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05-24-2020, 05:18 PM
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Cost of groceries
Anyone else notice the Increase in price of groceries this week? My usual order placement for my Mother went up 40% from Loblaws/Superstore.
Is this a result of virus, carbon tax,,, or a gowge from the store
Wow, she’s on a fixed income and this is a big increase
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05-24-2020, 05:33 PM
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Likely recouping costs of all the PPE, cleaning supplies, wage increases, hand sanitizer/washing stations for the public, and supply/demand of some products
Any time running costs go up customers will pay more for products and services. It’s normal business operations to keep margins at a profitable level.
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05-24-2020, 05:34 PM
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Absolutely noticed a big increase. What we normally buy during a grocery run at superstore is now at least 60.00 more...
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05-24-2020, 05:43 PM
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I've found groceries are cheaper in Olds, than the same chains in the big cities, or Cochrane for that matter.  Other than that , no doubt, some item are up significantly.
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05-24-2020, 06:04 PM
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Cost of groceries went up big time here. An example, 1lbs. Of butter went from $5 to $7 over night. Went to the city and that same lbs. is $3.69 Things are going way up.
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05-24-2020, 06:06 PM
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In my experience Costco and Safeway have held the line. Co op has really disappointed me. 
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05-24-2020, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by pikergolf
In my experience Costco and Safeway have held the line. Co op has really disappointed me. |
I’ve kept track of the prices at my local Safeway and have noticed minimal
increases.
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05-24-2020, 07:19 PM
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cost of groceries
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Originally Posted by pikergolf
In my experience Costco and Safeway have held the line. Co op has really disappointed me. |
I've never found any grocery bargains shopping at Co-op.
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05-24-2020, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pikergolf
In my experience Costco and Safeway have held the line. Co op has really disappointed me. |
Yeah you're not gonna save much shopping at Co op. Costco most certainly did not hold the line, as a matter of fact, it's never this black and white. Depending on the product you might be overpaying in some stores compared to others. While costco used to have cheap meat, pork is now over $20/lb., while superstore is now cheaper and has better quality meat.
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05-24-2020, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Austin
Anyone else notice the Increase in price of groceries this week? My usual order placement for my Mother went up 40% from Loblaws/Superstore.
Is this a result of virus, carbon tax,,, or a gowge from the store
Wow, she’s on a fixed income and this is a big increase
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My MIL passed last year, and lived in a Seniors Condo.
I used to do all the protein shopping for her and her Knitting Group.Bulk buys-Block ready meats and I would cut and portion and drop by after their meetings and watch the old birds divvy it all up.
They were all thrilled to have small amounts of meat custom cut for their needs
They split the bill and baked me pastries 
Felt good saving them coin
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05-24-2020, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by omega50
My MIL passed last year, and lived in a Seniors Condo.
I used to do all the protein shopping for her and her Knitting Group.Bulk buys-Block ready meats and I would cut and portion and drop by after their meetings and watch the old birds divvy it all up.
They were all thrilled to have small amounts of meat custom cut for their needs
They split the bill and baked me pastries
Felt good saving them coin |
Good call and good job!
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05-24-2020, 06:46 PM
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It's a combination of alot of things.
- Carbon Tax. Fuel is more expensive to transport product to stores. The transport and retailers aren't going to eat that increase so it's passed on to the consumer.
- Covid. Gotta pay for those spit screens, arrows,signage, stickers, staff, cleaning supplies etc somehow.
- Gouging.
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05-24-2020, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by omega50
My MIL passed last year, and lived in a Seniors Condo.
I used to do all the protein shopping for her and her Knitting Group.Bulk buys-Block ready meats and I would cut and portion and drop by after their meetings and watch the old birds divvy it all up.
They were all thrilled to have small amounts of meat custom cut for their needs
They split the bill and baked me pastries
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That is so cool you doing stuff like that. I could sit and talk with our elders for hours and hours. Love the stories and the laughter. It still upsets me that the liberals gave nothing to our seniors. 500 bucks if you are lucky. Bid deal. They need to do much better than that
As for groceries. Yes I noticed today that my bill was much higher than normal.
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05-24-2020, 07:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by omega50
My MIL passed last year, and lived in a Seniors Condo.
I used to do all the protein shopping for her and her Knitting Group.Bulk buys-Block ready meats and I would cut and portion and drop by after their meetings and watch the old birds divvy it all up.
They were all thrilled to have small amounts of meat custom cut for their needs
They split the bill and baked me pastries
Felt good saving them coin |
That’s so awesome...
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