Snickers Bar

[dkemple1]

Really didn't know where to put this, but I had to go to a Toastmasters meeting last night as a school assignment. I was not sure where it was because it was in a town about 40 miles away so I left early. I stopped on the way to get me a root beer and I gave the check out lady $2.00 and it came to $1.06 because it was on sale for .99. With the left over change i was going to buy me a Snickers Bar. Can you believe that I did not have enough money. They wanted $1.06 also. I said "FOR A CANDY BAR?" and she said they had just raised them that day. Can you believe that a REGULAR sized candy bar is a *#@&!&% $1.00? I did not purchase the candy bar, but boy I sure wanted it. I don't know about you guys, but I am sick and tired of these out of control prices. While I am on the subject, we went to the store the other day to get some shredded cheese and they want $5.49 or $5.79, I can't remember for sure, so we didn't get it either, That is highway robbery. What are all of your thoughts on todays prices (other than gas)

[tufhelp]

I dread going shopping anymore for fear of the depression that sets in as I get yet another bout of sticker shock as I wonder how we'll make the money stretch for our needs... One of the recent worst was back in late August - our coffee brand went from $7.50ish to $10.80 ish (Folgers) A $3.50ish jump all in one fell-swoop!!! I’m with you, I do without when I see this kind of, dare I call it’ inflation – but according to some there ain’t no inflation. I’m amazed when I hear this, as I wonder exactly what in the heck are they looking at when they say that – my basic necessities are steadily going through the roof and STILL there ain’t no inflation???

[OzarkMtnDaredevil]

A Dollar for a candybar? Heck, I can buy a Snickers from a vending machine at work for 55 cents. Something here ain't jiving or somebody's ripping people off. >:(
However, some folks will pay a buck if they want it bad enough and that's how I'm gonna get rich. I'm going to put in a drive-thru window on my garage and sell .22 ammo for a dollar per round. Yes!

[dkemple1]

Last time I looked at candy bars at my place of employment, they were running 75 cents, and that was about 6 months or so ago. Next time you go to a gas station, check out the prices of the candy bars. I guess it will at least help our diets out if we don't eat them huh? :D Inflation, schmation.. We're not in a recession either are we? Just a few days ago in our local paper, the county I live in has the highest unemployment rate in the state, AND higher than the national average. And now that OPEC is cutting production of oil again, I don't see how anyone is going to make it. We need a good old fashioned revolution.

[Buck]

There has been 10 TRILLION dollars in wealth rung out of the worlds
market which WILL cause inflation due to the monitization and the
repudiation of debt worldwide.

In time it wll take a lot more dollars to buy everything because each
dollar is worth much less in real buying power. It is just the way things
will be for a very ,very long time so get used to having less and buying
much less than you have in the recent past. The "old days" are gone.

[RangerRick]

Whatever the public will bare. You don't want to pay these prices - don't. It's all about choices.

Rick

[RocketMan]

I agree with the price of coffee. I have cut back on drinking as much as I used to. Bottled soda also. I like to have my bottle of MD now and then, and noticed it's up to $1.49 for a 20oz bottle!? Guess I'll have to cut back on that too. I'm buying more and more of the store brand items every day. (yeah, I'm a slow learner)
:-[

[mom]

Ok, today was my sat in the barrel at the office so DH always comes in and we do our shopping together. He runs all the non perishable errands and then we do the perishable shopping together. We look at all the grocery ads and whoever wins the grocery ad war is where we go. Kroger had a lot of 10 for 10 stuff plus some meat on sale at a good price so they won BUT even though we are so cheap that we make the buffalo on the nickle squeal we need and i mean need with a capital N ice cream and we bought the most expensive ice cream in the store. My thought is that we don't go to movies and out to eat and buy all our clothes at thrift stores and the S hasn't hit the fan yet. Yea, I am gonna have my ice cream - just a few spoonfuls each evening but I WANT it. I NEED it like a junkie needs his dope. Just how bad do you need that snickers bar. Life has few pleasures - enjoy the little ones.

