What I couldn't get this week shopping

Stauffer's Whale crackers are no where to be had around here. Got pretty much everything else, but the price of bread is shocking. There was no loaf in the store less than $6 (store brand), some were near $8 and over and they aren't even what I would call "full-size" loaves.
 
debodun said:
Stauffer's Whale crackers are no where to be had around here. Got pretty much everything else, but the price of bread is shocking. There was no loaf in the store less than $6 (store brand), some were near $8 and over and they aren't even what I would call "full-size" loaves.
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What in the world are those kind of crackers? Never heard of them.
Our bread is Kroger in store bakery bread - really good - lots of types - whole wheat, golden wheat, oatmeal, etc. for $3.99 a loaf.
 

debodun said:
Stauffer's Whale crackers are no where to be had around here. Got pretty much everything else, but the price of bread is shocking. There was no loaf in the store less than $6 (store brand), some were near $8 and over and they aren't even what I would call "full-size" loaves.
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You said it, Deb! Gluten free bread is up to $8.99 a loaf! 😱 It was never cheap but, really? I usually got it for $6.99 a loaf, $5.49 on sale. Every time I go to buy it the price is ^^^^^!!!!
 
Lastr couple of weeks I have been unable to find romaine hearts. I am usually in 3 stores each week but they have always been sold out.
 
@Blessed Just yesterday I read in the news that there's been a recall of romaine. I don't remember exactly where, but Google will know.

Re the price of bread: Blame the Russian invasion of Ukraine for that one. 30% of wheat comes from those countries. Add to the shortage of wheat, the additional cost of gas/diesel to get it to stores (blame Putin for that one, too), labor shortage, increased cost of plastic for wrappers...

For want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, a horse was lost...
 
Georgiagranny said:
@Blessed Just yesterday I read in the news that there's been a recall of romaine. I don't remember exactly where, but Google will know.

Re the price of bread: Blame the Russian invasion of Ukraine for that one. 30% of wheat comes from those countries. Add to the shortage of wheat, the additional cost of gas/diesel to get it to stores (blame Putin for that one, too), labor shortage, increased cost of plastic for wrappers...

For want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, a horse was lost...
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The US doesn't import wheat from Russia. What little bit we do bring in comes mostly from Canada.

Agreed that everything is going up some due to higher prices for oil and labor, but a lot of the higher prices are from corporate gouging. CEO and other top exec salaries continue to rise into stratospheric levels and profits are up.

With the cost of bread apparently skyrocketing in various areas, why not bake your own? It truly isn't difficult, the library and internet (including YouTube) have loads of great recipes for beginners. There are even some on Senior Forums.

It doesn't require a lot of supplies. Yeast and flours (all purpose, whole wheat and GF) aren't terribly expensive, and you'll know what's in it.
 
Lemme clarify...30% of their wheat is for global import. Lots of reasons (drought being one of them) for increased cost, and I agree that corporate green* is one of them, actually, probably #1.

A word to the wise to those who make their own whole wheat bread: make sure that the whole wheat flour you buy is hard northern winter wheat. Soft southern wheat has less gluten and keeps it from rising.

*Ha. That was a typo and was supposed to be "greed" but "green" certainly fits!
 
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Georgiagranny said:
The store you went to 10 days ago had none. Therefore, there is none available anywhere else, either.

All greyhounds are dogs. All dogs are not greyhounds. :rolleyes: Good grief!
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Nicely put. Some folks can't see beyond their front window, I guess.

Here in Toronto our regular supermarket (Loblaw's ) has announced a nation wide ( they have over 8,000 stores in Canada ) price freeze on all of their "no name and Blue Menu products " until the end of February. That means we can buy a very wide range of grocery items at fixed prices, each week. The other Canadian national supermarkets companies have followed suit, which is an example of the really competitive nature of retailing here in Canada. I love the Blue Menu diet meals which have helped me to reduce my weight by 60 pounds since this past July. Now at 219 lbs, and my target is to be at under 200 lbs by New Years Day. Eating a 1000 calories a day, works for me. My blood sugar level has come down from 8 to 5.5 since July, so my MD has told me to stop taking one of my blood pressure pills, and one of my diabetes medications, too. He says " What ever you are doing, keep on doing it ! JimB.
 
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