Prices are going up up up up

[Bandit]

I am a food and beverage wholesaler and I thought I would give you all a heads up on what's happening in the industry. I just received official notice from Workman's comp insurance there will be a twenty percent increase across the board for all business in the state. I just received notice from my main freight carrier that they have put in for a 5.5% increase in freight costs. I just received notice from a major beverage bottler that because of increased freight costs and concentrate cost increases prices will increase on Feb. 1 2004. My company is doing a major overhaul of all our prices and making adjustments to reflect increased business costs. Thank you Bush*. We are living in a Republican Economy and the suffering is nowhere near over. In fact I would venture to say it is just beginning. Happy New Year everyone. Enjoy what you have now because things are gunna change.

[bryant69]

1. Hmmmm

Yeah, but if we are going to pay more, won't the quality go up as well?

Bryant
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[aquart]

10. LOL! You made a funny.

No, inflation is paying lots and lots more for the same damn thing.

[wryter2000]

2. Hmmm

It seemed to me that the bill has been higher at the grocery store lately. Even with all the bargains...

[creativelcro]

3. Inflation going up... What a surprise!! Hold on to inflation-linke bonds!

[Yavin4]

4. Are You In NY?

Subway fares are about to go up once again.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Our subway fares just went up in Boston

[midnight armadillo]

23. Friggin' MBTA

What's with those stupid assholes, they're the only ones on the planet who seem to think that the method of dealing with decreased ridership is to INCREASE fares.

If they want more ridership, they could provide better service...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

39. Took the T to Copley Saturday from Cambridge

some of those stops haven't been cleaned or painted in years. And the lighting is terrible-talk about an invitation to criminal activity.

I live on the Red Line-I have no complaints about the service-but the Green Line sucks.

[JPace]

5. I am glad you brought this topic up....

I watch my grocery prices and I have noticed
increases on many food items this past year
and no one seems to be talking about it in
the news. Clothing and linens are the only
thing that I notice have come down in price
Everything else seems to be going up.

[Gin]

8. Methinks a revolution is brewing!

gin

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. I have already noticed food prices have increased

over last year. I keep records of our grocery expenditures and they've gone up 20% since last year.

Produce is through the roof lately-including frozen vegetrables, which we have resorted to eating because they are a little cheaper.

Yup, there's no inflation in the Bush economy! :eyes:

[radwriter0555]

19. If you buy locally produced goods, the prices tend to remain

consistent.

I buy from my local farmer's markets and rarely go in the grocery stores now, except for random toilet paper, shampoo and such.

And with the tainted meats, our meals have gone veggie oriented. Life gets simpler if you don't cave in to brash consumerism...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

32. I'm up north. Farmers Markets close in November.

And I buy all my fresh produce there. Having been unemployed three times, I know my prices pretty well. Veggie may be the way to go for you, but even frozen veggies are pricey up here. And I can't not eat vegetables.

[Timefortruth]

7. Prices are up and there is no inflation.

Prices are up and there is no inflation. Earnings are flat and economy is booming. There are more unemployed but unemployment is down. A weak dollar is strong. Increased threat makes us safer. Prices are up and there is no inflation. Earnings are flat and economy is booming. There are more unemployed but unemployment is down. A weak dollar is strong. Increased threat makes us safer. Prices are up and there is no inflation. Earnings are flat and economy is booming. There are more unemployed but unemployment is down. A weak dollar is strong. Increased threat makes us safer. Prices are up and there is no inflation. Earnings are flat and economy is booming. There are more unemployed but unemployment is down. A weak dollar is strong. Increased threat makes us safer.

What aren't you getting?

[Bluzmann57]

15. Since you put it like that...

I guess now I get it. Um, er, ah... never mind, I take that back. I still don't get it. Everything is great for the rich people and the U.S. is falling apart. Oh wait, now I see.

[loftycity]

16. Down is Up and Up is Down

That was great! I'm a manufacturer's rep and it been the worst year for sales ever! I've been doing this for 20 years. We will all be shopping at one store if this does not stop soon.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

20. I'm in sales too-currently laid off, loftycity

and a lot of my friends echo your sentiments. For those of us in the Northeast, selling was difficult in Q4 '01 and most of '02 (after 9/11). But '03 was worse. I just talked to my old pal at one of the companies I was laid off from, and nobody made their number-out of 10 reps. Pretty bad.

[catzies]

26. Hmmm. Shopping at one store? Could that one store be

Wal-Mart??? Methinks that's the plan, ultimately.


:scared:

[Democrats unite]

11. Florida farmers are running commercials here...

Stating that we only spend 11 cents on the dollar for food costs. I'd like to know where the hell they are buying their food from!

[PVnRT]

12. This is still nothing

compared to what will happen if Bush wins in November...

[readmylips]

13. Groceries up, up, up...

I went to my grocery store and things were just sky high. We're not eating beef at all. My hubby always eats more fish, but what I used to buy for 4.99, is now 9.99. Chicken, even stupid chicken wings are 3.99. a pound, uncooked! Holy Chit!

I said, ok, I'll switch to eating more beans for protein. Holy Chit again! Beans were 49, 59 cents, now they are now 99 and up to 1.29 a can. Fook that bastard Boosh! Sorry, I'm a granny, I shouldn't be using dirty words.

[Timefortruth]

30. Where are you?

Prices are still reasonable, compared to what you are experiencing, in the heartland.

