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Originally Posted by baddog
Not trying to be flippant, just wondering. Besides gas, what in your life has gone up in price lately?
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Well for me the following is up (rough percentages)
Red meat: 60%
Pork: 50%
Chicken: 45%
Lettuce & other greens: 70%
Bread, rice, grains: 50%
Milk: 25%
Eggs: 40%
Pasta: 30%
Hell our food costs have gone from about 125.00 a week to 200.00 a week (not including eating out) and if I recall food costs account for like 15% of household spending while gas is only like 5%. That of course is just food and not increased costs in nearly everything else too from natural gas to the damn cost of household paint. Only real benefit is electricity and that is just because our city produces it own via the damn.