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yikes at the grocery store

January 18th, 2008 at 05:24 am

Saving log - $0 tip box
Spending log - $1.19 coffee +$17 lunch

So much for the 3 free lunches. I just caught up on this one.

Yesterday I discovered that I had no tomato sauce for the pasta sauce, so I made do last night with chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, and a bit of vinegar and water. Every so often, though, I need tomato sauce.

Here's where the price book gets depressing - the best price I saw was .95/14 oz can. Back in 2004 sauce was .33 - .44/can.

Then I checked out the pasta
2008 - $2.38/16 oz bag
mid 2007 - $1.50/16 oz bag
2005 - .69/16 oz bag
2004 - .67/16 oz bag

Posted in Buying calories | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “yikes at the grocery store”

  1. boomeyers Says:
    January 18th, 2008 at 06:03 am 1200636195
    1200636195

    All I can say to that is WOW! You can tell it is happening, but to see the actual amounts is WOW!

  2. frugaltexan75 Says:
    January 18th, 2008 at 12:40 pm 1200660012
    1200660012

    Wow! That is quite the upswing on the price of pasta! The one I've really noticed is the price of apples -- it used to be that I could get 5 for $1.00 -- now it's more like 2, or *sometimes* 3 for a dollar.

  3. SMB Says:
    January 18th, 2008 at 11:33 pm 1200699217
    1200699217

    Occasionally I'll remember random little snippets that I read on blogs. From yours, I remember an entry a few (?) years ago wherein you spoke of how much interest your ING account was earning, and you said something to the effect of, "Now I can buy a small cup of coffee every day for the rest of my natural life."

    After I read that it became a goal for me--to earn enough interest money to conceivably pay for a daily coffee. I was so happy when I started earning more interest than that (moving into "venti latte" territory and beyond, you could say). Of course, these days I'm back down below daily-small-coffee. Sigh...

    Anyway, I wondered if you remembered that. I'm sure you could buy yourself a lot more coffee these days! Smile
    Oh, and to answer your question on my blog--Broadview!

  4. CanadianSaver Says:
    January 19th, 2008 at 12:35 am 1200702908
    1200702908

    So it's not just milk, eggs, fruits & veggies going up, the "pantry staples" are too... depressing indeed!

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