Go to Aldi if you have one near you. Publix large eggs in Florida $6.09 at Aldis across the street $2.15 it’s price gouging. Milk at Publix $3.54 Aldi $1.81 this is a half gallon
Here in Utah I'm paying about $300 a week for 3 of us. But if you think about it... That's only $100 a week per person. That's less than $20 for an adult eating 3 meals a day, 7 days a week. It's still cheaper than eating fast food or at a restaurant where you'd pay closer to $20 for just one meal.
Of course prices are going to vary among states in a country as large as the US. Prices will be affected by a number of things such as geographic location, regional products available, transportation costs, supply and demand in specific areas, among other things.
Prices are very different in different parts of the US. Property taxes are different, the cost of getting product to the stores is different, employee wages are different, ect ect.... And not all chains are in every state. Quality of food also differs greatly from place to place and store to store.
Just like Europe, prices vary across the USA. We do not have price control. Nothing is the same when comparing anything across the USA. We are just too big to be uniform about anything. Foreigners have trouble wrapping their heads around this.
Heck, the prices in two Walmarts in the same metro area differ, often by quite a bit. The hot air balloons are real and that's a big thing in New Mexico. Funny thing about Washington... it's only drizzly on the coast. Most of it is high desert.
Lav many states have different chain grocery stores. Not everyone shops at Walmart. Some people shop at Krogers,Publix then whatever the chain store is in that state. He shouldn’t have done this video he can’t know where people shop. And every state pricing varies. You just have to watch what you show him and other Brit UA-camrs because they take things so literal. And they’re already confused about America. Lol
Our groceries have all types of produce available during all seasons of the year. That means being sourced from half-way around the world. In order to implement shipping that far, hybrids that allow machine harvesting and long shipping times have reduced the quality and raised the prices. Add in that many of the schmucks (read: money managers that buy and sell companies, not products) that raised prices during covid never lowered them back, in order to regain their losses. And once the prices go up it's almost impossible to get them to lower them back down. Now with you know who coming back they feel they're going to be able to do any damn thing they want, just because they know he would/will do the same.
I’m in Washington, and another consideration is the insanely high gas tax of nearly .50 per gallon! That is passed on to the consumers as well. I live on the Eastern side of the state, and there is a lot of agricultural here. Buying at farm stands in the summers give you better quality produce for cheaper. But yeah…. Our grocery bill is about $325 per week. And you have to keep in mind that each state is sovereign, with differing state taxes (and each county within states have different taxes). That also impacts grocery bills in states that charge tax on food ( or all states do).
In Kansas: One week of groceries in 2023 was at least $200 for me alone and I actually try to only buy groceries that are $5 or less per individual item! (Plenty of groceries have more expensive than $5 versions. Almonds are somewhere between $10 & $25 depending on how much you get, so I either buy cheaper snacks or at least cheaper nuts.) Now one week of groceries is at least $250 per person!
If you live in a big city, you have lots of options from which to price and compare. A lot of small towns and far flung suburbs have only one or two food markets. This also drives up prices.
I noticed when I lived in a place where a large amount of people get food subsidies, the price is higher. When I live in places that are majority higher income, prices are way lower.
Prices vary wildly depending where you are even if they are the same store. Some of this is supply/demand and cost of living. Prices also vary because different states, counties and even cities charge different sales tax and exempt certain items from sales tax in different areas.
In my area, there are a few chain grocery stores. Prices will vary by what is on sale at particular stores at particular times. What is stocked and how much is charged in each individual store within the same county can even vary depending on the consumers that typically shop at each location. I have my own preference for one over the other but will go to the one less preferred if the first one doesn't have what I am shopping for in stock at the time I am there. That's the thing about having lots of options. It can be both convenient and complicated at the same time.
I don't know how or where this guy in the video got his information from, but I live in the state of Virginia, and my grocery prices are always high! Before the pandemic, I paid around $500 a month for groceries. Now, I pay close to $1300 a month, and we are not eating grand meals at all.eat . Bacon $6 a pound, 10 lb. bag of potatoes $7, 3 lb. package of hamburger meat around $13, the list goes on and on. This guy may be giving you prices for just food, but what about the non food items like trash bags, shampoo, soaps, cleaning products, laundry detergents, etc. All that stuff adds up, too. These prices are killing everyone, and they don't seem to be going down, just up and up.
