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  • pornask
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    • Aug 2006
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    #51
    You couldn't afford to live in Edmonton

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    • F-U-Jimmy
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      • Apr 2006
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      #52
      Here in San Diego i shop for my restaurants and the cost of wholesale food items has skyrocketed in the last 6 months. For example 5 gal Canola oil was $22.00, 6 months ago its now $37.00. Strawberrys $6.00 a tray last May ( thats like 12 retail size baskets ) this May $19.00 same size tray. Potatoes 50lb box Russets was $9.00 6 months ago today $19.95. Sping Mix (salad) was $4.50 a 8 lb box. Today the same box is $9.50.

      Crop like these are being farmed less and the cost of transporting is going up weekly.
      One of my cafe buys huge boxes of ACAI ( superfruit ) the distributors are adding fuel surcharges that amount to some 7% extra each week !!!!!
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      • Spunky
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        • Jun 2002
        • 133978

        #53
        Vancouver is pretty damn expensive compared to other Canadian cities

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        • Agent 488
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          • Feb 2006
          • 22511

          #54
          yeah my buddies who own resteraunts have been giving me similar tales.

          Originally posted by F-U-Jimmy
          Here in San Diego i shop for my restaurants and the cost of wholesale food items has skyrocketed in the last 6 months. For example 5 gal Canola oil was $22.00, 6 months ago its now $37.00. Strawberrys $6.00 a tray last May ( thats like 12 retail size baskets ) this May $19.00 same size tray. Potatoes 50lb box Russets was $9.00 6 months ago today $19.95. Sping Mix (salad) was $4.50 a 8 lb box. Today the same box is $9.50.

          Crop like these are being farmed less and the cost of transporting is going up weekly.
          One of my cafe buys huge boxes of ACAI ( superfruit ) the distributors are adding fuel surcharges that amount to some 7% extra each week !!!!!

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          • vidsta
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            • Mar 2008
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            #55
            very expensive.
            these days gasoline costs about 1.55?/liter

            this is about 9.12$/galon
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            • Adultnet
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              • Sep 2003
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              #56
              Originally posted by Biddy
              Not too sure I just buy the crap I need.
              yes... places sell for cheap places sell for more


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              • vidsta
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                • Mar 2008
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                #57
                Dublin is pretty expensive too. i once bought a double whopper for 6.60? (about 10$) there...
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                • gadabout
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                  • Jun 2007
                  • 329

                  #58
                  Most of the things I buy have went up around 20-25%. I buy a few things that went from $1 to $1.50. The size has gone down on some things. Ice cream was on the news the other day about a size decrease lol

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                  • RenegadeCash Mark
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                    • Apr 2008
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                    #59
                    I know it is hard to change mind frames, but the more you worry about things
                    the worse you will feel and the worse it will become for you.

                    Sure everything has gone up, just learn to live within your means...
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                    • gadabout
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                      • Jun 2007
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                      #60
                      or make more

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                      • bausch
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                        • Jul 2006
                        • 3017

                        #61
                        To be honest I don't really pay attention to prices at the grocery store. I just buy what I feel like buying. It makes no difference to me whether bread is $2 or $3 or $4. If I feel like eating something I will buy it. I don't eat bread anymore anyways because I cut back on carbs. I only eat lean protein and veggies and as little carbs as possible unless sometimes when I get a bad craving.


                        I care about it in the broader sense of in terms of it affecting the economy and that affecting my sales, but I don't care if I personally have to pay a bit more at the store. I don't care. I could care less if bread costs $2.10 or $2.95. I have better things to do.
                        Last edited by bausch; 06-03-2008, 10:09 PM.

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                        • Sarah_Jayne
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                          • Dec 2002
                          • 40077

                          #62
                          Originally posted by RenegadeCash Mark
                          I know it is hard to change mind frames, but the more you worry about things
                          the worse you will feel and the worse it will become for you.

                          Sure everything has gone up, just learn to live within your means...
                          I wouldn't say that at this stage I am worried it is just noticeable.
                          Last edited by Sarah_Jayne; 06-04-2008, 12:50 AM.

