US Tariffs, Sigh!

[BigNate]

I plan my menu around the sales. Here's our sales flyer for the week - they have to be pretty similar all over?
Piggly Wiggly is a grocery chain in the Midwest, my brother-in-law creates the ads and sets the prices for one of the local chains (not this one). I'll ask him about the prices to settle this debate.

just remember this type of add tends to be full of loss-leaders, or not so good for tracking the actual average price of items... in-general they tend to show where there are local surpluses in supply chains - the vendor suggests a sale on the over-stocked items.... but looking at relative prices for similar items on sale could be interresting!

 

[Stacey K]

just remember this type of add tends to be full of loss-leaders, or not so good for tracking the actual average price of items... in-general they tend to show where there are local surpluses in supply chains - the vendor suggests a sale on the over-stocked items.... but looking at relative prices for similar items on sale could be interresting!

Yes, that's all correct BUT - if you're a regular sale shopper or coupon clipper, then you know what a good sale price is and what isn't and the sale prices also move with inflation. (except the water, I was buying a case of PW water 7 years ago for $2). I used to get Busch Light on sale for $17 - now it's $21.49 on sale. Used to get blueberries on sale frequently for 99cents, now it's almost impossible to find them on sale for $1.99.

 

[GAC05]

I checked the health of the economy by looking at the Amazon current price tracker for new and used toilet paper. Almost unchanged from the last time I posted (in this thread). Used TP is now just $0.04 USD cheaper than New TP. So, I think we are in a period of stability, at least in the near term.