ohiorganic
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I grow my own and /or buy from local organic/sustainable farmers so most of the food I buy is not connected to the industrial food stream nor dependent on oil so not impacted by the current price spikes.
the things I buy at the grocery are mainly luxury items and have always been pricy |
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Dragon Rider
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Cut out junk food and pack your own lunch. Coke costs $1.00+ each, tap water cost you close to nothing. Not only it can save you $$$, you will be healthier too.
Buy No Name brands instead of brand names, so we don't have to pay for the high "marketing" cost.
Cheers. |
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gnarlyswine
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"I mean we in North America have grown accustom to "Supper Size""
and not learning to splle either.
In the US food prices are way below the rest of the western world anyway. Maybe a rise in price and forcing people to walk instead of driving everywher can help reshape the most obese country on the planet.
Still - its disgusting that people may end up going hungry so investors can make money elsewhere as they have made there last victims homeless.
Its time the world faced facts that rampant unchecked capitolism and corporate greed is not good for humanity - its just not right that the few who rise to the top (and they are definately not cream) screw up the lifes of so many.
I honestly think the best thing that could happen is some cataclysmic disaster that resets us back to the stone age - if we got another chance maybe it could be done right. |
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Dee
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Unfortunately I will be forced to do with less food than I am right now. These kinds of things always affect the poor and lower income people first. I have a hard time coming up with enough food for 2 meals a day at this point. I am not looking forward to higher prices. It's unfortunate as well that the different grocery stores out there already charge disparate prices for the same items. In some cases I have noticed a $2.00 difference in the price of an item in one store compared to another. There is no difference in the items so why are they not the same price everywhere? |
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Lacy
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I really haven't felt the sting in food yet. When and if I do, I'll cut out the cereal, substitute chicken for fish and stay away from any of the prepared foods. Those are always more expensive. I hope I don't have to go any further than that. My biggest cut back to date has been on car gas. No more just getting in the car and going for a nice ride. I use the car for work and errands only. |
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jus'lil'ol'me
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starting my own garden this spring and being diligent in finding local merchants. also, buying neccessities in bulk to reduce any percentage of price related to shipment |
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mike l
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I believe that now is a very good time to beginning a
diet that gives you the most nutrition for the least amount
of food intake. |
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grant k
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I don't worry about the price, I'm an older guy with a good career, but I do have a conscience. First off, I will not buy ethanol blended fuels, people need to be fed before personal motor vehicles. I will continue to drive the most efficient vehicle I can afford and only use it when I really need it and vow not to cruise around in a grotesque gas-guzzler like the Hummer H2 (like those men with small genitalia do). I think everybody needs to do their part not to waste our precious resources. |
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thegamebrain
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I suspect the first things that will go will the extras, like the Internet or the computer. If it comes down to paying 20 or 30% more for food and money is tight, I HOPE people make the right choices and ditch the Internet, Satellite TV, the Cel phone mega packages, Sirius Radio andeverything else they don't TRULY need.
I'm fortunate enough to not be really affected. If any of us have an extra 100 dollars or more of discretionary income, some of it might go to food. I'm prepared to pay the few dollars extra it'll take to feed myself. |
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Oonanatia
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I started gardening a few years back and then let it slide for a couple of years. I think I'll take it up again, I use very little wheat or soy products and this increase will not encourage me to use more. |
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destiny_41_99
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You think they are high now!?? Wait a while and see. Governments have heavily subsidized the production of ethanol with your tax dollars, which makes production attractive to investors (given that their investment is a fraction because of government funds). Ethanol is produced with wheat, grain, barley and most of all the other crops... crops which are normally grown to make breads and cereals, AND feed the beef, pork and chicken. An $8, 7 ounce T-Bone will be a thing of the past. Ranchers are getting 97 cents a pound for the same T-Bone!! Now with the huge increase in feed more and more ranchers will opt for off the farm employment and that includes vegetable ranchers because of the cost of production. Anyone who thinks ethanol is the way to go hasn't done their research!! If you use your car only on weekends, forget that! Ethanol can't be left in a vehicle for extended periods of time without piling up your motor... so... drive every day and that's supposed to be more efficient?? Good grief! This is only the start of major problems, and all because there are idle people in this world that believe in fooling around with mother nature and the resources that she provided... naturally. |
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OU812
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I have been teaching in Thailand for the last 3 years and just arrived back 2 weeks ago. I was completely blown away at the cost of gas, food, water, housing, rent, prescriptions…..all the necessities in life. Even things like alcohol and tobacco, the most I have ever seen on a global level and I have seen the World. Canadians pay the absolute most for stuff and that’s before TAX. If you don’t believe this, then you have never left Canada. I have lots of money saved up from living and teaching over seas but not enough to stay here. I will be returning to Thailand to live well and prosper. In Thailand I pay $0.50 for a pound of skinless boneless free range chicken and pennies for all the fresh produce I can carry. Even McDonald’s is like $0.90 for a value meal and gas is $0.45 a litre. I don’t know what is happening in Canada but I won’t stay and find out. See ya. |
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Angele
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I cut back on most baked good and make them myself. Cost way less and I know whats in it. Other then that there really isn't much we can do, unless you have a place for a garden and grow your own food but people like me who live in an appartment we are limited on what we can grow so we have to buy the stuff. It is cheaper too to by from local farmers so when the time comes I will be doing that as well. |
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Cherish F
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Bad news for those of us who live in the north, we already pay outrageous prices for groceries - ESPECIALLY produce!!!
