Is there a shortage of pigs

[turd]

in this country? I just went to the grocery store, and a part of my purchases was a pound of bacon. It was declared to be on sale at $2.00 off - at $5.99 a pound. What the ? Not just bacon, but the bread we normally buy is $5.49 per loaf. Just two years ago it was easy to find that bread for $2.49/ loaf and bacon for $3.99 a pound. Everything has gone up, but groceries are becoming a rip-off. When all the issues of supply and shipping, etc. are fixed will the price go back down? Ha, ha, ha. And, no, it is not because the pork plant workers got a 40% raise, they did not.

 

[beentheredone]

My friend, I used to work bagging groceries after school, and in that day if you spent $40 on groceries you'd better have come in a truck if you wanted to haul it home... and there's not a scrap of old coot exaggeration in that statement. A McDonalds in town now pays $15 an hour to kids for flipping burgers. I got rich -- bought a car and a summer-long trip to Europe after graduation -- bagging and stocking for $1.70 an hour...

Of course, my Dad's first job in 1936 paid him a whopping 50 cents a day...

 

[GunnyGene]

Got lots of pigs here. You just have to kill 'em & process 'em yerself.

 

[Kevin]

Have you priced butter recently? It's 7 and 8 dollars a pound.

 

[needsmostuff]

Cost of groceries is the same .
It's the dollar your spending that's shrinking!

 

[Armybrat]

My friend, I used to work bagging groceries after school, and in that day if you spent $40 on groceries you'd better have come in a truck if you wanted to haul it home... and there's not a scrap of old coot exaggeration in that statement. A McDonalds in town now pays $15 an hour to kids for flipping burgers. I got rich -- bought a car and a summer-long trip to Europe after graduation -- bagging and stocking for $1.70 an hour...

Of course, my Dad's first job in 1936 paid him a whopping 50 cents a day...

You did better than I did - worked two summers in 1957 & '58 at the US Navy commissary in Taipei, Taiwan. No hourly wage, but we averaged $1/hour in tips.
Plus we had to carry the sacked groceries down a flight of stairs outside the entrance and to put them in the customers' automobile trunks.
It was a special arrangement for us military dependents (boys only) to give us something to do during the summers and keep us out of trouble……besides earning a little $$.

Otherwise, all menial jobs everywhere there were filled by the multitudes of local Chinese/Taiwanese.

 

[Jeepnik]

But according to Biden the economy is wonderful. Of course he probably hasn't bought anything in decades.

 

[dweis]

Get a Costco membership and a freezer.

 

[Joe Reilly]

Get a Costco membership and a freezer.

In that order?

 

[RC44Mag]

in this country? I just went to the grocery store, and a part of my purchases was a pound of bacon. It was declared to be on sale at $2.00 off - at $5.99 a pound. What the ? Not just bacon, but the bread we normally buy is $5.49 per loaf. Just two years ago it was easy to find that bread for $2.49/ loaf and bacon for $3.99 a pound. Everything has gone up, but groceries are becoming a rip-off. When all the issues of supply and shipping, etc. are fixed will the price go back down? Ha, ha, ha. And, no, it is not because the pork plant workers got a 40% raise, they did not.

We just got back from renting a cabin in Pa on the Delaware River with some friends to do some kayaking on the river and do some good bbq cooking. One couple brought store bought bacon. I opened a package to throw on the fire and thought it felt shy of a lb so check the weight. 12oz is all it was.
25% scant of a lb and costs more then an actual lb did just a few years ago.
check your weights! They're sneakily robbing every which way they can.

 

[Jeepnik]

Yep "shrinkflation". Pay more for less. Nothing new. Remember when ice cream came in gallon containers? Try to find a gallon now.

 

[dweis]

In that order?

No,probably best to get freezer first. The only decision is size. Size matters.

 

[KIR]

Eating pigs is like cannibalism. Both will eat anything! Pig parts are also used for medical replacements in humans. I will stick to turkey, chicken, trout and salmon.

 

[nrobe50]

Eating pigs is like cannibalism. Both will eat anything! Pig parts are also used for medical replacements in humans. I will stick to turkey, chicken, trout and salmon.

Not much for baby backs on turkey, chicken, trout and salmon. I will stick with pork, venison, beef and most anything else that hangs out on the back 40.

 

[XP100]

But according to Biden the economy is wonderful. Of course he probably hasn't bought anything in decades.

Yes and 39% of those polled think he doing a great job with the economy(which 39%)? 80.00 now in a grocery store barely covers the bottom of a csrt.

 

[Sapo]

Freezers? Buy 2......chest type.....they keep cold longer in a power outage. I've learned two 7 c.f. units are better than a single 14 c.f.
Bacon. Plan ahead buy on sale.

 

[RC44Mag]

Eating pigs is like cannibalism. Both will eat anything! Pig parts are also used for medical replacements in humans. I will stick to turkey, chicken, trout and salmon

Arnold Ziffel, for the last time leave the computer alone or you'll be on breakfast menu tomorrow

 

[Kevin]

Eating pigs is like cannibalism. Both will eat anything! Pig parts are also used for medical replacements in humans. I will stick to turkey, chicken, trout and salmon.

When "they" use pig parts for human medical replacements, are they the same pigs we eat? I've never thought about that before. Are they specifically raised pigs for medicine? Or do they just grab Gosho* from the trough and take his heart valves? And then do we get to eat the rest of him?

*Gosho is a pigs name in Bulgaria, back when families out in the country raised pigs for the dinner table.

Which as a bit of trivia about pigs, Bulgaria had an informal day for slaughtering the family pig. Usually it was December 1st. I'm not sure if that is still such a tradition since most families don't have the family pig anymore.

 

[Dave P.]

Eating pigs is like cannibalism. Both will eat anything! Pig parts are also used for medical replacements in humans. I will stick to turkey, chicken, trout and salmon.

Have you ever seen what a chicken will eat, ever hear the term "yard carp"?

 

[Hvymax]

Yeah when things get closer to crashing I'll get some pigs, goats and chickens from the local Amish. I figure once it crashes we won't be traveling and we can tend them while setting up area defenses with the neighbors. Between us we have room for crops and livestock rotating as needed.