[mom]

Oh yea, as to coffee - I need it. Still have an 18 year old at home. Anyone want to buy him. I will sell him cheap for coffee.

[flatwater]

How much coffee for him? and will he work?
Flatwater

[TheUnboundOne]

Howdy, Dkemple!

$1.06 for a Snicker's Bar? ??? Jeebus amoebus, was it a small one?

Where I'm at in Gastonia, NC, $1.00 will buy you a super-sized Snicker's Bar at the Wal-Mart...in two pieces for sharing or so you can have one now, one for later. And, of course, if you buy the multi-packs of Snicker's Bars (or other candy bars) you can have them for even less per bar than ones that sell individually.

If you want a Snicker's Bar bad enough, I'd try that route and stay off of the convenience store crack.

[TheUnboundOne]

Howdy, Rocket Man!

You wrote:

agree with the price of coffee. I have cut back on drinking as much as I used to. Bottled soda also. I like to have my bottle of MD now and then, and noticed it's up to $1.49 for a 20oz bottle!? Guess I'll have to cut back on that too. I'm buying more and more of the store brand items every day. (yeah, I'm a slow learner) *


Actually, I'm trying to turn to coffee, green tea, and dark chocolate as my caffeine sources, as a cheaper substitute for expensive sodas. *

Mind you, I get authentic ground coffee and tea in bags, not the instant coffee or tea crystals, and I get them both in mass-quantity cans and boxes, in the store brand, not name brands, so I pay less per cup that way. *

Also, I drink coffee and tea either without sugar or with only a tablespoonful, which beats the 18 tablespoonfuls that a soda can have. *Thus, I not only save money, but also save my pancreas and thousands of Dollars in medical bills.

Since I've got an old-timey Corona Grain Mill, I may try getting the whole bean coffee to see if it's less expensive to home-grind it than to buy already-ground coffee. *

I've actually developed a liking for making and drinking ground coffee. *(I make coffee "strong enough for it to walk around" as my Mom says! * ;D *) *

I have an old-timey stainless steel percolating coffee pot with a little see-through bulb at the top, suitable for either home or camping. *It sure beats those plastic automatic coffee makers, some of which can be down-right fire hazards that can melt on your counter and send your home to blazes.

I simply love to watch the coffee bubble up and darken in my old-timey coffee pot, just like on the old Maxwell House commercial:

Maxwell House Coffee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXb8GLD4Rh4

:)

If you still like coffee, but want to cut back on the price, you may want to try enjoying it as I have come to enjoy it, from real ground beans, in mass quantities, in the store brand, slow-brewed, and with minimal added sugar.

[TheUnboundOne]

Dear Mom,

You wrote:

Ok, today was my sat in the barrel at the office so DH always comes in and we do our shopping together. *He runs all the non perishable errands and then we do the perishable shopping together. *We look at all the grocery ads and whoever wins the grocery ad war is where we go. Kroger had a lot of 10 for 10 stuff plus some meat on sale at a good price so they won BUT even though we are so cheap that we make the buffalo on the nickle squeal we need and i mean need with a capital N ice cream and we bought the most expensive ice cream in the store. *My thought is that we don't go to movies and out to eat and buy all our clothes at thrift stores and the S hasn't hit the fan yet. *Yea, I am gonna have my ice cream - just a few spoonfuls each evening but I WANT it. *I NEED it like a junkie needs his dope. *Just how bad do you need that snickers bar. *Life has few pleasures - enjoy the little ones.

You could probably get your favorite ice cream treat for Pennies if you get either an electric or a mechanical hand-cranked ice cream maker, some ice cream rock salt, and some packets of your favorite flavoring to go in the ice cream. *

I always loved the flavor and texture of homemade ice cream, and nowadays, the ice cream machine companies also probably sell packets and/or recipe books for making your own sherbets, sorbets, frozen yogurts, gelato, or Italian ices.

