to the original 16 oz (or whatever) size and call it a super size and we will buy thinking it's a great deal. As someone else pointed out, bestards.:villagers: