Milk inflation

[jimbo1096]

I had to make a run to the local Circle K convenience store this evening to buy a gallon of milk. Most of my groceries all come from the regular grocery stores. There I'll buy a gallon of milk for $4.24 last time I took note. Tonight because my great grandson, at one year old, is at my house and I ran out of milk. That convenient store gallon of milk cost $7.52 plus tax for a total of $7.74. I know it's a convenience store but that's one heck of a markup.

 

[Mobuck]

Sounds like price gouging. Possibly higher cost due to typical 'sell by' dating, amount sold by store within this parameter, and minimum quantities that store has to stock to get 'grocery store' pricing.
I'd estimate that Grouch Attack throws away 30-50% of the milk she buys in gallon jugs. I'm not a 'milk person' and she seldom uses that much before the remaining milk gets funky. That puts a heck of a premium on her occasional glass of milk and/or the small amount used for cooking. :(

 

[JackBull]

I had to make a run to the local Circle K convenience store this evening to buy a gallon of milk. Most of my groceries all come from the regular grocery stores. There I'll buy a gallon of milk for $4.24 last time I took note. Tonight because my great grandson, at one year old, is at my house and I ran out of milk. That convenient store gallon of milk cost $7.52 plus tax for a total of $7.74. I know it's a convenience store but that's one heck of a markup.

How much did the convenience store pay for that milk vs a grocery store?

 

[PRichardson87]

And that's why it's called a convenience store. They likely pay more for the milk as well. Last time I bought a gallon of milk it was 2.49 and I thought that was bad.

 

[GasGuzzler]

Seems like it went from $0.89 per gallon to $2.49 over night then held for a while. Then it went to $3.89 pretty quickly then held.

 

[blume357]

Dern cows went on strike, & formed a union back in '65 and now they want a better pension plan.

 

[peachhead]

at Ingles 1% is 4.29, 2% is 4.88 (why?)
at Publix 4.59
at Kroger 2.99
Walmart 2.63

I hate Walmart but maybe I need to shop for groceries there more often.

I can't remember where I read it but apparently groceries are back to the same cost as percentage of salary as they were before the Wuhan flu. I don't believe that but whatever.

 

[blume357]

Back in the '70's the big grocery store chain Bill started selling their mild for less than they paid for it. In my opinion a brilliant marketing plan to get folks in the store and they have to walk wall the way through to get the milk and of course are going to buy other items.... but the state legislature did not like this, several were dairy farmers... and so they passed a law that milk could not be sold for less than cost.

 

[vito]

Unless you have young children in the home, its probably a good idea to stop drinking or otherwise consuming milk at all. Maybe its needed for some recipes, and I guess for a bowl of cereal in the morning, but adults drinking a glass of milk is probably as bad as smoking for your heart health.

As to prices, I have no really noticed because now when I have the occasional need to buy milk, I just buy a quart container.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Eggs went up a dollar more in ONE WEEK here. Before HARRIS / Biden the were 79 cents a dozen, total.

They devalued the dollar to pay off government debt with deflated dollars. Thats what happens when you give away a crap ton of something for nothing like it is worthless. It becomes worthless.

 

[MaxMan]

Our grocery store sells eggs one at a time now.

Actually down here eggland best a 3.54 /doz. A 1 1/2 doz is 6.20.. Go figure. Need to get the chickens back.

 

[375hh1973]

Can honestly say I have no idea what a gallon of milk costs. I have never purchased one.

We get the smaller plastic one for cooking and wife occasionally has a bowl of cereal.

Once in a great while I get a pint of chocolate milk on the way hunting

 

[JackBull]

Unless you have young children in the home, its probably a good idea to stop drinking or otherwise consuming milk at all. Maybe its needed for some recipes, and I guess for a bowl of cereal in the morning, but adults drinking a glass of milk is probably as bad as smoking for your heart health.

As to prices, I have no really noticed because now when I have the occasional need to buy milk, I just buy a quart container.

Why is milk bad for your heart?

 

[GasGuzzler]

Our grocery store sells eggs one at a time

Walmart and others are selling bananas by the unit instead of by the pound.

 

[Rat76]

Powdered milk & powdered buttermilk for baking. Zero shelf-life issues. Stopped buying fresh milk several years ago when my wife & I realized we had both become lactose intolerant. Before that we had been heavy milk drinkers. The change came practically overnight, fortunately just milk. Cheese & other dairy products no problem. One of the joys of getting older, I guess.

 

[gnappi]

In the N.Y Catskills the uplift we paid for "I'm out of this" stuff at a convenience store was cheaper than the gas it took to drive 40 mile round trip to Kingston not to mention the time wasted in the car and in line at the big box store :)

Anyway, even though I now live in suburbia I keep canned condensed and evaporated milk in the house for cases when I'm out, though no little one yet from my son so I have no idea if these canned goods are suitable for small children.

 

[gnappi]

New info, I was curious about canned evaporated milk products for children and it seems as if it's OK at 1 year old.