Average prices in Whitehorse, Yukon:
1 can of Campbells Chunky Soup - $3.49
1 head of iceberg lettuce - $1.20
McGavins loaf of bread - $3.25
6 med. bananas - $2.75
Reg size can of cream corn - $1.79
4l of milk - $5.79
Just to give you an idea anyway...
We will just have to deal with it I guess - everyone's gotta eat! It's just scary to think that my grocery bill is going to go up from where it is at!! AAAAHHHHH!!!! lol |
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OrganicVal
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Well, I deal with it by eating the healthiest ORGANIC diet I can. And yes it has been proven that Organic food is more nutritous, just read "The End of Food" if you want proof.
I find that the healthier I eat, the less I eat, so that cuts costs right there, plus I figure I've gotta eat anyway and I'm worth the best I can find. |
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t-bone
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Famine is no stranger to me or anyone else who has seen it first hand, let me tell you what happens' when people get hungry and need food they take it away from those that have it, and it doesn't mater who it is or how weak they are they will finally kill anyone that gets in their way to stop them. and in most cases the security that is hired is not prepared for the violence that will take place. it is not just the poor that will take you food it is the needy and greedy. if you think this is as simple and learning to cope with cost you are sadly mistaken.
Hoarders and those that feel they are untouchable may not be so sure when a crazed mob rips them from their homes and slaughters them like rats, the police will never be able to protect them. if anyone thinks i am exaggerating this you better look at the riots right here in America when during the 20 and 30's we had riots that had Io be put down by our own soldiers, they had to shoot to kill so don't think anyone safe if hell break loose no one will be safe. |
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Kiki-la - Atheati Priestess
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Approximately 4-5 years ago I could purchase a whole (over-heaping) cart of groceries for a little over $100. This was done with careful budgeting and good shopping skills. I was usually set for 2-3 weeks with that, and I have a dependant child. Now, as I have increasingly noticed, everything is seriously doubling and even tripling! I go and get the same amount of groceries and I'm paying $200+, and it doesn't last as long.
I actually frown and ask "why?" when I see many of the prices. I haven't bought a smoked ham in ages, I used to get a fairly good sized smoked ham for around $7. Now I see them at $16!
We seriously need alternative fuel sources to be coming in, and fast! This is starting to get ridiculous, and wages are not increasing enough to keep up. I'm not even driving, and I still feel the horrible sting of the money I'm dropping on necessities of all things. I couldn't imagine what some people are doing just to keep their car gassed to get to work? |
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M A D
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Well its kinda a better sweet thing. I mean we in North America have grown accustom to "Supper Size" everything over the last 10 - 15 years and now it looks as if we are forced to actually look at some of the luxuries we take for granted.
Yes I will be cutting back on portions, and maybe keeping it a little more simple, and start shopping more at local farms for some of my produce. |
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Laura
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It's about time, seriously. Anybody who drives understands how much the costs of transportation have risen. Did you think the entire industry was going to starve just so we could have our food at prices that don't reflect an item's production and distribution costs? Don't be so naive. There is no shock value to this story.
