Has anyone noticed that the prices of groceries have gone up at HEB, Sun Harvest, and Whole Foods?

Question

The milk has gone from $3.99 to $5.99
The sharp cheddar cheese is now $3.69
The eggs are now $3.99 a dozen
Dasani water has risen to $4.99 for 24 bottles
I don't eat it but I've noticed that fish has really gone up...salmon is now $23.99 a pound!

Yesterday I went to go out and eat and the dinner I usually get is $9.49 last night it was $13.95!!!

Last saturday I bought groceries (a cart full) and my total came to $303.01, I was shocked...And groceries includes food, cleaning supplies, trash bags, detergent, dishwasher soap.

Now that I'm on that subject, gasoline is $2.75 near where I live. I miss the days of $1.20 a gallon...I know well never see that again.

Answer 1

Yes I was also shocked, I normally don't notice prices, I just grab what I need and run, but I was slowed down by $5.24/gal for milk and $15.00 a piece for ribeyes.

I did note the price of gas also, we are at the national average for regular gas at 2.76 per gallon.
You miss $1.20 a gallon... I really miss 32 cents a gallon when I was in high school. We could all just gather up a bunch of change and put 5-10 gallons in the car. I really hate paying over $3.00 a gallon for premium for my car now.

Answer 2

As long as fuel costs are up so is the price of products from the farm. I am not real sure that the cost of goods from the farm really have gone up that much, by that I mean commensurate with what we earn today as opposed to what we earned then. When I was a boy I can remember a new Pick-up truck was about $1400-1500 and now I should take out a second mortgage on my house to pay for one. But in the mid 1950s the average person earned from about $3000 to a high of about $5000, and a person with $10,000 was thought to be wealthy. My grandfather retired in the late 1950s with a Social Security check of less than $150 and that was at age 65 he had to go back to work to gain enought time to retire from the business where he worked as well and that was for another 5 years and then he got a $50. retirement from the business, together about $200 and that included my grandmother SS, my wife and I have 30 times the amount as my grandparents, I am glad that the gasoline isn't 30 times what it cost then. Gasoline then was from $.18 to $.30 a gallon

Answer 3

The milk prices are shocking! Cereal prices are starting to creep up. My kids are grown but I wonder how young families will make do. I guess I will have to look at the prices instead of just tossing them in. I went to the store and I tossed in a loaf of Sara Lee bread and then stopped and took it back out when the price read $3.09......Talk about price shock!

Edit to JD, my uncle would give me a quarter with the gas container to go and fill it up so he could mow the lawn! In high school we would drive around Brackenridge Park because gas was cheap and thats all we could afford to do......ride around!

Answer 4

This not just happening in SA. As of this writing, here in Corpus, a gallon of Borden milk is cheaper at Stripes (Fomerly Circle K) on NAS Drive than it is at HEB.

HEB locally if nowhere else, seems to have perfect timing in raising prices right about the time USDA/TX HHSC announces an increase in food stamp allowances.

Gas here in town (last time I looked) was running from $2.49-$2.69 for regular unleaded.

Answer 5

I remember when I was in the third grade in 1973 and I remember my dad complaining that gas had gone up to $.45 a gallon.

Answer 6

I have also noticed! Normally, I don't may that much attention to the prices but the milk is WAY over priced! Gasoline is also over priced!