They didn’t omit those prices. CPI and Core are two separate measurements. Core excludes food and energy.
In fact, excluding food and energy actually made the numbers worse. CPI is at 3.0% YoY. Core is at 4.8%.
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_TK@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 10 months ago
The inflation report that came out today specifically omits fuel and grocery prices because those are “volatile” categories. My grocery bill is double what it was two years ago and has been for six months. I wouldn’t call that volatile.
droans@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Idk man ground beef is still like $3 a pound for me, milk $2.70 a gallon, pasta $1 a pound. I’m not saying some things haven’t gotten more expensive because they have, but my grocery bill from 2 years ago is like 20-30% more expensive now.
whofearsthenight@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. A 20-30% jump in a grocery bill is unprecedented in my life time. I’m skeptical it’s even that low for most. Pre-pandemic, I was buying eggs for 1.39, they’re 2.49 now. Jarred spaghetti sauce used to be 1.99, it’s 3.49 now if I catch a sale. I used to be able to regularly buy chicken breast for like 1.49-1.99, now if it’s less than 3 I buy as much as I can afford and freeze it. This time of year in my area, corn would usually be on sale 4/$1. The cheapest it’s gotten is $0.79.
Just repeat ad nauseam for everything. The other day I was in the store thinking to myself, “I’m not sure I can afford convenience foods like canned beans.” Canned. Fucking. Beans. The luxury.
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’m spending $2.30 for 18 eggs, buy spaghetti sauce at $.99 or so, and generally pick up chicken at about $1 a pound. Never seen corn on the cob for more than $.50 a pound, usually less than that. Bush’s beans, we just picked some up at $2 a can.
strawberrysocial@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They likely live in a different place than you do Sounds like you got it way better, congrats
dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Seems like you have a sweet deal somewhere. I can’t remember when I last saw spaghetti sauce that cheap and my chicken is 4.59 a pound.
RufusFirefly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Grocery prices can vary widely depending on location. The absolute cheapest Walmart ground beef I can get is $4.50 per pound and milk is $3.62 a gallon. Pasta is a $1 pound and eggs are relatively cheap here. Produce has gone through the roof.
jcit878@lemmy.world 10 months ago
lucky. in Australia milk +50%, bread and rice +100%, pasta only about 20%, meats are almost out of reach ($12aud for 12 shitty supermarket sausages about 1kg worth is about as cheap as it gets. fruit and veg has always been volatile and fluctuates but I would say on average 20% more now
RufusFirefly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People in the US scream about inflation but many of them have no idea how bad it is in other countries. Places where food products are sparse or imported are extremely expensive. There’s not that much stuff we don’t produce or grow in the US.
_TK@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 10 months ago
Where I am at,ground beef is more in the $5-6/lb range, as a comparison. We have some dairy farms local so milk is a bit cheaper, but basically everything else is significantly more expensive, especially meat.
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I can get $4 a lb ground beef in a convenience store
Saneless@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Depends where you’re at. Ohio? Same. Florida? 2-3x
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Florida: not even once
aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 months ago
California has leveled out quite a bit too.
Florida has regional problems due to their ahem “policy choices” as of late.
Speculater@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Groceries are stupid, it cost me $20 to make a lasagna that last year cost $10.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
was it twice as good tho
michael@lemmy.perthchat.org 10 months ago
no
Jmr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably twice as bad
SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s funny you say this, because my wife and I just made a lasagna and were shocked it cost nearly $30.
tacosplease@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Costs me $12 to make 2-3 sandwiches at home using deli meat and cheese, a loaf of French bread, and 2 small tomatoes. That’s while taking advantage of sale prices. Would be more like $8/sandwich if I hadn’t bought the meat and cheese on sale.
jcit878@lemmy.world 10 months ago
its basically 2 year ago eating out prices to make shit at home these days
agarorn@feddit.de 10 months ago
Wtf. I mean I realized how much you us people pay for food when I was there last year, but 20$ for lasagna. What’s going on? I think I can easily do it under 10€,even buying “better” meat.