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2025-08-23 Economy

Ranked: U.S. Cities With the Highest Cost of Groceries

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-23 05:18|| || Front Page|| [178 views ] Top

#1 Honolulu, HI makes sense as everything (almost) has to be shipped by water or air

Posted by Frank G 2025-08-23 05:56|| 2025-08-23 05:56|| Front Page Top

#2 With shrinkflation

Imagine if retiree COLAS's were based on actual cost per item, or ounce? Thus taking into account whole picture of shrinkflation (Size & Price).

Or like some EU nations that require product vendors to clearly state size/content changes. Not the USA "NEW & IMPROVE" or the "BIG SIZE" sales dodges now commonly used to hide increases.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-08-23 06:26|| 2025-08-23 06:26|| Front Page Top

Unrelated but interesting. Yesterday, I had an occasion to take someone to the local Wells Fargo bank near my home. I waited in the parking lot for him to finish his transaction inside. Appeared to be a very busy Friday. Within 5 minutes I had identified the predominate ethnic clientele of Wells Fargo bank in this Georgia town.

BTW, this region is experiencing a yuge boom in rental residences and apartments.

Perhaps this is all part of a much larger plan.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-23 07:17|| 2025-08-23 07:17|| Front Page Top

#4 How bizarre! Out of 404 entries on the list there are no, Zero, repeat no listings of any cities in Alaska. IIRC there are no listings of Russian cities above the Arctic circle either ...cost of living is brutal when you have to import everything up north.

Posted by magpie 2025-08-23 09:32|| 2025-08-23 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Corn dogs at the local QuikStop are now 2/$5.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-08-23 09:48|| 2025-08-23 09:48|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the problem in San Francisco might be, ahem, inventory shrinkage in the grocery stores.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-08-23 14:45|| 2025-08-23 14:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Just bought a pork loin for $1.79 per pound and packaged into a roast, chops and stir fry meat.

Posted by Glenmore 2025-08-23 20:24|| 2025-08-23 20:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Magpie is right. Alaska winter produce prices are insane.

Posted by Woodrow 2025-08-23 21:25|| 2025-08-23 21:25|| Front Page Top

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