I've also seen in Big Lots there are buckets of lemon, lime, and strawberry Margarita mixes. *All you have to add is your own liquor, put the whole bucket in the freezer, and in a few hours, you get Jimmy Buffett's favorite frozen concoction that helps him hang on. *

;D

If alcohol is not to your liking, I'm sure you could just add water or fruit juice to the same mix and freeze it for less time.

*

[leera]

I agree on the prices! It's getting harder to shop,we're sticking to our budget,but I am learning to get more creative in my shopping.

I shop in bulk,and then seperate things like meat into single meal portions,so there are no leftovers to go to waste.

I gave up caffeine totally,so no worries there for me anymore.

All in all we are still managing to stay within our monthly budget,and we're not going hungry or eating rice with every meal.

Everything has gone up,and will continue to do so.Example a 5 pack of 12oz canned chicken at Sam's Club was $8.97 two months ago,today it was $11.87,I didn't buy any.

Our best defense against rising prices,is to shop smart and budget wise,plan ahead and cook from scratch.The less processing something goes through to get to you,the better.

[tufhelp]

Funny you should mention that chicken... I too noticed that raise in price and was about to pass on it and noticed that they have a big can of the same brand that "outweighs" and costs less than the five small ones. So I bought one with the plan of using one small cans worth and freezing the rest in one can increments.

When I got home I dutifully began the decanting, weighing and freezing process. I first checked the weight of a small can (13+ ounces). Imagine my surprise when I weighed out 13 ounces only to find that I had used a whole lot of the large can up!

It turns out that the stated weight must include the water it is packed in along with the chicken weight. It never really struck me that there couldn't possibly 13 ounces of chicken in the small cans and therefore thought “This isn't a bad deal for 13 ounces of ready use chicken." I don't think it is such a hot deal anymore!!!

[mom]

Howdy, Rocket Man!

You wrote:


Actually, I'm trying to turn to coffee, green tea, and dark chocolate as my caffeine sources, as a cheaper substitute for expensive sodas. *

Mind you, I get authentic ground coffee and tea in bags, not the instant coffee or tea crystals, and I get them both in mass-quantity cans and boxes, in the store brand, not name brands, so I pay less per cup that way. *

Also, I drink coffee and tea either without sugar or with only a tablespoonful, which beats the 18 tablespoonfuls that a soda can have. *Thus, I not only save money, but also save my pancreas and thousands of Dollars in medical bills.

Since I've got an old-timey Corona Grain Mill, I may try getting the whole bean coffee to see if it's less expensive to home-grind it than to buy already-ground coffee. *

I've actually developed a liking for making and drinking ground coffee. *(I make coffee "strong enough for it to walk around" as my Mom says! * ;D *) *

I have an old-timey stainless steel percolating coffee pot with a little see-through bulb at the top, suitable for either home or camping. *It sure beats those plastic automatic coffee makers, some of which can be down-right fire hazards that can melt on your counter and send your home to blazes.

I simply love to watch the coffee bubble up and darken in my old-timey coffee pot, just like on the old Maxwell House commercial:

Maxwell House Coffee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXb8GLD4Rh4

:)

If you still like coffee, but want to cut back on the price, you may want to try enjoying it as I have come to enjoy it, from real ground beans, in mass quantities, in the store brand, slow-brewed, and with minimal added sugar.


I love fresh ground coffee and no sugar for me - thick enough to use as motor oil and black as my heart. BUT I thought coffee beans got stale if they weren't refrigerated. Also I haven't found a place to buy in bulk - where do you get yours in bulk. At the grocery store they are expensive.

[TheUnboundOne]

Dear Mom,

You wrote:

I love fresh ground coffee and no sugar for me - thick enough to use as motor oil and black as my heart. *BUT I thought coffee beans got stale if they weren't refrigerated. *Also I haven't found a place to buy in bulk - where do you get yours in bulk. *At the grocery store they are expensive.