At the super discount grocery store in town (not Walmart) where you bag your own groceries and there are few name brands, whole chicken is .59 a pound. Canned beans are .50. They don't really stock beef but at the regular grocery store boneless Rib eye was $7.99 a pound, a price that definitely makes it a treat, but not unreachable either.

That said, prices are up here also, maybe even at the same rate, but they aren't as high.

[mmm]

38. 3.99 a pound for chicken wings!!!

I have never seen chicken that high.
That is crazy.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

43. I feel your pain-my grocery bill is outrageous. Up 20% from last year

And we don't buy junk food anymore. We have been eating chicken thighs because boneless breasts are 5.99/lb. I also find buying a roaster on sale is usually the cheapest way to go.

I'm assuming you live in the Northeast or California?

[Beetwasher]

14. This Can't Be True! Our Glorious Leader and His Economic Shamans

have told us that there is no inflation. You are a heathen and a heretic!

[peekaloo]

18. LOL

you forgot to add an ingrate......the grand Poobah Boosh giveth those glorious tax cuts for such "annoyances" and yet we still complain. :silly:

btw, my sis shops at WallyWorld and she was a tad peeved that their food prices have also increased within in the past month. Heaven forfend!!!

[adriennel]

17. frickin' gas bill

$180 for one month's worth of heat. in the fall. before the cold really started (it's something like 7 degrees outside now)
I usually expect at least one whopping gas bill in the winter, but this year the high prices are starting earlier. Yipee for me and all the others out there who don't want to freeze this winter. Energy plan, anyone?

[grannylib]

25. I hear ya; actually, I'd take your $180; the propane here is running

$1.14/gallon and our last fill cost me $569 and that lasts about 5-7 weeks if it's not terribly cold...and we moved in at the wrong time of year to get on the budget plan, so it's gonna be a long, broke winter!

[Bandit]

27. $1.14 a gal??~~ Count your blessings

Propane is $2.259 here in Juneau Alaska. Gasoline is $1.80 per gallon. Deisel fuel is $1.69 per gallon. And all are climbing.

[adriennel]

33. I thought I had it bad!

you guys are making me glad I don't live further North : ) good luck

[Timefortruth]

35. Gas is astronomical here also.

For the warm month ours was $195, it makes me shutter to think what this next one will be.

The other point that isn't talked about is that if people are spending such a chunk of change on heat, they won't be buying widgets.

[adriennel]

36. good point!

I know that I could use $200 worth of groceries (after reading this thread I'm going to start price-shopping on food as well)

It's crazy to spend half your paycheck to stay warm.

[Beetwasher]

21. An Important Related Story W/ Link

http://www.libertywhistle.us/index.html

Accounting Problems Found in Major US Economic Indices

SEATTLE) 01/06/04 – In a troubling sign that accounting problems have grown beyond corporate balance sheets, two of the main economic gauges used by Wall Street, banks, and in the calculation of Social Security payments have been found to contain serious math problems.

--snip--

[SoCalDem]

22. Whaddayah expect? He TOLD us he was a "C" student ...

:)

[salin]

24. Interesting accounting... "health care costs/decreased"... in what

universe? THat was a very enlightening but depressing article.

[Robin Hood]

37. lol..Fuzzy math.

Jeezuz they're cooking the books on a national scale. All to make Bush look good. Here is proof that the major media outlets have no actual journalists working for them.

28. Understandable

The crude and intermediate price indicators are setting records, if you study reports carefully.

The CPI is an end measure.

My take is the CPI is broken in such a way as to conceal significant costs, but those costs will show up suddenly, even in it.

The health care premium hole is a big one which is unaccounted for, and I am afraid something will fall apart elsewhere because of it, sooner rather than later.

[DUreader]

29. Uh-huh....I'm Shattered

[Robin Hood]

31. I have noticed this trend all year.

Everytime that we go grocerie shopping I tell my wife that prices are going up. Going up due to the down dollar that's brought on by Bush's mis-management, national debt, pissing off of our trade partners etc..

[jpak]

34. It's creeping oil-shock folks

I just returned from a 5 months overseas and I was shocked at the price of unleaded gas here in the US.

The stagflation of the late '70's and early '80's was a direct result of skyrocketing crude oil prices.

and it's happening all over again.

[skippysmom]

40. prices go up, wages stagnant

that seems to be the way it goes in the Bush economy.

My husband and I grocery shop about every 2 weeks. We used to spend somewhere between $80-$100 each time we went. Now it always seems to be around $150, and we're not really buying that much more stuff.

Utilities keep going up -- gas, water, phone, cable.

Our property tax bill shot way up. Contribution for health care went up and will probably go up again. Insurance rates are going up again for our cars and our house.

And I'll be surprised if either of us gets even a "cost of living" raise this year.

And what does Bush do? Cut taxes for millionaires. Gee, thanks.

Worst. President. Ever.

[Bandit]

41. All of those costs that you say are going up or have gone up also apply

to business. That is why we are being forced to raise our prices on goods sold. When you live under a Republican government expect prices to soar. It is consistant with history. Every single Republican administration is guilty of this happening during their terms. And we are being told they know what they are doing. I suspect they do.

[qb]

42. So much for the tax cut

My health plan costs more than doubled this year. Gas is way up. Groceries are way up. I do, however, feel damn lucky to be employed. I hope most voters don't fall for the "I gave you a tax cut" line this November. What's left of my paycheck after bills is way less than before Bush took office.