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                          • bausch
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                            • Jul 2006
                            • 3017

                            #63
                            I shop at Trader Joe's mostly and it's pretty cheap. Mostly for dinner I eat fresh atlantic salmon and then some veggies or spinach or a huge salad from either rader Joe's or Jack In The Box... Breakfast is just eggs and spinach. It doesn't taste good but that's not the point, the point is that I want my body to be as lean as possible. It's not about taste. Eat to live, not LIVE TO EAT.

                            I don't really buy "groceries" like cereal or frozen food, that stuff is just not good for you. I only want to eat foods that make me live longer and make my skin glow from within; mainly fish and veggies. Now that I hit 30 I decided to only eat foods that will make me age better.

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                            • Sarah_Jayne
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                              • Dec 2002
                              • 40077

                              #64
                              Right, and apples are bad.

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                              • klinton
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                                • Apr 2003
                                • 8766

                                #65
                                wroclaw,poland:
                                good bread: 2usd
                                0,5 l milk uht: 1 usd
                                1,5 l mineral water: 1 usd
                                1kg apples: 2-2,5 usd
                                cheese: 15 usd/1kg
                                chocolate: over 1,5 usd 100 g
                                beer 0,5l: 1-1,5 usd
                                good muesli: 2,5 usd 400 g
                                cottage cheese: ~ 1 usd 100-150 g
                                dinner in low-medium class bar/restaurant but with good food : 6 usd

                                all is ~ 15 % more expensive in last 10 months...

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                                • cool1
                                  sex is good
                                  • Sep 2001
                                  • 24939

                                  #66
                                  I am sure the cost of some of the food (bread) I buy has gone up, but I haven't really noticed that much here.
                                  I seem to spend around the same amount. I shop at t he real canadian super store, fairly cheap prices.
                                  Probably the cost of some has gone up and some has gone down, so it balances out.
                                  I do not drive, or don't eat out, so not costs there.

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                                  • cleopatra0628
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                                    • May 2008
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                                    #67
                                    well i guess all part of the world has a price increase on almost everything.

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                                    • Vendot
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                                      • May 2002
                                      • 3376

                                      #68
                                      Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash
                                      Yeah, bread has been up for a long time now but stuff like the fruit I mentioned is mostly over a couple months.
                                      Well bread is up and will stay up and all wheat products are up. A bag of rice (some brands) has doubled in price and a lot of other foods are up price.

                                      People forget that the big three India, Russia, China represents around half of the world population wise and their economies are booming. Those people can now to improve their diet. Couple that with fuel prices and other short term disasters like in china/burma etc and you have a recipe for high food prices.

                                      Its definitely on an uptrend unfortunately but of course, we in the west are affected far less than poor people in asia for example, who are barely surviving.
                                      Last edited by Vendot; 06-04-2008, 10:47 AM.
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                                      • Tom_PM
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                                        • Feb 2005
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                                        #69
                                        Time to plant those victory gardens again it seems. I know more people than ever this year who have gardens. Some getting into home canning and storage etc. Not a bad idea.
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                                        • Sarah_Jayne
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                                          • Dec 2002
                                          • 40077

                                          #70
                                          I thought about canning but I simply don't have the storage room. My grandmother lives in a really rural town and she has always had her basement full of things from her garden that she has canned.

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                                          • F-U-Jimmy
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                                            • Apr 2006
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                                            #71
                                            Originally posted by Vendot
                                            Well bread is up and will stay up and all wheat products are up. A bag of rice (some brands) has doubled in price and a lot of other foods are up price.

                                            People forget that the big three India, Russia, China represents around half of the world population wise and their economies are booming. Those people can now to improve their diet. Couple that with fuel prices and other short term disasters like in china/burma etc and you have a recipe for high food prices.

                                            Its definitely on an uptrend unfortunately but of course, we in the west are affected far less than poor people in asia for example, who are barely surviving.



