Examples of current inflation - add yours!

[tb001]

Topped $100 filling up my tank today. $6.75 for premium at a new to me station. I usually go to Costco and rarely put gas in the tank, so I don’t know if that was unusually expensive or that’s just the new normal here.

 

[daylatedollarshort]

I believe in the 1980s the average movie ticket price was less than $5.

The theaters near us all seem to currently have $6 Tuesdays, which is great for retired folks.

 

[easysurfer]

A standard adult haircut at a run of the mill place like Great Clips runs about $20.

 

[NW-Bound]

I took the following photo in our 2018 RV trip to Alaska. I wonder what the prices there are now.

 

[NW-Bound]

Out of curiosity, I looked on the Web for some info on current food prices in Valdez. Have not found out about grocery items, but here's what people said about restaurant prices.

7/21: "$50 for a halibut sandwich, fries included, and one beer. "

5/22: "We ended up ordering two of the seafood platters and $80/each platter for four people total."

 

[Koolau]

I figured I was getting a good deal on my electricity bill. $20 bucks and change last month. I don't use AC or heat.

My electric bill should be that low - except the rate is so high it's closer to $70 or $80. I think we use about 5KWh/day. With our ridiculous rates and add ons, it adds up quickly. No AC/heat and no electric hot water (included in HOA dues.)

 

[Scuba]

Great article in today’s WSJ about food price inflation. It’s likely behind a paywall but one stat that got my attention is that boneless, skinless chicken breasts are up 68%. I know at the local stores, the sale price used to be $1.99/lb. Now it’s $3.99 on sale.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/food-prices-to-keep-going-up-as-costs-surge-11654939800

 

[ponyboy]

Sames club 96 count eggs. Pre pandemic they were around $12-$15 on any given day. Now, they're around $28.

I love it though. I hope prices continue to surge. This is what a lot of people wanted.

 

[Fermion]

Out of curiosity, I looked on the Web for some info on current food prices in Valdez. Have not found out about grocery items, but here's what people said about restaurant prices.

7/21: "$50 for a halibut sandwich, fries included, and one beer. "

5/22: "We ended up ordering two of the seafood platters and $80/each platter for four people total."

One might think halibut would be cheap since they catch it right there.

 

[Koolau]

Sames club 96 count eggs. Pre pandemic they were around $12-$15 on any given day. Now, they're around $28.

I love it though. I hope prices continue to surge. This is what a lot of people wanted.

I know the usual suspects who want oil prices to rise, but who are we talking about wanting eggs (and other consumer prices) to double in price?

 

[JoeWras]

So people are enjoying inflation and cheering for it while bank accounts are 1% or less?

The universe must have split into a mirror version and somehow I got transferred to the wrong universe.

 

[corn18]

So people are enjoying inflation and cheering for it while bank accounts are 1% or less?

The universe must have split into a mirror version and somehow I got transferred to the wrong universe.

2 year treasuries are 3.41%, so there's that.

 

[NW-Bound]

2 year treasuries are 3.41%, so there's that.

While inflation is 10%?

 

[Koolau]

^^^^^^^^

This is a tough time to be living through. Let us hope it's relatively short lived. I'm not sure I have a decade to wait for its resolution. YMMV

 

[MichaelL]

The last time that I went to the grocery store each little white plastic bag of groceries averaged $50 and I didn't think that I'd bought anything special. $250 total for one trip.

 

[MichaelL]

My girlfriend went to Petco with her two cats to get food and treats. $278 for the visit. I hope that it lasts that rest of the month at least.

 

[W2R]

Prices are finally beginning to rise at our favorite restaurant. Just by $1-$2, so far, and only for some of the meals, but it's started.

 

[Koolau]

Went to a Korean BBQ restaurant in the Heartland today. It cost $100 w/tax tip for 4. That's twice what I was paying back home in Kaneohe. Not sure that's all inflation but it was more than I was expecting to pay. YMMV

 

[Car-Guy]

I don't watch prices in the store at all but the DW does. Yesterday, she was complaining about the prices of Hostess Cupcakes (we have loved those things for decades) I was complaining about the size. I guess it's true that everything shrinks with age.

 

[Koolau]

I don't watch prices in the store at all but the DW does. Yesterday, she was complaining about the prices of Hostess Cupcakes (we have loved those things for decades) I was complaining about the size. I guess it's true that everything shrinks with age.

Except, maybe my belly. Too many Hostess Cupcakes, I guess. YMMV

 

[John Galt III]

Was at Walmart looking for the 'normal' size deodorant. I never found any. I didn't want to ask an employee. All I found were 'travel' size deodorants. Very small containers. 2 ounces each. What I ended up buying was a 1.5 ounce roll-on deodorant from the dollar store for $1.25. And that was the biggest size they had.

 

[John Galt III]

$83 for 3 seniors to see Top Gun Maverick. Included 2 large cokes and 2 large popcorns, but still.

I hope you posted this in the 'Blow That Dough' thread also, ha ha!

 

[MichaelL]

$83 for 3 seniors to see Top Gun Maverick. Included 2 large cokes and 2 large popcorns, but still.

Did one of the seniors have to go without a coke and popcorn?

 

[Rianne]

Our dollar store (Not Dollar General) where everything really is a dollar has a gallon of bleach for a dollar. They have many other items, food items as well.

 

[jollystomper]

Dominos $7.99 carryout deal is still in place . Interestingly, their $5.99 deals are now "$5.99 carryout/$6.99 delivery". They give you a "break" for using your own gas .

In our area junk/fast food does not seem to have changed much in price. Not that I am going to eat more of it...