Grocery Price Increase

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Grocery Price Increase
Topic Started: Oct 16 2012, 05:50 AM (642 Views)
Darcie	Oct 16 2012, 05:50 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Just got back from buying 375G of sultana raisins. I picked up the last package as the clerk was going to put in new packgages, same make, same weight. The first thing he did was to change the existing price of $2.49 to $2.99. This is a 20 % increase. How do I reconcile this price increase for food and all the other food increases with the fact that the government tells us there is no price increase the last 3 months? I really want an explanation about how fixed low income pensioners are suppose to trust what the government tells us when all of our necessities are more expensive and growing by leaps and bounds.



heatseeker	Oct 16 2012, 05:56 AM Post #2
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	Canadians spend about 12 per cent of their disposable income on food, which is among the lowest proportion in the world. I do notice that some things shoot up in price, but others come down just as much. Really nice beef steaks are very affordable right now. 023



FuzzyO	Oct 16 2012, 05:59 AM Post #3
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Darcie stop buying raisins at the grocery store and get them at Bulk Barn instead. Much fresher, better choice, and 10% discount on Wednesdays.



pcmustard	Oct 16 2012, 06:13 AM Post #4
Blue Star Member Posts: 1,136 Group: Member Member #781 Joined: June 6, 2010	FuzzyO Oct 16 2012, 05:59 AM Darcie stop buying raisins at the grocery store and get them at Bulk Barn instead. Much fresher, better choice, and 10% discount on Wednesdays. Excellent advice. My wife is a very astute shopper...she knows a bargain when she sees one and is a shopper of Bulk Barn. Oh, by the way...government have no control over food prices. Edited by pcmustard, Oct 16 2012, 06:15 AM.



heatseeker	Oct 16 2012, 06:22 AM Post #5
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	I don't buy at Bulk Barn. Way too expensive for the likes of us! There is a very good independent bulk food store five minutes fom the house.



Darcie	Oct 16 2012, 06:29 AM Post #6
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	FuzzyO Oct 16 2012, 05:59 AM Darcie stop buying raisins at the grocery store and get them at Bulk Barn instead. Much fresher, better choice, and 10% discount on Wednesdays. I bought some there last time. I had to drive all the way back there because as I was putting them in the measuring cup I found mould starting to grow. Now I don't buy anything there. pcmustard Oct 16 2012, 06:13 AM FuzzyO Oct 16 2012, 05:59 AM Darcie stop buying raisins at the grocery store and get them at Bulk Barn instead. Much fresher, better choice, and 10% discount on Wednesdays. Excellent advice. My wife is a very astute shopper...she knows a bargain when she sees one and is a shopper of Bulk Barn. Oh, by the way...government have no control over food prices. biggrin 04 BTW I know that the government doesn't control food prices PC. But, they are the ones who calculate the CPI and they say we don't get a pension increase because the index is not going up. I guess they put in luxury stuff in their calculations which most pensioners with the supplement haven't a hope in hell of ever buying. I am sure you would understand that little thing. Edited by Darcie, Oct 16 2012, 06:33 AM.



friendshipgal	Oct 16 2012, 06:50 AM Post #7
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Darcie Oct 16 2012, 06:29 AM FuzzyO Oct 16 2012, 05:59 AM Darcie stop buying raisins at the grocery store and get them at Bulk Barn instead. Much fresher, better choice, and 10% discount on Wednesdays. I bought some there last time. I had to drive all the way back there because as I was putting them in the measuring cup I found mould starting to grow. Now I don't buy anything there. pcmustard Oct 16 2012, 06:13 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep biggrin 04 BTW I know that the government doesn't control food prices PC. But, they are the ones who calculate the CPI and they say we don't get a pension increase because the index is not going up. I guess they put in luxury stuff in their calculations which most pensioners with the supplement haven't a hope in hell of ever buying. I am sure you would understand that little thing. I'm pretty sure they don,t put lixory stuff in the calculations



Darcie	Oct 16 2012, 06:59 AM Post #8
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	FG, the volatile items are not even included in the calculation. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/62-001-x/2012008/technote-notetech1-eng.htm It is revealing as some food items are not included, some that would probably make the CPI higher because the prices are volatile. Worth reading, and yes luxury items are included. Many of the excluded items are necessities. Edited by Darcie, Oct 16 2012, 07:01 AM.



heatseeker	Oct 16 2012, 07:01 AM Post #9
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	That god damned Stalinist Harper is determined to starve us poor seniors to death. After all that we have done for this country, to be reduced to fighting the cat for our share of Tender Vittles. Etc.



Darcie	Oct 16 2012, 07:05 AM Post #10
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	heatseeker Oct 16 2012, 07:01 AM That god damned Stalinist Harper is determined to starve us poor seniors to death. After all that we have done for this country, to be reduced to fighting the cat for our share of Tender Vittles. Etc. IMHO your post is making fun of the truly struggling seniors. I bought some food for a woman in my building just last week. She is a widow and her monthly income is around $1,200. I am happy I can afford to help her eat. Now please don't say she can go to a food bank, she walks with a walker and is too poor to have a car. I never said Harper, I said government, and that includes past governments.



heatseeker	Oct 16 2012, 07:16 AM Post #11
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	Darcie, I'm not making fun of seniors, and certainly not saying anyone should go to a food bank. Mostly I was trying to get a rise out of FG. Lol lol lol



Darcie	Oct 16 2012, 07:23 AM Post #12
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	heatseeker Oct 16 2012, 07:16 AM Darcie, I'm not making fun of seniors, and certainly not saying anyone should go to a food bank. Mostly I was trying to get a rise out of FG. Lol lol lol OK, I just am upset about this woman, I have called Family Services, seems there is no help. I guess I am the help, she has no kids.



heatseeker	Oct 16 2012, 07:26 AM Post #13
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	I don't know much about these things, but wouldn't she be eligible for more than $1200 a month, with a supplement and maybe a chunk of her husband's CPP?



Darcie	Oct 16 2012, 07:32 AM Post #14
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	heatseeker Oct 16 2012, 07:26 AM I don't know much about these things, but wouldn't she be eligible for more than $1200 a month, with a supplement and maybe a chunk of her husband's CPP? Family Services looked into what happened just before her husband died and also it appears that there is nothing for her because of the circumstances previous to her becoming a widow. I think, but was not told, that he had many debts when he died, maybe there was even a bankruptcy. I don't know the details of it.



friendshipgal	Oct 16 2012, 07:35 AM Post #15
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Statistics Canada developed the CPI to measure changes in the cost of living. The CPI tracks cost changes in common household expenses. This "basket" of goods consists of food, shelter, clothing, transportation, health care and other average household expenditures. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/cpis01a-eng.htm



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