It was just one bag, albeit a full bag, but the tab was 5 digits, enough to make me stop in my tracks.
I live alone, visit farmer's markets, and shop sales. I'm not in the thick of buying groceries and preparing family meals, but the tab in Shop Rite was alarming. Broccoli and lemons, on sale for $2.99 a pound and a pork loin for $5.99 a pound. A tiny, one person bag of frozen veggies was $2.39, on sale. I splurged on Ben and Jerry, on sale, but passed by healthier cereal, $7 a box, and skipped English Muffins, for $6.99. I splurged on a box of spinach that should last all week, but the $6 price had me longing for the days, last year, when it came in a bag for half the price.
Supposedly, the economy is booming and the stock market soaring.
Yet, eating fresh ingredients and healthy meals is not feasible for many.
Supposedly, there is negligible inflation and low unemployment.
Yet, businesses around me are closing like flies and houses are not selling.
Supposedly, we do no need clean air, renewable energy sources, or unprocessed foods.
Yet, something is very wrong, as the numbers do not add up.
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This is so true. And the eggs have not decreased one little bit!
And yet we are told how much better off we are now than we were 4 years ago. arjeha
Oh my goodness! We are driving home from
Sam’s Club after buying groceries for the fall break trip where we will have a crew of 14 of us…..and I’m not even sure how young families with lots of kids do this. I’d forgotten the overwhelming job of shopping for more than a couple of people. Blessings and here’s to making the food last!! Cheers!
The numbers don't add up. They also dont lie. Hamburger was $6.82 a pound yesterday. Maybe I can find some beef flavoring and come up with an alternative protein.
Ugh.
It will probably get worse before it gets better.
Anita, thank you for writing about this. Numbers not adding up is a perfect image. So much gaslighting going on!
Anita, I don’t think k we can trust any data coming from the regime. T fired the labor board head, and this shutdown means there won’t be a report until Lord knows when. The head of the regime wants to stop monthly reporting and report only every quarter. Believe what you see, not what they say.
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