Just did an online grocery deliver order for later today. I wasn't thinking "New Golden Era"

[Miles Archer]

Minus the driver tip, the order was 73 bucks. We did get a number of items but as I looked through the cart I KNEW that it wasn't "SEVENTY THREE DOLLARS WORTH OF FOOD AND STAPLES."

Or, I guess more accurately, "THESE GROCERIES WOULDN'T HAVE COST ME 73 BUCKS A YEAR AGO."

And I am one of millions of Americans who is going through this SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, so...how the FUCK is Trump STILL getting away with his LIES about "Affordabilty?"

And yeah, I know, more people are challenging it daily, but it hasn't slowed down the lies.

[Silent Type]

1. Totally agree. I guess trumpsters just plan on eating hate for the rest of their lives.

[Moostache]

2. He's been nonstop lying his entire life

My question is more like how has he EVER gotten away with it at all... but yet he persists.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. But, Shady Vance just said

“Our economy has not been harmed in ten months “ and “please be patient, there will be an economic boom!”

An economic boom for billionaires, maybe.

Also … what is he smoking.

[hlthe2b]

4. Only a Golden Era in that it takes gold bullion to pay for it...

There should be a special hell (even of their own making) for the ultra-rich who do nothing to help others--and except for Bill Gates, there are not a lot of the former.

[GusBob]

5. Not usually a complainer myself

Now every time I go to the store I mention the higher prices on specific items to the cashiers and stockers. I'm sure they are sick of hearing it and its not their fault , but at least they still have a job, hey.

If something is a bargain, I mention that too. Maybe they will pass it along

[Miles Archer]

7. The local markets here DO make an attempt, I'll give them that

It's not that "THIS item is expensive" and "THAT item is on sale," it's the cumulative shock of one day's shopping.

Last week my girlfriend and I went in the market with a budget. We take two carts and do our thing. It drives me nuts to follow her and it drives her nuts to be followed.

But I had a set dollar amount to stick to and hit it REALLY FAST. I looked down into the cart and thought "You've got to be kidding me."

So I don't do much of a happy dance on sale items because I'm going to see that balance out with the non-sale items.

We don't have any kind of a "Safeway" or "Albertson's" or "Kroger" here. We DO HAVE "Harris Teeter," which is part of the Kroger chain, and it's a 45 minute to one hour away drive, so we never go. We have the regional chain Food Lion, plus Aldi and WalMart. We shop at all three and knew where the best prices were at each well before Trump sank his tariff talons into them so we've always been "price conscious shoppers."

[Mr. Ected]

17. I live in deep red Georgia, and I do the same thing

I normally say, after getting rung up for $100+ for things I know cost a lot less just a few months ago, "good thing prices aren't going up". A sympathetic cashier will roll their eyes when I say it; a MAGA cashier usually looks back at me dully, as if my words didn't register in their closed-off little mind.

[Skittles]

25. that's the thing

prices used to go up, but then they would plateau for some time........now they just seem to keep on rising, WTF

[Biophilic]

6. The lies won't stop until trump is dead.

Then they will become even more weird as JD and the guys manipulating him take over. They don't seem to have any political sense, just ''gimme'.

[haele]

8. There's a typical Albertsons shopping pickup order we make every other Friday morning.

It was $42 last year this time according to the receipt, last Friday it was $67. Inflation is definitely not down.

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. Everything is more expensive. I shop in the stores

and it's insane. Tariffs, corporate greed and "free delivery" (which is NOT free, it's just built into the price like credit card fees).

[progree]

16. "free delivery" - At ShipT, it's free delivery for orders over $35, but . . .

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"free delivery" (which is NOT free, it's just built into the price like credit card fees).

Right. I had used ShipT for delivering groceries. In my last order, in December 2023, the ShipT shopper left the actual grocery checkout receipt in one of the bags. Deliberately or accidentally, who knows. It was the only time that ever happened.

I compared those prices from the ones I paid -- there was an average 16% difference in prices.

Plus I had been giving a 15% tip. Thus I was paying 31% more. (actually 33% more: 1.16 X 1.15 = 1.334)

I can stomach 15% or 16%. But 33% is just too much to swallow.

ETA- I was also paying an annual membership fee of $99.

In fairness, their customer service is excellent, like when there is a discrepancy or problem.

[Bobstandard]

10. Folks are now seeing the lies.

Seeing the evidence of Trump’s lies right there in your shopping cart has a way of cutting through the bullshit.

