What Products Have Priced Themselves Right Out Of Your Shopping Cart?

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OneEyedDiva

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My most recent is I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray, a product I love and use almost daily in so many things. It used to be $2.89 for 8 ounces, then went up to $3.29. Last week I saw it for $4.19 and decided not to get it. I've started using salted butter again after my nutritionist told me that butter is not the cholesterol monster it was made out to be. My son had told me that before but I double checked with the nutritionist. I buy the Kirkland (Costco) brand butter in bulk and freeze the surplus. That is what will take the place of ICBINB.

Several months ago, I stopped buying Activia yogurt when their price went up too much. Just as well, I had been getting too much sugar from yogurts, which I eat daily. Now I buy Oikos Triple Zero sugar free from Costco at a much better price per ounce. In fact it's on sale this month, so the savings will be even greater.

Softsoap liquid hand soap. I used to always get the Milk and Honey fragrance. Walmart sells Equate, their store brand that was very similar but at a better price, so I started buying that instead. Went back to Softsoap briefly when I could no longer find the Equate Milk and Honey. Then I found another similar product at Dollar Tree. After not finding the Milk and Honey fragrance at Dollar Tree the last two times I went, I started making my own hand soap using the "gourmet" soaps I have left over from when I used to market them.
 

Nothing yet but beef and Hellmann’s mayonnaise rarely appear unless I see a manager’s markdown in the meat case or the store features Hellmann’s as a loss leader.

It’s not too difficult to shop the dips ‘n’ deals for a single person but I can’t imagine shopping for a family these days.
 
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OP mentioned liquid Softsoap (liquid hand soap). I stopped using that 3 years ago and switched to bar soap, which lasts much longer and works just as well, plus no problems when the squirter on liquid soaps doesn't work as it should.

My Walmart still sells rotisserie chickens for $4.97, which by weight is cheaper than fresh chicken, so I use that whenever possible.

I stopped buying canned biscuits when they went up 40%. Stopped buying lunch meat when the price went to almost $5 for 16 slices.
 
Aunt Bea said:
Nothing yet but beef and Hellmann’s mayonnaise rarely appear unless I see a manager’s markdown in the meat case or the store features Hellmann’s as a loss leader.
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I basically only buy Hellmann’s when at Costco. Last summer I bought a store brand that was ok and now the price of it is almost the same as Hellmann‘s.

If vegetables aren’t on special I don’t buy them.
 
So far nothing, if I want a particular item in the store, I buy it. Prices have been skyrocketing for years now, I have begun to accept it. I don't live a fancy lifestyle or buy a lot of expensive clothes, so at least I can enjoy the simple things in life, like good food. I don't cut corners with my pets either.
 
Jules said:
I basically only buy Hellmann’s when at Costco. Last summer I bought a store brand that was ok and now the price of it is almost the same as Hellmann‘s.

If vegetables aren’t on special I don’t buy them.
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We only bought Hellman's for many years. Then we started to do side by side comparisons with Kraft. We both agreed we liked the taste of Kraft better. Now I've been buying Duke's, a bit of a different taste, but I like it on everything.
 
SeaBreeze said:
So far nothing, if I want a particular item in the store, I buy it. Prices have been skyrocketing for years now, I have begun to accept it. I don't live a fancy lifestyle or buy a lot of expensive clothes, so at least I can enjoy the simple things in life, like good food. I don't cut corners with my pets either.
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Im like you if I want it I buy it. Im 75. Everything is paid off. I dont need or want any more stuff and I have enuf clothes to last me several lifetimes. I rarely eat out so if I spend more on food it balances out.
 
Almost everything we buy HAS to be on sale.
We try and stay away from most processed foods. We decide what we are going to eat depending on what’s for sale. Sometimes we pick up stuff that’s 50% off even if it’s not on our List. There’s nothing I can think of that we no longer can eat due to inflation.

Your nutritionist is right. Butter got a bad rap for years needlessly. It’s really not all that bad, used in moderation.
 
