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Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by dustintrex on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:40AM (#28825084)
$20 for hamburger buns? In Australia even the fancy pants brioche buns at the local Whole Foods equivalent are $5 for 4.

https://www.harrisfarm.com.au/products/boundary-road-bread-b...

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by soylentnewsorg on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:48AM (#28825857)
$100 for 60 hamburger buns. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Europastry-Large-Crystal-Sliced-B...

$20 for 8 special dietary hamburger buns. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Low-Carb-Hamburger-Buns-Great-Low...

88 cents for 8 hamburger buns. yes, eight store brand buns for under a dollar. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Hamburger-Buns-11-oz-...

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by toqy on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:01AM (#28826259)
I wouldn’t count your expensive example as they are 3rd party sold and shipped, not something that could be picked up at the local store. Very misleading example.
Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by soylentnewsorg on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:27AM (#28826415)
I don't get this - being hyperfocused on completely irrelevant details.

"That blue race car has a low suspension making it hard to drive on the streets."

"Wrong, the car is a navy color, very misleading example."

Yes, the most expensive at the walmart physical store are $7-8 for 8 after tax. The point of the example is that 60 buns are a hundred bucks. The guy never said how many buns he bought. There are 8 per package, he could have bought 3 boxes. The example is that not given quantity the price could be anything, and the OP's post where he gives a total for an unknown quantity or brand of anything, is not useful to support a claim that prices went up.

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by ihattendorf on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:44AM (#28828882)
They said "Yesterday at Walmart i bought", not "Yesterday at Walmart.com sold and shipped by Otoric - Free 2Day Shipping* | Otoric Inc. i bought"

Buying food from third parties online is not the same as in store.

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by soylentnewsorg on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:49PM (#28831547)
Still stuck on the fact that navy isn't blue. Even after I explained it. Enjoy your autism I guess?
Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by esyir on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:43AM (#28828876)
It's a pretty terrible case for "everything is getting crazy expensive".

If that 28 buck cost stems from all his ultrapremium/expensive brands, that's on him, not inflation.

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by kleiba on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:57AM (#28825197)
And let's not forget differences in package sizes. For instance, I could buy shampoo, burger buns, ground coffee, and a chocolate bar for under 7 Euros at Aldi, but that would mean:

  - Shampoo: ~8oz
  - Pack of burger buns: 6 pieces
  - Ground coffee: bag of 2 pounds
  - Chocolate bar: probably the same as everywhere
Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by carlob on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:30AM (#28826084)
I highly doubt you can buy 2 pounds (900 g) of coffee, which is a month supply for 7 euros. The cheapest coffee I've seen in Italy is about 2 euros for 250 g.
Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by soylentnewsorg on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:33AM (#28826457)
I used to live in France. Here's coffee at the largest euro grocery store chain for 3EUR a kilo.

https://www.carrefour.fr/s?sort=productSimpleView.pricePerUn...

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by kleiba on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:32AM (#28828750)
You actually can, but I still made a mistake in my calculation above: the correct sum for all the products is more around 10 Euros rather than 7.
Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by grenoire on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:28AM (#28826421)
I mean, 7 / 2 × 250 = 875. Not far off? There's even filter coffee here in the Netherlands that's about 4 euros a kilo.
Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by drw85 on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:33AM (#28826452)
The store brand coffee at Aldi is 3.99 if i remember correctly and that's 500g.

So that's definitely realistic.

Re:World food prices hit 10-year peak – FAO by kleiba on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:30AM (#28828720)