Food Shortage & Price Explosion Thread

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What were its shoplifting/ employee theft losses, that's tells how long it will be in business.
 
I worked retail security at a grocery store chain for a few years. Buy the tales I could tell. First off it was the 1980's and we wouldn't allow anyone to steal a stick of gum. I worked some big time crews too. I remember one bunch who hit at about 9 pm one evening. There was 5 of them and I just happened to be standing in front like a shopper. We used to keep huge racks of cartons of cigarettes right in front of the customer service desk thinking that would be a deterrent. Well it wasn't.

First they went to the drug store part of the store, kind of like Wally World, each pushing shopping carts. They loaded up the carts with these big , round plastic garbage cans. Then they went to the front where the cigarette carton display was and one after another they filled up the plastic garbage cans with every single cigarette carton right in front of 5 girls "employees" counting receipts from the day and never even noticed these guys they were so slick.

They took them all and I was the only one in the store who even noticed them. And its not like they were hiding anything ; They were 5 male/black/20's but they were so smooth and watched each others backs so well I couldn't help but admire the balls on them. I stopped them from getting the product out but they got away and one couldn't help but think how many times they did get away with it. And I'm not talking a few cartons here but dozens upon dozens. Had a gypsy ham crew that would do the same thing, steal every single ham on display and just push the carts right out the store.

But even I never thought I'd see times like today and what these softball liberals are costing us. Because one thing I can promise you and that its not the store who is going to lose. Its us the customers whom are paying the dime. And of all the thief's Ive caught I never, ever caught one who is stealing to feed their kids, or even themselves. They steal to get high. Every one of them.
 
Three guesses who doesn't like turkey, it's right there with tofu...
 
Just an interesting vid I came across.

searcher

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Priced to Thrill: One Market's Tale of Grocery Rebellion​

Oct 26, 2025 #grocery #documentary #novascotia
At Gateway Meat Market, the lineups are long, the prices are low and the vibes are high. Priced to Thrill tells the tale of a grocery store that’s anything but ordinary.
In the heart of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, there’s a grocery store unlike any other. A down-to-earth, high-energy, family-run institution where the deals are as legendary as the lineups. Gateway Meat Market isn’t just a place to shop; it’s a community lifeline. At a time when grocery prices are...
 

"Food Prices and Dynamic pricing are Crushing People in 2025!"​

Oct 28, 2025
People are looking to steal food if Food Stamps stop! What do you think?


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If we can feed israeli welfare rats, why can't we take care of our own...
 
CiscoKid said:
There is a very sound reason why there are "food deserts" in bad neighborhoods.
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Yup.

Also a reason why quick-stop markets like Wawa or Sheets or Holiday, aren't in the 'hood. Because EVERYTHING has to be kept under lock and key or it evaporates.

Back when I lived in Cleveland...at West Blvd. and Lorain Ave. there was a BP mini-mart. It was built when BP was, in that area, Sohio (Standard of Ohio) and West Blvd. was SOMEBODY. It was nice, aging neighborhood of middle-class grannies.

Well, 'groidification presses on. Grandma dies; the kids, in Miami, or Denver, or Phoenix, don't want the house. They sell quick - to someone who gets a Fanny-Freddy zero-percent Liar Loan. Just as neighborhoods on the East Side of Cleveland changed in a decade, so did the former German West-Blvd.

So. BP, being Woke, wasn't going to close the store just becuz black peeps caint stop grabbin and runnin. What they did was put an airlock in the front door, and after sunset, three/quarters of the store was off-limits. You wanted a six-pack of Coke, you had to ASK the sullen negress to waddle back and get it for you. You had to pay for your gas in advance - after 9, only credit on gas, to limit amount of cash there.

Store was still there when I left, 2008; but it was not a satisfactory shopping experience. Going down to the Rocky River Drive neighborhood was a five minute trip - it was still Irish, and still mostly law-abiding.

Probably not now.

Point I'm making is: Self-service markets DO NOT WORK with these people. And Kroger, Giant Eagle, Albertsons...pick your Globalist-owned chain...they're not set up to operate in a way where someone has to get every purchase out for you and extract payment first.

It's nasty barrio markets for these areas.
 

Major retailers promise a cheaper Thanksgiving, but there's a twist​

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Grocery giants Walmart, Target and Aldi are trumpeting their Thanksgiving meal deals as more affordable than ever. But those retailers are doing exactly what shoppers are doing, trading down to cheaper private-label alternatives or offering fewer items.

