Food, clothing and shelter are becoming a luxury lol.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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BS! There's absolutely nothing I've seen in any grocery store that has only gone up <10%. Most items are 20% at a minimum, but more like 30%+.
Not only that, but shrinkflation has affected everything! "Pasta products: +8.3 per cent"... yeah, you're paying 8% more for 50% less!
"Potatoes: +9.3 per cent (+7.6 per cent)" again, 9% increase but you're paying for 5lbs instead of 10lbs bags! You get half the amount for twice the price!
"Apples: +6.6 per cent (+10.6 per cent)" Where have they only gone up 6%??? Apples used to be $0.49 - $0.99 / lb, and now it's pretty common to see $2.99/lb for apples grown down the street!
"Dairy products: +7.4 per cent (+7.5 per cent)" Nevermind that, because non-dairy products have doubled in price!
20%? What city are you from??? My no frills has doubled everything.
LOL. I mean MINIMUM 20% for everything, but yeah, some items are double and it's insane! (Durham Region).
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Nope!
Maybe it's because things are so expensive in Toronto already, but the prices hasn't gone up as much as people talk about here.
Sure, things have mostly gone up 20% or so all-round, but the sales are just as cheap, if not even cheaper than they were 5 years ago. If you properly take advantage of sales, your bills shouldn't be any higher than before, and maybe even lower considering that 50% off sales happen pretty much every month, when before you'd only get them like twice or three times a year.