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Old 09-18-2008, 02:46 PM
 
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Hey All,

So I have been out of the country for the past few weeks and made my first trip to the grocery store (Dominick's) since being back, and I was in shock- it appears that everything has nearly doubled in price! One of the clerks told me that taxes will be going up again so prices will be getting even higher? Is this just a Chicago phenomenon or have the price of groceries shot up nationwide like this? I tried to find a current story on it but there is nothing... I don't know how people are affording to eat!
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Old 09-18-2008, 02:50 PM
 
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I know, it's really crazy. It's also weird that it's not like this everywhere. I was at my parent's house in PA a few weeks ago and groceries were MUCH cheaper and honestly it's usually much more expensive on the east coast than it is here.
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Old 09-18-2008, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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They are trying to get rid of the middle class, that's all.
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Old 09-18-2008, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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Haven't noticed this at all. Was at the grocery store last weekend and spent the same on everything as usual.
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Old 09-18-2008, 03:04 PM
 
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I know, it's really crazy. It's also weird that it's not like this everywhere. I was at my parent's house in PA a few weeks ago and groceries were MUCH cheaper and honestly it's usually much more expensive on the east coast than it is here.
Interesting. I wonder why that is?
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Old 09-18-2008, 03:09 PM
 
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Well, I don't shop at Jewel or Dominick's, myself. I haven't noticed much of an increase at my usual haunts (Trader Joe's, HarvestTime Foods, other joints where I can spend WAY less than at Jewel or Dominicks...).

In fact, what gets me is that I actually pay less for groceries in Chicago than my family does in a medium-sized town in South Carolina.
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Old 09-18-2008, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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That clerk that checked you out really knows alot...
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Old 09-18-2008, 03:15 PM
 
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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In all seriousness, many of the foods we buy are packaged in things such as plastic which need oil to be produced. Not to mention the oil that is used to transport these goods. The bad economy just tops it off...i certainly don't expect this trend to change anytime soon. Maybe once the housing market rebounds we will see the costs of many foods fall back to the proportion of our salary that we are used to. because 5-10 years from now it is a given the products will be more expensive than they are today but will you make more money to compensate that? that is the question.
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Old 09-18-2008, 03:16 PM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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Groceries have definitely been increasing over the last year or so, your right At1. But there's just no way they've doubled in a few weeks. That's ludicrous. there'd be rioting in the streets.

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Old 09-18-2008, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn
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Groceries are actually cheaper here in NYC...Unreal huh?
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