You could, of course, refrigerate or freeze coffee beans to keep them fresh, but since I drink coffee almost every morning, it never goes stale before I can finish a big can.

I get the Great Value 34.5 ounce cans of ground coffee from Wal-Mart for about $6.33. *The cans come in Columbian, French Roast, and Arabica varieties. *It could be even cheaper at Sam's Club, but I haven't renewed my membership in years. *

I don't know how good a deal this is compared to whole unground beans, but it a better deal than Chock Full O' Nuts, Folger's, Maxwell House, or Chase & Sanborn and definitely a better deal than Starbucks or any instant coffee. *

I'll check later to see what the price is for whole unground beans and if they are better, I'll start grinding my own.

Another good thing about those big tin coffee cans is that once you empty them and wash them out, you can nail holes in them, use tin snips to make a little door, and you've got yourself a genuine hobo stove for cooking outdoors that uses wood sticks or charcoal. *

Not to be an anti-smoking zealot, but tobacco smoke can taint the flavor of coffee beans, so for best results, keep smokers away from your java.

[fwtxcitywoman]

Wait until after Halloween and stock up on Snickers. Check Walgreens, they mark most of their minibars down to 50% off right after the holiday. You can freeze them.

[gump]

Wait until after Halloween and stock up on Snickers. *Check Walgreens, they mark most of their minibars down to 50% off right after the holiday. *You can freeze them.

I used to work at one and our candy automatically went 50% at midnight on Halloween at the 24 hour locations. No price adjustments needed :)

[ryanmercer]

A Dollar for a candybar? Heck, I can buy a Snickers from a vending machine at work for 55 cents. Something here ain't jiving or somebody's ripping people off. *>:(
However, some folks will pay a buck if they want it bad enough and that's how I'm gonna get rich. I'm going to put in a drive-thru window on my garage and sell .22 ammo for a dollar per round. Yes!
Wish that was our case... FedEx lets Aramark handle are vending machines... try 1.00 for a NORMAL candy bar, and 1.25 for a 20 ounce (I of course don't use them, but everyone else does)

[Shamrock1121]

This makes me feel REALLY old (I guess that's because I AM really old)... *I remember when Snickers Bars were 5-cents (a bottle of pop was 10-cents), back in the late 1950's *::) *I couldn't afford them back then, either. *We'd hit the ditches and find pop bottles and redeem them for 2-cents each down at the local black-smith shop, who also sold pop and candy bars.

-Karen

[pinetreefarm]

Yup, I also remember. LOL

Pine

[TNDadx4]

Snickers and other candy is 2 for $1.00 for a regular and sometimes king size bars at our Dollar General.

Definitely stock up after Halloween. Best time to by stuff is after the holiday that you want it for.

[Funkhouser]

At the local Walmart, it's anywhere from 33 cents for Kit Kat to 99 cents for king-sized Snickers; am I wrong, or is the king size of today the regular size of back-in-the-day?

I don't buy them; it's just another controllable expense I choose to eschew. My boy doesn't care anything about sweets (I never gave them to him when he was younger, so he never got hooked on them).

[TheUnboundOne]

Dear Funkhouser,

You wrote:

I don't buy them; it's just another controllable expense I choose to eschew. My boy doesn't care anything about sweets (I never gave them to him when he was younger, so he never got hooked on them).

Good man, Funkhouser. I wish I were raised so lucky, but I am trying to keep sweets as minimal as possible. I am getting to the point where unsweetened tea and coffee actually taste good.

[dkemple1]

There are 2 things that I have a hankering for and that is a snickers bar and beef jerky. Both of them are outrageous. I have a dehydrator, but I haven't made any yet because I don't know how. I want to ask a friend of mine to show me how. But I love a good jerky AND a good snickers bar. I will be looking at the Halloween sales and try to stock up on them. I know everything has gotten smaller and gotten more expensive, but NOT paying a dollar for a regular snickers bar is just a matter of principle. Maybe they will eventually go down, I doubt it, but I can hope.

