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JimBeamMeUp posted...

But it's approaching what used to be dining out prices just to throw a meal together at home.

Especially for meat (steak/chicken).

Steak prices in general have more than doubled in just the last year near me. That is from the already increased covid costs. A basic ribeye steak which was 6.99 just 3 years ago now goes for $20/pnd. Tri tip steaks which were always $5 or less a pound (less on sale/on fridays etc) have a base price of $10 a pound (just double but they have always been a "cheaper" steak.

Chicken is always over $4 and often over $5 which means I only get fried chicken at the counter because it's actually CHEAPER that way lols (you get 8 pieces on monday at safeway for $5....which is about 2 pounds of chicken, already fried and yummy in the air fryer).

Safeway at least still has sales every week on some type of steak, which often gets the price down to a managable level (just generally not on chicken lately other then the fried stuff).

Still yeah, honestly it's about the cost of going out 2 years ago to eat, just to buy stuff at the store. That is mostly for meats but all the prices (Breads etc) have gone up. It's almost impossible to get a bag of bagels for less than $3 now for instance, when Sarah lee bagels (which are hard to even find now) were generally 1-1.50 (on sale ALWAYS..and they lasted like forever somehow...maybe they were not bread but like some evil creation or something).

Point is, when you go shopping, it's hard to leave spending less than $100 even if your only buying 4 meals or so, and that is more than the price of eating out 4 times a few years ago.