Cheese?!? $9.19 for Shur-Fine cheese?!?

[blonndee]

I went to buy a few groceries today, since it's payday, and decided after much internal debate that I WOULD buy the pre-shredded cheese (which wasn't priced), since I often make nachos for dinner and although it's always a little more expensive than the block, it's worth it considering the effort it takes to shred the cheese, clean up the inevitable mess, and wash the shredder. So I went ahead and put the bag of shredded cheese in my basket.

I got to the register and noticed that the cheese had apparently rang up for $9.19. I immediately asked the cashier, "Was that the CHEESE that rang up for $9.19?," and I was laughing, as I was sure that we both knew that couldn't possibly be right. So she and the manager (who was bagging) looked at the screen and the manager said, "Yup, that's the cheese." And they went on bagging. So I said, "Wait! It's REALLY $9.19?? That can't be right, are you kidding?" And the manager shook his head and said, "Yes, can you believe it? By January no one will be able to buy any kind of cheese." (I don't know what he meant by that. Next Friday if I'm back there I'll ask him.)

So I told them I didn't want the cheese after all, and that I was sorry to be any trouble for them having to restock it. This was hours ago and I'm still in shock. This was Shur-fine brand, the regular-sized bag of shredded cheese. I expected to pay about $3.50.

What. The. Hell.!?! I have been painfully aware of grocery prices skyrocketing, but, again, WTH???