                                            Below are the top 50 countries by population in 2005 ( there are 206 but i got tired of typing)
                                            Rank Countries Amount (top to bottom) Date
                                            #1 China: 1,304,500,000 2005 ...
                                            #2 India: 1,094,583,000 2005 ...
                                            #3 United States: 296,410,400 2005 ...
                                            #4 Indonesia: 220,558,000 2005 ...
                                            #5 Brazil: 186,404,900 2005 ...
                                            #6 Pakistan: 155,772,000 2005 ...
                                            #7 Russia: 143,113,600 2005 ...
                                            #8 Bangladesh: 141,822,300 2005 ...
                                            #9 Nigeria: 131,529,700 2005 ...
                                            #10 Japan: 127,774,000 2005 ...
                                            #11 Mexico: 103,089,100 2005 ...
                                            #12 Vietnam: 83,119,000 2005 ...
                                            #13 Philippines: 83,054,480 2005 ...
                                            #14 Germany: 82,469,400 2005 ...
                                            #15 Egypt: 74,032,880 2005 ...
                                            #16 Turkey: 72,065,000 2005 ...
                                            #17 Ethiopia: 71,256,000 2005 ...
                                            #18 Iran: 68,251,090 2005 ...
                                            #19 Thailand: 64,232,760 2005 ...
                                            #20 France: 60,873,000 2005 ...
                                            #21 United Kingdom: 60,226,500 2005 ...
                                            #22 Italy: 58,607,050 2005 ...
                                            #23 Congo: 57,548,740 2005 ...
                                            #24 Burma: 50,519,490 2005 ...
                                            #25 Korea, South: 48,294,140 2005 ...
                                            #26 Ukraine: 47,075,300 2005 ...
                                            #27 South Africa: 46,888,200 2005 ...
                                            #28 Colombia: 45,600,240 2005 ...
                                            #29 Spain: 43,398,150 2005 ...
                                            #30 Argentina: 38,747,150 2005 ...
                                            #31 Tanzania: 38,328,810 2005 ...
                                            #32 Poland: 38,165,450 2005 ...
                                            #33 Sudan: 36,232,940 2005 ...
                                            #34 Kenya: 34,255,720 2005 ...
                                            #35 Algeria: 32,853,800 2005 ...
                                            #36 Canada: 32,299,000 2005 ...
                                            #37 Morocco: 30,168,080 2005 ...
                                            #38 Uganda: 28,816,230 2005 ...
                                            #39 Peru: 27,968,240 2005 ...
                                            #40 Nepal: 27,132,630 2005 ...
                                            #41 Venezuela: 26,577,000 2005 ...
                                            #42 Uzbekistan: 26,167,370 2005 ...
                                            #43 Malaysia: 25,347,370 2005 ...
                                            #44 Iraq: 24,360,110 1999 ...
                                            #45 Saudi Arabia: 23,118,990 2005 ...
                                            #46 Korea, North: 22,487,660 2005 ...
                                            #47 Ghana: 22,112,800 2005 ...
                                            #48 Romania: 21,634,350 2005 ...
                                            #49 Yemen: 20,974,660 2005 ...
                                            #50 Australia: 20,329,000 2005 ...

                                            Total: 6,390,873,631.39 ( of all 206 countries)
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                                            • klinton
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                                              • Apr 2003
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                                              #72
                                              Originally posted by Vendot
                                              Well bread is up and will stay up and all wheat products are up. A bag of rice (some brands) has doubled in price and a lot of other foods are up price.

                                              People forget that the big three India, Russia, China represents around half of the world population wise and their economies are booming. Those people can now to improve their diet. Couple that with fuel prices and other short term disasters like in china/burma etc and you have a recipe for high food prices.

                                              Its definitely on an uptrend unfortunately but of course, we in the west are affected far less than poor people in asia for example, who are barely surviving.
                                              yes it is, but it's also often 'speculation' like communists somewhen were saying ;-)

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                                              • AZSarah
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                                                • Oct 2006
                                                • 1651

                                                #73
                                                Milk is a big one I have noticed.
                                                We buy them at Costco in a 2 pack now to try & save a little & end up finding ourselves racing to finish the 2nd gallon before it expires.
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                                                • Sarah_Jayne
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                                                  • Dec 2002
                                                  • 40077

                                                  #74
                                                  Freeze the second milk..most milk freezes fine.

