Tag: inflation

Don’t Buy The Pie

Don’t you do it! I know you’re thinking about it! Don’t do it! Don’t buy the pie!!!

All this talk of inflation. Prices continuing to rise along with company profits. Gas is up! Groceries are up! Car prices are up! The sky is up! A bunch of various numbers are listed. 8%. No! 6%! No! 7.5% Cancel the Thanksgiving dinner! It’s too expensive! No one can afford anything! Etc., Etc.

It may feel like you’re hopelessly trapped, in this endless cycle of money that’s evaporating faster than you create it! Perhaps that’s true in some aspects. But for others, I find it really quite simple, especially for food stuffs. You want to minimize and perhaps avoid a massive grocery bill that’s not just 7% inflated, but perhaps even up to 50% or more inflated? Well… Just don’t buy the pie!

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Baking Dough to Make $ome Dough!

We’ve all been feeling it lately. The sharp rise in the price of everything due to recently unheard of inflation rates. Pandemic, War, Supply Chain Shortages, you name it! They’ve all contributed in part. Among other things, the price of food has felt it the worst. Whether it’s due to actual direct inflationary causes, or perhaps more blatant price gouging (aka Loblaws), whose to say. And does it really matter at this point? That shite’s gone crazy high.

Not too long in the recent past, you use to be able to… :

…get a dozen eggs at shoppers routinely for ~$1.79.

…get a loaf of bread at No Frills for ~$1.69.

…buy a 24 pack of pop for under ~$8-9.

…and you used to be able to buy a cheap microwave dinner for $1.50

Not anymore!

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