Walmart's (WMT.N), opens new tab meal this year features nine Great Value private-label brand items out of 15, compared with nine out of 21 brands last year — a higher percentage of in-house brands.

The company accomplished this by subbing in a stuffing mix and sidelining onions, celery and broth. Those switches allowed for a revamp with the turkey - changing to the well-known Butterball brand (96 cents a pound) from last year's Honeysuckle White (then 88 cents a pound).

Read the whole thing:

 
If you let Wally World do your holiday cooking...you deserve what you get.

Wally World has been Woked up - has been for twenty years and more. Sam Walton is long gone; and the mindset of their leadership is....they had Hitlery Klintoon as a director for a time. That's what it's about - deceit, cronyism, contempt for the people who were Sam's target customers.
 
I substitute a roll of turkey sausage for ground veal to beef and pork when I make meatballs. It's actually a very good combination.
 
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Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello, Dynamic Pricing.​

Nov 28, 2025
In this Opinion Video, we tell the story of a little piece of technology that has delivered enormous benefits to consumers — and is in danger of disappearing. It’s called the price tag. Yes, the price tag.
Businesses increasingly are using algorithms to determine prices, and to rapidly adjust those prices throughout the day. This new technology is called dynamic pricing, and it’s poised to change the way businesses set and advertise their prices. Think of the ever-changing electronic signs at gas stations, but for everything.
Businesses can use dynamic pricing to deliver better deals to customers. But they also are using the new technology to jack up prices. As the video says, the humble price tag “was like a little handshake. It represented an agreement, one price for every customer. But now that agreement is breaking.” And we are all going to pay.


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Why beef prices are out of control in the U.S.​

Dec 7, 2025 #CNBC
Beef prices are up around 15% compared to overall food inflation of about 3% in 2025. That's mainly due to the lowest U.S. cattle herds in nearly 75 years. Direct-to-consumer beef company Omaha Steaks gave CNBC a behind the scenes look at its operations to learn more about how beef has gotten so expensive and how companies are responding.


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searcher said:
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Stop Blaming DoorDash for the Affordability Crisis

One DoorDash Discourse to rule them all: Food away from home is down. Groceries are up. This is especially true for young people. Affordability is a real problem.
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Of course it's not Door-Dash's fault.

It's that their business model IS NOT GONNA WORK when disposable income suddenly is drastically reduced.

Writers, and entrepreneurs, and the masses, mostly do not remember the 1970s. I sure as hell do. Times were TOUGH then. Harder than now? Not sure. The dust hasn't settled - we can't see the contraction.

But a minimum-wage job was to be TREASURED back then. Foo Stamms had to be PURCHASED - how much a month's allotment cost, depended on your income, on a sliding scale. But they were not free; and non-citizens were DISQUALIFIED.

At work the better-heeled ate cold ham sandwiches in the break room. The poorer of us ate PB&J. One new hire, really hard up, ate duck-egg sandwiches. He enjoyed them, but OMFG, the stench of those things just put me off my own meal.

There was NO idea that something like DoorDash could deliver food, regularly. Yes, a few pizza joints would deliver - Domino's was still a local Ann Arbor business. Delivery of pizzas, was something for special events - football games on television, with friends, or kids' parties, or a chaotic Saturday night. Regular use? OUT OF THE QUESTION. A pizza, delivered, back then, might cost $7 or so, which was big money. The delivery guy would have the pizza joint's car.

Frills like DoorDash, are now going to wither and die. The investors' seed money will be wasted, in the end (if they haven't recouped initial investment) and the idea no longer workable.

Because our standard of living is falling. This is the other end of living off borrowed (printed-up) money, living off tomorrow's earnings - if tomorrow brings any.

Learn to cook.
 
  • The war in Iran threatens to raise grocery bills in the U.S just months before a critical U.S. election.
  • The war and subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran have rocked the global economy. Oil and gasoline prices have soared, fertilizer costs have spiked and markets have plummeted.
  • Those factors are likely to lead to higher costs for consumers, economists warn.
www.cnbc.com

Grocery shock on the horizon for approaching U.S. elections as Iran war drags on

"It just pisses them off more," said Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, said in an interview when asked about how voters will react if food gets more expensive.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com
 
A friend and I usually split 1/2 a beef every year. Thats enough for me for about a year. Maybe a little less. Got in touch with him a couple weeks ago and he cant afford it this year so I am going solo on the 1/2. The farmer Was just getting ready to send a beef in so perfect timing for me.
Here's the price breakdown for anyone interested. Prices are for Southern Ohio.