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                                                  • Peaches
                                                    Old broad
                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                    • 13933

                                                    #75
                                                    Someone mentioned on GFY, I think, that adding a pinch of salt to milk will lengthen the freshness. And it was someone who I would trust though now I can't remember who it was ;)

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                                                    • Tom_PM
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                                                      • Feb 2005
                                                      • 16443

                                                      #76
                                                      Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash
                                                      I thought about canning but I simply don't have the storage room. My grandmother lives in a really rural town and she has always had her basement full of things from her garden that she has canned.
                                                      My aunt's basement was always packed floor to ceiling for a good 20 ft stretch of wall too! Veggies, sauces, fruits, jellies, jams, preserves.. just crazy ambitious. Old school style. But they also had a very LARGE garden that they'd harvest from almost all year long.

                                                      I think maybe 2 good tomato plants would be as deep as I'd try to dive into it, lol.
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                                                      • klinton
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                                                        • Apr 2003
                                                        • 8766

                                                        #77
                                                        Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                                        My aunt's basement was always packed floor to ceiling for a good 20 ft stretch of wall too! Veggies, sauces, fruits, jellies, jams, preserves.. just crazy ambitious. Old school style. But they also had a very LARGE garden that they'd harvest from almost all year long.

                                                        I think maybe 2 good tomato plants would be as deep as I'd try to dive into it, lol.

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                                                        • VeriSexy
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                                                          • Apr 2002
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                                                          #78
                                                          Originally posted by Jean-Francois
                                                          it is between 15-20% more expensive then the US at the moment.
                                                          Same... and 30-40% more for electionics and cars
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                                                          • madfuck
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                                                            • Oct 2004
                                                            • 2032

                                                            #79
                                                            damm wat else is goin wrong wit this shit 2day

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                                                            • wyldblyss
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                                                              • Nov 2003
                                                              • 5779

                                                              #80
                                                              I pay approx $2.50 for bread. A bag of apples is $5+. McDonald's for the family costs $62 (including a burger for the dogs to share haha).

                                                              I grocery shop once per week and spend anywhere from $350-$450/week. That includes cleaning supplies, but does not include things like alcohol, pop etc. that we buy elsewhere. We eat steak once per week, but the rest of the week we eat the old fashioned standards that are not too expense such as chili, lasagna, pasta, tacos etc.

                                                              I don't know how lower income people get by.

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                                                              • foxxx
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                                                                • Jun 2002
                                                                • 573

                                                                #81
                                                                cant remember last time i cooked... think it was about 2 years ago, restaurants every night... but then again i live in thailand, so cost of living is like $1.50. maximize your revenue while you can, invest it, grow it, retire... stop blowing it on fuel...

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                                                                • GetSCORECash
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                                                                  • Mar 2008
                                                                  • 5527

                                                                  #82
                                                                  crackers are one dollar more. From $1.19 to $2.09 in less then six months.

                                                                  Milk is now $4.00 at CVS, which is $2.00 cheaper then a supermarket.
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                                                                  • spunkmaster
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                                                                    • Jan 2004
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                                                                    #83
                                                                    Originally posted by jhauser
                                                                    I noticed a huge increase in the price of milk from last year to current.
                                                                    Milk here is $1.99 for two gallons !

                                                                    I bought a 6 pack of beer today for $2.79 at Albertsons

                                                                    A dozen eggs cost about $1.49 - $2.99 depending on
                                                                    size and if they are organic or not?

                                                                    Gas is $3.89 and this is the biggest price increase I've seen the last year.
                                                                    The state (wa) just raised the gas tax another 10 cents so this doesn't help!

                                                                    I did notice today my Comcast bill went up to over $200 per month so
                                                                    I'm calling them tomorrow to cancel everything except internet and basic cable.

