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givingup3579 t1_iwio412 wrote

I die inside every time I have to go food shopping....it's so bad...

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bostonmacosx OP t1_iwioh7l wrote

I'm going be eating lettuce and pasta for the rest of my days on earth...

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rjt1468 t1_iwit9cw wrote

Might want to hold off on eating lettuce.

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sporky211 t1_iwj2n0r wrote

the restaurant i work for is currently paying $96 for a case of lettuce (about 20-24 heads)

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Dunaliella t1_iwku1lp wrote

They should talk with the owner of Maria’s in Scituate. They’ve been vehemently anti-lettuce since the 1970s because of price fluctuations.

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Own-Suit5786 t1_iwl1xkq wrote

I’m on an all pasta diet. I’m gonna drop dead soon but at least my groceries were two fifty

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EtonRd t1_iwiy3wx wrote

I thought it was just me because people really don’t talk about it. It’s freaking traumatic to go grocery shopping. I was in the store over the weekend and I just happen to notice that a bag of Fritos is $5.19. A bag of Fritos. Note that I did not buy a bag of Fritos it just caught my eye, I’m too poor to afford such luxuries!

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freedraw t1_iwj2a4e wrote

Aldi sells off-brand Fritos for like $1.50.

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heresdevking t1_iwlug61 wrote

I'm scared of what's in a 12-cent hot dog.

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heresdevking t1_iwo3fp1 wrote

Speaking of...

I've recently discovered boneless pork butts, $1 a pound, makes an excellent pot roast.

Crock pot, onion slices in the bottom, can of Pepsi, slab of meat, envelope of pork gravy mix on top. Time.

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heresdevking t1_iwo3y0p wrote

Market Basket. They have a pretty good selection of weird cuts of meat.

Pepsi has the corn syrup that you'd get in a bbq sauce. The carbonation tears into the meat and tenderizes it. Root beer is a variation, but I tried that and it was awful. Smelled like chemical waste.

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Own-Suit5786 t1_iwl2894 wrote

Jeez I’m without car so my only option is S&S and it’s BRUTAL

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Potat-O-Vision t1_iwipzdt wrote

Gas prices went back down, egg prices staying up.

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RisingPhoenix92 t1_iwisf9x wrote

Just saw gas at $4 in Northborough so idk wtf is going on

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Thendsel t1_iwjrs92 wrote

That’s Northborough for you though. Their gas is always 10-30 cents per gallon more expensive than the surrounding towns. The only exception to that being the BJ’s.

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Dreadedtrash t1_iwkyj7v wrote

I live in Westboro and saw $4.05 this morning. BJ's is the place to get gas in the area I saves 35 cents a gallon the other day by going there.

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Last_Eph_Standing t1_iwlpdcc wrote

There's this gas station right on the border of Somerville/Cambridge/Medford by Tufts...they're straight gouging because of location. I think it was like $4.70s yesterday. Went in for cigs, brought it up and the dude laughed smh

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ggtffhhhjhg t1_iwlhkrb wrote

The Saudis/Qatar decided to f@ck us because they want Republican rule.

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HaElfParagon t1_iwjin8l wrote

Dunno where you are but gas prices have not gone down.

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VibrantSunsets t1_iwk0h6n wrote

Framingham was close to or over $4 the other day, saw prices at $3.60 today.

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monkeybearUrie t1_iwjgbk5 wrote

I live on the southcoast and gas prices have only gone up. In August I got gas for $2.97/gal. Now we're back up to $3.69/gal.

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valley_G t1_iwkuwnj wrote

Yup same. Live on the south coast and my gas guzzling POS makes me want to buy a bicycle every time I have to fill up. These prices are killing me.

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monkeybearUrie t1_iwlmj56 wrote

There was a magical time over the summer where it consistently kept going down... Stabilized at $3.10-$3.20 for a while. I think it was the first football Sunday, it finally went down to $2.97. Literally the next day back up to $3.25 and increasing ever since.

Filling up sucks but it's still grocery shopping that makes me die inside. Even in its peak a watermelon was $7-$9 this summer.

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Vraxartifice t1_iwl52mn wrote

This is not down. Our prices do not match the lowered cost by any means. Profit margin stayed wayyyy up

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Cjed11 t1_iwn5p9a wrote

Gas is $2 a gallon??? Where????

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