[dalton99a]

11. .

"When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One."

"Under my administration we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months."

"We're going to get the prices down... groceries, cars, everything."

[Trailrider1951]

14. Yeah, and all we got

was Muskrat, the shutdown and the damned Gestapo

[dalton99a]

15. And the Trump tax, aka big beautiful tariffs

[FakeNoose]

18. The tariffs are driving this inflation

The sickening thing is that once these tariffs are GONE FOR GOOD, the retail prices will stay where they are. Retailers will never bring their prices back down, except as a temporary sale price, like loss leader-type of sale. As soon as the "sale" is over, prices go back to being higher than before.

[dalton99a]

24. +1. Prices go up, not down.

[ColoringFool]

21. Trump Has Never Viewed Himself as POTUS. EVER. He is....

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America's Salesman.

And any---ANY---promise or assurance, if not actually enforced by law, is fair play. "This car is the BEST, Ma'am! You'll feel and look like a million bucks driving it, and isn't that happiness worth the monthly payments?!"

So pick a subject of national importance, any subject of national importance.

[LisaM]

12. I like to cook a small roast for New Year's Eve, and about this time of year

I start pricing them out. I saw one at Safeway a couple of weeks ago, maybe 3 pounds, that was $100. I knew beef had gone up, but that was shocking.

[ChazInAz]

13. It's been nearly a year sinceI had a steak.

[ColoringFool]

19. I Guess Many Just Tell Themselves They Must Live In....

The wrong place! But everybody else is getting bargains, thanks to Trump!

[W_HAMILTON]

20. He isn't, but he himself doesn't have an election coming up to face the consequences.

Even more reason we should have never let this lying fascist fuck back in our White House. It *literally* took less than half a year for people to realize what a mistake they made. It sure would have been nice if they had just listened to us in the first place rather than force us ALL to suffer through 3+ years more of them learning their lesson...

[Miles Archer]

22. ...and I hope they ARE learning their lesson.

As dense as some of these people are, maybe some of them realize Joe Biden hasn't sat in the oval office since January 20th, so the shelf life on blaming him for what they are going through right now is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back there in the rear view mirror.

[jonstl08]

23. Delivery costs

Bear with because I never order anything online except for the occasional food takeout delivery. Does not door dash charge more for food costs than if you went to the restaurant. Seems to be case. Would the same concept be applied to grocery deliveries.

[Sympthsical]

26. Online grocery delivery is significantly more expensive than just going to the store

The mark up is absurdly higher. Even the mark up on Costco is in wtf? territory.

Mix in that you're not necessarily getting the same deals as if you had gone in person.

I've been tempted to use these services in moments of laziness, but once I see the total, it's like, "Oh fuck it. I'll put on pants and go to Safeway."

But I don't like any of these services, to be honest. It's like, "I'm not paying $45 for Taco Bell that would be $20 at best if I went in myself. You can't make me!"

I legitimately do not get friends of mine who Door Dash all the time. Did they take out second mortgages? What happened there. I think it is slight evidence that we live in a two tiered economy. There are people who Door Dash, and there are people who think those people are insane.

[SheltieLover]

27. Mine was $276 & not much there for the money!

Not Thanksgiving food. Just staples & nothing fancy. Will be gone in abojt 3-4 days!

[senseandsensibility]

28. We just spent a hundred seventy on

staples mostly on sale. We try to make it last a week but it never does anymore.

[SheltieLover]

29. Gawd...

[senseandsensibility]

30. Yeah, sorry about your huge bill too

Hope it lasts longer than two or three days. Wow.

[SheltieLover]

31. Red leaf lettuce was $1.79/lb a few mos ago. Mow $2.79 each & they're TINY!

Just one example.

I hope your food lasts, too!

[Trueblue Texan]

33. I'm trying to figure out how to grow herbs and greens in a window.

I've been gardening most of my life, yet I'm still a terrible gardener in terms of productivity. Maybe I'll have better luck with a window garden? We'll see.

[SheltieLover]

34. Good luck with it!

I've never had luck even keeping a houseplant alive, so...

[Trueblue Texan]

35. come to think of it...

...neither have I!

[SheltieLover]

36. Nor do I have a window that gets enough sunlight to grow anything in or nearby

[KT2000]

32. Had to have online grocery delivery

recently and I was so please to see the shopper included marked down selections as well. Out here in the rurals, we don't have public transportation so it sure comes in handy. This is a good thing that came out of Covid times.