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                                                                    • bringer
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                                                                      • Jul 2003
                                                                      • 13082

                                                                      #84
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                                                                        #85
                                                                        I just paid $8 for a bottle of water... lol
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                                                                        • Sarah_Jayne
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                                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                                          • 40077

                                                                          #86
                                                                          A meal from a fast food place costing $62 is obscene.

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                                                                          • Ross
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                                                                            • Sep 2002
                                                                            • 18874

                                                                            #87
                                                                            Everything is going up. I tend to do my shopping every two weeks and we notice prices going up at least once a month. Milk is going up a lot I think. Energy supplies to my house just went up by about 12% again which is very annoying. Haven't really noticed prices going up in restaurants tho, we eat out a few times per month and prices are generally the same. I think the UK is the worst place top stay. Our government take money from us for EVERYTHING. We pay duty on our cars, we pay road tax, we pay duty, tax and god knows what else on Fuel and we pay fortunes for repairs to cars.

                                                                            I honestly hate this country so much right now.

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                                                                            • scottybuzz
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                                                                              • May 2006
                                                                              • 14799

                                                                              #88
                                                                              i dont know about other prices, but food prices, you must be living in cloud cooko land if you are complaining, for years we have exploited these african countries and got perfect deals and now we are so used to them and now other external factors are raising up the prices.

                                                                              Be happy with how we have raped africa for the past 20 years.

                                                                              I mean seriously i can buy a huge bar of asda smart price choclate for 20p of which 0.4p will go to the producers. Some choclates charge that just for the packaging.
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                                                                              • perfectodollars-gabrio
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                                                                                • Jun 2003
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                                                                                #89
                                                                                i think that in every county is happening the same...speak about gasoline....soon we'll be trading gold for one liter of fuel!!

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                                                                                • perfectodollars-gabrio
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                                                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                                                  • 3811

                                                                                  #90
                                                                                  and this is spaghettiland for the note...

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                                                                                  • Sarah_Jayne
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                                                                                    • Dec 2002
                                                                                    • 40077

                                                                                    #91
                                                                                    Originally posted by scottybuzz
                                                                                    i dont know about other prices, but food prices, you must be living in cloud cooko land if you are complaining, for years we have exploited these african countries and got perfect deals and now we are so used to them and now other external factors are raising up the prices.

                                                                                    Be happy with how we have raped africa for the past 20 years.

                                                                                    I mean seriously i can buy a huge bar of asda smart price choclate for 20p of which 0.4p will go to the producers. Some choclates charge that just for the packaging.
                                                                                    Again, noticing and complaining are different things.

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                                                                                    • voa
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                                                                                      • Nov 2006
                                                                                      • 16532

                                                                                      #92
                                                                                      Over here in Macedonia you need 400$ for good live to cover all bills and for food and for go out in the bars.

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                                                                                      • AmeliaG
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                                                                                        • Jan 2003
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                                                                                        #93
                                                                                        I'm a bit of a foodie, so I know I buy expensive food to begin with, but the cost of my basic groceries has gone up around 30% on average where I live in Hollywood. A lot of the sort of luxury fruits have pretty much doubled in price. High quality and organic meats are up a lot. Seen less of a change in things like bread and eggs, which are up but not crazy up.
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                                                                                        • bausch
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                                                                                          #94
                                                                                          Hmmm I live by myself and food is pretty cheap for me even with the rising costs. I don't understand what people eat/buy that costs $350 a week? That must be to feed a huge family or something. I only eat lean protein such as shrimp and salmon and healthy foods like vegetables/spinach etc and it's all very cheap.

                                                                                          I am a rather small person so it doesn't take much to fill me up. If I ate $300 worth of crap from the grocery store a week I would become so huge I could probably be rolled down the street like a beach ball since I wouldn't be able to walk anymore or my stomach would probably explode and I would die.
                                                                                          Last edited by bausch; 06-09-2008, 04:02 AM.