[MotherCharlotte]

I used to love Snickers bars. But both my husband and I have noticed that most candy bars just don't taste like they used to. And I don't think it's necessarily because we're older. All the candy manufacturers are moving operations to Mexico or wherever...now that candy just doesn't taste like it did when I was a kid when it was made right here.

Just as well, the sugar isn't good for me anyway. :)

[thebiglebowski]

Dear Mom,

You wrote:


You could, of course, refrigerate or freeze coffee beans to keep them fresh, but since I drink coffee almost every morning, it never goes stale before I can finish a big can.

I get the Great Value 34.5 ounce cans of ground coffee from Wal-Mart for about $6.33. *The cans come in Columbian, French Roast, and Arabica varieties. *It could be even cheaper at Sam's Club, but I haven't renewed my membership in years. *

I don't know how good a deal this is compared to whole unground beans, but it a better deal than Chock Full O' Nuts, Folger's, Maxwell House, or Chase & Sanborn and definitely a better deal than Starbucks or any instant coffee. *

I'll check later to see what the price is for whole unground beans and if they are better, I'll start grinding my own.

Another good thing about those big tin coffee cans is that once you empty them and wash them out, you can nail holes in them, use tin snips to make a little door, and you've got yourself a genuine hobo stove for cooking outdoors that uses wood sticks or charcoal. *

Not to be an anti-smoking zealot, but tobacco smoke can taint the flavor of coffee beans, so for best results, keep smokers away from your java.



Its a myth that keeping beans or ground coffee in the fridge keeps it fresh the opposite is true. Keep your ground or bean coffee in a airtight container and it will be a lot fresher than the one in the fridge. The oil in it does not like the cold.

[thebiglebowski]

Heck I have seen the prices just fly up where I am. At first it seems like not much but when you purchase 70 items and each item is ten or fifteen censt more thats 7 -10 bucks less left in your pocket.

For example, I read the package very well. I tend to compare prices based on sizes, such as weight or measurement. So an item may seem like on sale but have your pen or if you math challenge have your caculator handy and figure out the cost per gram or ounce and I still get surprised. I have a thing about toilet paper. Up to when I moved earlier this year I was almost at a thousand rolls! anyways I went on the road for several months and put things in storage and sold off half of my stock. I recently started purchasing toilet paper again but notice that the packaging seemed different and they're were more double roll packages now and odd size package such as 18 rolls. Anyways I grabed some with out looking because the size hasn't changed in several years, well I got home and just happen to look and behold the size of the rolls were only 140 sheets, down from 176. well it didn't take long to figure out I was getting the F#$%%. So even though they were charging the same price I was getting substantially less. I went to my cache of paper and this is what they have gone from in the last 8 years.

8 years ago toilet paper had 196 sheets per roll and the size was approximately 11x11 then down to 176-172 sheets and the current size 10x10 approx. Now the rolls are 140 to 150 sheets depending on the make.

Also companies put out special packages for stores. For example there is large retailier here that had Bounty on sale, I was going into the store and all these folks were coming out with Bounty and I thought I should have a look. Well I got to looking and the package just didn't seem right to me and I hesitate on purchasing it because I knew another reatailer had it on sale to. so it turns out that the so call special at the one business had only 44 sheets per roll and at the store that had it on had the regular rolls which turns out to be 80 sheets per roll, so I was sure glad I didn't buy it at the first store and I also got it a dollar cheaper.

so be careful and try to remember sizes especially when things on sale for a decent price.