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Veronica said:
Im like you if I want it I buy it. Im 75. Everything is paid off. I dont need or want any more stuff and I have enuf clothes to last me several lifetimes. I rarely eat out so if I spend more on food it balances out.
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Yes we are alike. I don't have many clothes in my closet, but I dress very comfortably and casually every day, pocket tee shirts, jeans, cargo pants, etc. My house has been paid off for a long time now, I'm 71. I don't go to restaurants, but I do get deliveries a couple of times a week from local restaurants. We always shopped at Costco, so my pantry in the basement has a lot of food items, too many to ever eat on my own since my husband passed, a lot of it I've already given to a couple of neighbors, like steaks, ribs, etc. I'll play it by ear if I ever feel I have the financial need to cut back on brands I like, but I suspect my food will outlive me. ;)
 
I moved from Hellmann's/Best Foods to store brands a very long time ago. I only use light mayo anyway - and not very much of that. Most of my grocery shopping is done at Costco, Aldi, Walmart (pickup only - once a month at most), and a couple of excellent nearby small produce chains. Great prices and quality.

Like some others have written, if I want something, I buy it. That said, DH & I stopped eating meat 11 years ago. He eats some eggs and cheese year-round; I eat almost no dairy outside of the holidays. Animal based foods are far costlier than plant based.

I concoct my own foaming soap. All those wasteful little containers in the landfill motivated me.

I only drink decaf coffee, DH drinks regular, so we bought our first Keurig about 15 years ago. Within a week of dealing with those wasteful, expensive, single-use pods, I bought refillable pods and have used them ever since. Can't understand why people still buy those single use pods.
 
I really haven't cut back much on food. I find sales and bargains but I don't really look for them. If one of the regular items I use goes up in price enough Iwill change brands. I don't cook like I used to as I am single, but if I really want something I get it. I worked hard all my life and at my age I am going to eat what I want as long as it's healthy. I cut out ice cream this year because it's not what I shoud be eating.
 
When my Sister-in-Law passed away my wife asked me if we can adopt her two cats. Of course we can, they have taken to us very well. One of those cats, Ollie, after being checked over by our veterinary is on lifelong medication, a drug called Vidalta, it's for the treatment of his thyroid. Hyperthyroidism is a common disease in cats caused by abnormal changes or tumours in the thyroid gland.


Ollie's medication costs £80 for thirty tablets, he has to take one a day. That's around £2.70 per tablet. Ouch!
My shrewd wife checked online Vet called 365VET and found Ollie's Vidalta at £0:58 per tablet. Thirty pills for Ollie's comes to: £17.40 add on the delivery charge: £2:95 making a total of £20:35. A quarter of what the veterinary clinic expected us to pay.
 
jimintoronto said:
As a Canadian couple, we have stopped buying all US products. Its not that hard to buy Canadian, instead. We have cut off Amazon, cancelled Prime, no more vacations in the US. JIM.
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As an American couple, we have never bought anything Canadian. We use the heck out of Amazon (no prime though).
Have no intention of vacationing in your country. (or any other for that matter. no passport). A.
 
This long time middle class now senior person of modest means who has never had kitchen or cooking skills, eats simple easy to prepare supermarket foods. About the only time I eat red meats that I indeed very much could enjoy eating but don't due to health, is on the road at restaurants or at other's group events. I buy whatever foods I want that rarely includes anything over a few dollars. My pantries and refrigerator is bulging with packaged food.
 
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Stopped buying meat for me period. I use alternative proteins like eggs, nuts, beans, etc. Jerky now and then, maybe twice a year, homemade.

DH eats meats, buys what he has an urge for and cooks it on the BBQ but that is getting to be less and less due to reflux issues.
 
horseless carriage said:
When my Sister-in-Law passed away my wife asked me if we can adopt her two cats. Of course we can, they have taken to us very well. One of those cats, Ollie, after being checked over by our veterinary is on lifelong medication, a drug called Vidalta, it's for the treatment of his thyroid. Hyperthyroidism is a common disease in cats caused by abnormal changes or tumours in the thyroid gland.


Ollie's medication costs £80 for thirty tablets, he has to take one a day. That's around £2.70 per tablet. Ouch!
My shrewd wife checked online Vet called 365VET and found Ollie's Vidalta at £0:58 per tablet. Thirty pills for Ollie's comes to: £17.40 add on the delivery charge: £2:95 making a total of £20:35. A quarter of what the veterinary clinic expected us to pay.
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Shrewd wife is a keeper and thank you for taking these orphans in.
 
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