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                                                                                          • AmeliaG
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                                                                                            • Jan 2003
                                                                                            • 10671

                                                                                            #95
                                                                                            Originally posted by bausch
                                                                                            Hmmm I live by myself and food is pretty cheap for me even with the rising costs. I don't understand what people eat/buy that costs $350 a week? That must be to feed a huge family or something. I only eat lean protein such as shrimp and salmon and healthy foods like vegetables/spinach etc and it's all very cheap.

                                                                                            I am a rather small person so it doesn't take much to fill me up. If I ate $300 worth of crap from the grocery store a week I would become so huge I could probably be rolled down the street like a beach ball since I wouldn't be able to walk anymore or my stomach would probably explode and I would die.
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                                                                                            • Sid70
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                                                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                                                              • 16413

                                                                                              #96
                                                                                              Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash
                                                                                              I am talking just buying food never mind fuel. Bread has certainly gone up big time here in the UK over the last year but I am starting to really notice the increase in the price of things like fresh fruit too. For example, a bag of red apples that I buy pretty much every week cost me (translating to dollars) about $2 this time last year and this week that same bag cost me just about $4.

                                                                                              What basic food things are you noticing really going up in price over the last year or so where you live?

                                                                                              How bout everyone looking at this http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk and tell if its different from UK and in what way?
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                                                                                              • Sarah_Jayne
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                                                                                                • Dec 2002
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                                                                                                #97
                                                                                                Originally posted by AmeliaG
                                                                                                I'm a bit of a foodie, so I know I buy expensive food to begin with, but the cost of my basic groceries has gone up around 30% on average where I live in Hollywood. A lot of the sort of luxury fruits have pretty much doubled in price. High quality and organic meats are up a lot. Seen less of a change in things like bread and eggs, which are up but not crazy up.
                                                                                                I bet a lot of the fruit is do to shipping costs because so much of fruit comes from wherever it is in season at that time of year rather than locally.

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                                                                                                • Peaches
                                                                                                  Old broad
                                                                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                                                                  • 13933

                                                                                                  #98
                                                                                                  They only had organic FF milk in the 1/2 gallons today. $4.18 for 1/2 a gallon And gas up here finally went over the $4 mark for regular - $4.09.

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                                                                                                  • bausch
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                                                                                                    • Jul 2006
                                                                                                    • 3017

                                                                                                    #99
                                                                                                    Originally posted by AmeliaG
                                                                                                    Where do you live?
                                                                                                    I live in OC Orange County. I only buy fresh produce and fresh fish to eat because I refuse to eat frozen meat or any frozen foods from now on and it's still cheap for me. All I buy is produce and fish/shrimp tho, I don't eat things like cookies, cereal anything frozen, juice, soda, milk. I only drink water and organic pasteurized OJ and sometimes iced tea. I usually only shop at Trader Joe's. I eat correct portions tho, I think a lot of people don't know what a portion is and will eat like 3 portions of fish/protein at one sitting.

                                                                                                    Also, my stomach is small and I'm under 100 lbs so it's not like I am capable of eating a lot.
                                                                                                    My goal is to get a six pack and be as toned and firm as possible. I eat to live long and for looks (to make my body as toned as possible), I don't eat for enjoyment.

                                                                                                    I also try to cut out sugars because sugar converts into fat. A lot of celebs are so toned because they don't eat sugar. Sometimes I slip and do eat sugar (like last night) but I try not to have it in the house because it's like drugs. You can become addicted to it and get sugar highs.

                                                                                                    I don't eat this way because I'm cheap because I spend a lot of money on other things having to do with my appearance. I only eat this way because I want to optimize my body for looks. (Toned and fit)
                                                                                                    Last edited by bausch; 06-09-2008, 09:00 PM.

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                                                                                                    • bausch
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                                                                                                      #100
                                                                                                      Money is no object to me when it comes to appearances. I would pay whatever it takes to be the best that I can be (anything, even surgery), the thing is that spending a lot of money on food doesn't make me the best I can be, it just makes me bigger (not a good thing). I want to be as slim as possible. I only like to spend on things which make me look better, not get fatter.
                                                                                                      Last edited by bausch; 06-09-2008, 09:05 PM.

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