[jebrown]

I guess I am a dinosaur . When I first started returning pop bottkes in the 50;s they were a penny a bottle I was ecstatic when the doubled to 2 cents a bottle.
One of my passions in life are storms and storm chasing. I got started in 1993. I went in to a local grocery in a very small town. They wanted 4.99 for a three liter bottle of diet coke (no more three liter bottles where I live now, shucks). They wanted 2.75 for a pay day bar. I left without buying anything. From then on I have maintained a fanny pack with snacks like vienna sausage crackers, candy, bars and a few other items that changed from time to time. I also kept soda on hand so all I have to buy is ice. I do this even today when I travel. That way I do not have to fall prey to the highway robbers that operate convience stores.
If I like something that is a comfort item I buy it know matter what the cost has gone up too. My favorite coffee just tokk a price hike too. For me it is Taster's Choice I know some of you will disagree but I have been drinking it for over 35 years. I have tried others from time to time but that is still my favorite.
Right now soda varies from .99 to 1.29 for a two liter bottle. Will not give that up either.
It is the little pleassures or treats in life that make it easier for me. They will not take thaty from me.

[fwtxcitywoman]

I gave up pop. It is just too expensive anymore. I may stop at a 7-11 and get a Big Gulp once in a while, but generally I bring along my own big ole insulated cup of iced tea.

Lugging those 2 ltr bottles really got on my nerves, too!

[ryanmercer]

Its a myth that keeping beans or ground coffee in the fridge keeps it fresh the opposite is true. Keep your ground or bean coffee in a airtight container and it will be a lot fresher than the one in the fridge. The oil in it does not like the cold.



Then why they fuss about cold brewed coffee?

[tufhelp]

It's true, it's true! Don't freeze your coffe...

Check this out:

http://www.coffeeam.com/stgrandbrco.html

[thebiglebowski]

Then why they fuss about cold brewed coffee?

I don't recall....but I bought some real good coffee..$18 lb and I don't even drink the crap, but all *the friends do.

I have had this coffee for over a year in a airtight container and they say it taste wonderful still (friends)......Maybe because I make with cold water from the fridge.. ;D

[TheUnboundOne]

Dear Thebiglebowski and Tufhelp,

Actually, the article said that coffee could be frozen on a one-time basis as a last resort for long-term storage, which is precisely how and why I would do it.

I have frozen loose bags of coffee before for weeks at a time and I had no problems with the taste. Then again, I didn't store fish in the freezer either.

;D

[TheUnboundOne]

Dear Thebiglebowski,

You are so correct about how companies are reducing packaging and portions. I have noticed, for example, that Breyer's Ice Cream has rounded off it's containers and the amount in the container is less than it was before:

Shoppers beware: Products shrink but prices stay the same
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-06-11-shrinking-sizes_N.htm

Fortunately, unless I'm mistaken, Scott's rolls haven't shrunk, so there's still hope for us tough-aces out there.

;D

[thebiglebowski]

The other thing about ice cream at least here in Canada, they're not allowed to call it ice cream unless there is a certain level of milk and or cream in it.

So now the packaging here says "Frozen Desert" because of the lack of real milk in it, it has so call milk ingredients but not milk or cream.

And as you said the size has gotten smaller down from 2litres to 1.89 litres but as for the toilet paper all brands have shrunk here in Canada....

[Shamrock1121]

Dear Thebiglebowski,

You are so correct about how companies are reducing packaging and portions. *I have noticed, for example, that Breyer's Ice Cream has rounded off it's containers and the amount in the container is less than it was before:

Shoppers beware: Products shrink but prices stay the same
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-06-11-shrinking-sizes_N.htm

Fortunately, unless I'm mistaken, Scott's rolls haven't shrunk, so there's still hope for us tough-aces out there.

;D



Good information... This is why I carry a calculator and figure the unit price of nearly everything I purchase. This way it doesn't matter what size the container has been reduced to - you still compare unit price. I completely disreguard the size because often the smallest size is the least expensive when you figure the unit price. I keep a price book in my purse so I know the unit prices I regularly spend for foods. As an example from last year:

Kroger peanut butter on sale:
28-oz. / $2.49 = .088/oz.