We waste so much as a society, anyways. It will be interesting to see what changes this will make to consumers' buying habits. |
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Vanessa
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I will continue to do what I have always done and be cheap. I spend my lunch hour every day shopping at a different bargain store like Liquidation World, Bargain Shop, sale items at Shoppers Drug Mart. Then whatever I can't purchase cheap that we do need I will purchase at the Supermarket. If there is an item discounted that my family will use and the limit is 1 or 2 per person I go every day and purchase it until I have a full stock. It's amazing how cheap you can get cereal and lunch snacks at the Bargain shop. If I cant get it cheap I dont buy it. |
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bigdaddyL
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I love how they say "rising food prices", like it encompasses everything. I read about where the increases stem from. Yet it still feels like "one last crack at the cat" from the oil/gas billionaires to line pockets before the new technologies are phased in. I love in SW Ontario, and not long ago I witnessed corn field after corn field become a subdivision. Then turn around and say there aren't enough corn farmers. It all feels a little ... "I dont know", but it aint good. Money I$ ! |
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hayley
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well all i know is i have a baby so as long as she is fed the morgage is paid and we have heat is what i worry about, its right what people say on here , deal with it, there is nothing we can do about it, unless you want o grow your own veggies. |
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janedriedger
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I will buy more food in bulk, eat less processed and packaged food, grow a garden, trade food from my garden with my neighbours so that I get a wide variety of food, and be more vigilant about how much I waste when I let food go bad before I eat it. |
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Yes, the price increases have been noticeable.
I plan to buy less of the items in question, find other more reasonably priced substitues and see if I can't find lower prices at local farmer's markets. I am also going to grow some of my own vegetables.
Prices would go down if at least some of the middlemen could be cut out of the food industry. There are too many vulchers for consumers to support.
I have a fixed grocery budget, so higher prices mean buying less or buying cheaper.
So, the poor are to starve so that the rich can fuel their SUVs? That sort of world sucks. |
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magzikall
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Well i think its better if people just buy what you need. dont buy that extra bag of chips, chocolate bars, dont buy the water, drink of the tap, plenty of the bottle water are from the tap anyways. when going to grocery stores, shop in the outer aisles. Majority of the food in the middle aisles is mostly junk that you dont really need. |
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clara s
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never will the price of everthing goes down including food.For myself living on pension,i had a litle garden i grow my own vegetables and feeze it on time of harvest,divide it in a plastic bags or container.Make use of your back garden plant not only flowers but some vegetables in that way you are sure what you are eating,dont use spray,do the gardening naturally just keep on eye with the vegetable eating bugs.On winter time i bring in the sun room some herbs even green onions on my window they will survive even chives,i dont need to buy that on the grocery.It hepls a lot of your pocket if you use your common sense,those veggies last me till next harvest and the freezer wont lost the vitamins on my veggies it still good as the fresh ones.Just par-boil the veggies for 1 minute then let it cool,and put the the plastic bags put a date and freeze it you dont need to botle it you will spend more on electrecity,this way its easy and not time consuming. |
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Amber H
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you either buy less or watch for things to go on sale. I can get a lot of food on sale for a 150$ and have it last a couple weeks. You just have to be a smart shopper. |
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Scottish
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We haven't felt the sting as much yet, but we have been buying organic food for some time and it is a little more expensive. We also don't use much wheat or soy, so that probably helps. However, food is extremely expensive and my food bill has had about 30% added on to it in the past few months. I try to buy local, particularly in the summer and I find that helps at least a little bit. |
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pippi58
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Well, when you spend more on your groceries (and gas while we're talking about it).....you have to take the extra money spent out of your family budget, first thing we take away from is our Entertainment funds. We'll change our life style, go out for dinner less, don't go out shopping for clothes or accessories as much, we'll go out to less movies, I'll get my hair done less frequently, ladies will forgo the fake nails and other luxuries. Malls, theatres and restaurants will eventually feel the pinch like we do BUT YOU HAVE TO EAT....... |
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chops
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I've definateliy felt the sting. With the gas and food prices rising, i think it is radiculus. These two commodoties are neccessaties to certain extend, and for two neccessaties prices to increase this drastically will definately hurt peoples pockets especially when the income is increasing at a much slower pace. The good thing is we will definately be reducing waste in food and buying essentials.
ALthoug i personally probably will not be effected much other than less savings but i do feel bad for people who are already having a tough time meeting ends. |
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warsw
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I look for deals and I will keep shopping at places where I can get the best price for my money. Unlike some of you people I don't complicate things by feeling guilty or something about my consumption. So as somebody else said... "deal with it" |
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