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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by ardit33 on Monday November 01, 2021 @06:48AM (#29065073)
do you eat any meat at all?

I have tracked prices as well, and for me meat has gone 15%-20% up for chicken and pork, and over 30% for red meat.

I was tracking meat in the same places (Trader Joe, and Target) from late 2019 to now.

A normal steak, went from $10-$11/lbs to $15 or more

The cheapest one, went from $7.99 to $10.99/lbs

And file mignon went from $17 to $23-$25/lbs

Regular Chicken brseat went form $3.99 to $4.99/lbs, and organic one went from 4.50-5.0 to $6/lbs

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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by runako on Monday November 01, 2021 @09:44AM (#29066542)
Wow, where are you? Chicken breasts can be had for $1.99/lb here. I'm also looking at a grass-fed organic steak at $11.99/lb [1].

We haven't seen the claimed inflation here.

https://www.kroger.com/p/simple-truth-organic-grass-fed-beef...

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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by ardit33 on Monday November 01, 2021 @11:43AM (#29068253)
NYC, Manhattan Perhaps where you are things are cheaper. But I am comparing just my local grocery store and the price increases are very noticeable.
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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by runako on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:06PM (#29068633)
It's not really reasonable to extrapolate from one of the richest, most expensive places in the world. Manhattan has a unique set of circumstances that drive prices there that often do not apply anywhere outside of the NYC metro area.
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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by hunterb123 on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:41PM (#29070139)
Small town in Texas here, my experience reflects the New Yorker above. Not the same prices obviously, but the same rate of increase.
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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by flexie on Monday November 01, 2021 @07:27AM (#29065337)
Every day. Chicken, pork, beef etc. We buy it at the butcher though. Don't know if prices at butchers rise less.
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