The week before, the same brand had the 18-oz. size on sale. 18-oz. / $1.00 = .05/oz.

While Aldi brand (which never goes on sale) was:
Peanut Delight - 18-oz. / $1.29 = .07/oz.

This spring I bought every kind of low-priced TP to try to determine the best buy. National brands are rarely great buys even when you can get them on sale PLUS a double coupon. I figured them every way and south. If I did sheets, you'd find sheet sizes were different between brands. Then the problem with plys.... So after a lot of thought I decided to take my kitchen scale and I weighed each roll and figured unit price by the weight of the rolls. TA DA!!! K-Mart has a brand (American Fare) that turned out to be the best price and always lasts the longest (single ply). American Fare even beat out Scott and Pom. I stock-up on American Fare when K-Mart has it on sale. As a quick test for TP, if you can squeeze the roll and it gives an awful lot, it's probably not a good buy.

-Karen

[thebiglebowski]

Good information... *This is why I carry a calculator and figure the unit price of nearly everything I purchase. *This way it doesn't matter what size the container has been reduced to - you still compare unit price. *I completely disreguard the size because often the smallest size is the least expensive when you figure the unit price. *I keep a price book in my purse so I know the unit prices I regularly spend for foods. *As an example from last year:

Kroger peanut butter on sale:
28-oz. / $2.49 = .088/oz.

The week before, the same brand had the 18-oz. size on sale. *18-oz. / $1.00 = .05/oz.

While Aldi brand (which never goes on sale) was:
Peanut Delight - 18-oz. / $1.29 = .07/oz. *

This spring I bought every kind of low-priced TP to try to determine the best buy. *National brands are rarely great buys even when you can get them on sale PLUS a double coupon. *I figured them every way and south. *If I did sheets, you'd find sheet sizes were different between brands. *Then the problem with plys.... *So after a lot of thought I decided to take my kitchen scale and I weighed each roll and figured unit price by the weight of the rolls. *TA DA!!! * K-Mart has a brand (American Fare) that turned out to be the best price and always lasts the longest (single ply). *American Fare even beat out Scott and Pom. *I stock-up on American Fare when K-Mart has it on sale. *As a quick test for TP, if you can squeeze the roll and it gives an awful lot, it's probably not a good buy.

-Karen



oooooohhhhhh grrrrreat another way to figure out how I'm getting screwed ..... ;D

But seriously never occurred to me about weight of the toilet paper to figure out price. As far as the weight of products the price tags on the shelves here have the price per gram or you can do the calculator thing if you don't trust them. When purchasing stuff such as peanut butter, juices, chips etc thats how I do it. cost per gram/litre

[tufhelp]

Given that the brands do their intended wiping job, I've always gone by the square feet of material and the number of sheets per roll. Weight might just figure in, but if the ability to function as requred isn't compromised, does heavier matter?

[cinok]

The reason alot of prices have gon up is the price of fuel, tis used to make the product and to transport the product to the US then it is shipped across the country a couple of time before it hits the shelf and yes it also has a lot to do with what the market will bear and human nature, these are high stress times and how do many people deal with stress chocalate, coffee, junk food ,etc.

[EarthMama]

I have an old-timey stainless steel percolating coffee pot with a little see-through bulb at the top, suitable for either home or camping.


Yep.... the stainless steel percolating coffee pot with some fresh ground Eight O'Clock coffee. Life don't get much better.

I don't drink perked or caffeinated coffee anymore. Makes my heart do flutters... so it's instant decaf for me. Guess that's old age settin' in. But I sure do remember drinking the good stuff and boy, was it a joy!

~EarthMama

[bassntrout]

Food prices are out of control . . . check out this article on cold cuts:

http://divorceddadfrugaldad.com/2008/12/20/cold-cuts-solid-gold.aspx