Hanging weight is 460 lbs. This is the weight you use to pay everyone.
Farmer gets 4.20 a lb. x 460 = 1932
Butcher get 45 bucks for kill fee and .80 cents a lb for the butchering work. =413 total

Total is 2345.

Yield is usually around 60-63% of hanging weight or about 290 lbs.

Just a hair over 8 bucks a lb for prime beef.
For burger and some cuts thats a little high. Burger at Costco or Sams club is around 6 bucks a lb but Not as good a quality. You get a huge savings on the upper parts of the beef. Filets, rib eye, New York strips and sirloins as well as all the roasts. Plus all of those are prime cuts where as Sams club is mostly choose. Costco does have some prime cuts but still a lot more money.

At the end of the day though, it's not about saving money. Food security knowing I have 2 years worth of beef I the freezer and also knowing that my farmer guy is going to stay in business with my help. He actually called me yesterday to thank me for the business. Really nice guy and I know I will always have a place in the rotation whenever I am ready again.

Since I am starting carnivore this may only last a year or so. Not a bad deal to eat a lb of beef everyday for a year for 50 bucks a week.
 
Cigarlover said:
A friend and I usually split 1/2 a beef every year. Thats enough for me for about a year. Maybe a little less. Got in touch with him a couple weeks ago and he cant afford it this year so I am going solo on the 1/2. The farmer Was just getting ready to send a beef in so perfect timing for me.
Here's the price breakdown for anyone interested. Prices are for Southern Ohio.

Hanging weight is 460 lbs. This is the weight you use to pay everyone.
Farmer gets 4.20 a lb. x 460 = 1932
Butcher get 45 bucks for kill fee and .80 cents a lb for the butchering work. =413 total

Total is 2345.

Yield is usually around 60-63% of hanging weight or about 290 lbs.

Just a hair over 8 bucks a lb for prime beef.
For burger and some cuts thats a little high. Burger at Costco or Sams club is around 6 bucks a lb but Not as good a quality. You get a huge savings on the upper parts of the beef. Filets, rib eye, New York strips and sirloins as well as all the roasts. Plus all of those are prime cuts where as Sams club is mostly choose. Costco does have some prime cuts but still a lot more money.

At the end of the day though, it's not about saving money. Food security knowing I have 2 years worth of beef I the freezer and also knowing that my farmer guy is going to stay in business with my help. He actually called me yesterday to thank me for the business. Really nice guy and I know I will always have a place in the rotation whenever I am ready again.

Since I am starting carnivore this may only last a year or so. Not a bad deal to eat a lb of beef everyday for a year for 50 bucks a week.
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I do the same. We have four upright freezers. Two for beef, one for pork, and one for chicken and meals we have cooked in bulk and vacuum sealed like chilis or soups.

To protect your meat investments, may I suggest to you get a freezer alarm. These are wireless and work through walls and floors. My freezers are in the basement, and I keep the display panel in my living room and have no issues with connectivity. I can see at a glance what temps the freezers are holding - usually around -15 F.

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CiscoKid said:
I do the same. We have four upright freezers. Two for beef, one for pork, and one for chicken and meals we have cooked in bulk and vacuum sealed like chilis or soups.

To protect your meat investments, may I suggest to you get a freezer alarm. These are wireless and work through walls and floors. My freezers are in the basement, and I keep the display panel in my living room and have no issues with connectivity. I can see at a glance what temps the freezers are holding - usually around -15 F.

Amazon.com: Fridge Thermometer, Digital Freezer Thermometer, with 2 sensors and Acoustic Alarm, Refrigerator Freezer Inside Outside Thermometers, for Kitchen Home Motorhome : Home & Kitchen

Buy Fridge Thermometer, Digital Freezer Thermometer, with 2 sensors and Acoustic Alarm, Refrigerator Freezer Inside Outside Thermometers, for Kitchen Home Motorhome: Refrigerator Thermometers - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases
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Great idea and cheap a piece of mind.
 
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Cigarlover said:
Great idea and cheap a piece of mind.
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Just be advised that you need to use special batteries (lithium) in the sending units because of the extreme cold. Any old battery will work for the receiver.

You program the unit to sound an alarm if the freezer gets above a certain temperature.
 
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