Salmon is shipped so far for so long that it is probably frozen during transport, so you might as well buy it still frozen instead of buying it thawed at a more expensive price. I mean they’d have to really rush, and use the very fastest transportation right after it is caught, in order to only use refrigerated transportation to the UK. I’m sure plenty of stores just thaw frozen salmon when it arrives and still charge extra as if it actually went through all that first class fish meat transportation lol
"The average family" is considered to be two adults and two children, or in some cases, two adults and just over one child. The first is the default for those who don't want to do math, and the second is an average of all families in the U.S. You'll find things like demand to be the "cause" of increased prices, whether that demand is higher or lower. For the most part, prices are higher in cities that aren't near an agricultural area. Prices also aren't consistent within a state, or even within a county. Larger chains of stores can bargain for better prices but mom and pop stores will often buy whatever is available locally, which might be less than the large chain store is paying. That's why many people do their grocery shopping at more than one store, using circulars to figure out who has the best price on which thing. I confess I hate shopping too much to do that so I pay whatever it is in my nearest chain store.
The U.S. inflation rate is the lowest in the world! Yes, it got up to 11% in recent years. But, it is barely over 2% now. Which is the national target. There are many companies price gouging us now, under the guise of inflation that isn't there!
Prices for things at Walmart can be different at two different Walmarts in the same town, the Walmart in a nicer neighborhood with more expensive houses will have higher prices than one in a low income neighborhood.
I'm single in SoCal. I spent $80 a week in 2021, $87 in 2022, $104 in 2023, and $100 this year on groceries. Granted, my diet has changed somewhat, but that was still a big jump from 22 to 23.
Actually you can eat prickly pear cactus pads and prickly pear fruit. You just have to remove all the thorns first. Also only the fruit is still relatively popular to eat, because I’ve never met anyone who knew how to prepare prickly pear cactus pads. Do we cook them or eat them raw? How do we cook them? 🤷🏼♀️
150 a week for a family of 6. 1 dad 3 teenage boys 1 18year old daughter and a mom. I do have cookies and ice cream right now. I do a lot of home cooking including things like egg rolls even the wrap. Homemade bread ect. We eat really good. Depends on if you grow, can, blanch freeze ect. My stores are hen house, price chopper, hy-vee. I haven’t been to a Walmart, target ect in 20 years. I don’t like their quality. I’m in the middle of the country. Kansas/Missouri we have farmer’s markets, including natural raw honey.
Prices vary from state to state and even in the states between big & small cities and big & small towns. When I lived in Nebraska food was cheaper than where I live now in the northeast. Since I buy for just me I usually do groceries twice a month and it comes to $125 to $150 each time. I know it'd be more if I wasn't a vege and had to buy meat stuffs as I've heard it's really expensive now. Unless you live somewhere without a good grocery store or two you don't go to Walmart to do your grocery shopping. There are many chain grocers all over the country. Mostly regional ones, though some of those regions cover many states.
when you lived in different cities and then you might shop at for example like, new york city and denver, colo. and new orleans , la. there are some nationwide chains , but it matter on the name of grocery stores , will have different price point and choice of the location where you live at can make costly and certain states and certain cities might be sales tax on groceries and some states do not have sales tax on groceries but tax items that cannot eaten by humans , so there is tax those items. SO EACH STATES AND EACH CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF TAX FOR FOOD AND NO EATABLE ITEMS, LIKE YOU DO NOT EAT CAT LITTER AND OIL FOR CARS. SO PRICES CAN BE HIT AND MISS ON EACH OTHER. YOU CAN DRIVE TO ANOTHER SUPERMARKETS AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE AT EACH STORE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME PRODUCT THAT STORE LEVEL.
You forget how big the states are. So you mentioned Denver Colorado, Denver to Boston is further than Norwich to Helsinki and that's only half the country. So a Walmart two thousand miles away might have slightly different pricing, but if you can wait an entire day you can just order online
I'm single and live just outside of a smaller town. Grocery prices are really bad. It's difficult to afford all bills and gasoline and be able to buy good food for just 1 person. Yes, buying groceries for a family is expensive, but buying groceries for just one person is too. Unless I want to eat leftovers for several days. Fresh produce spoils before I get it all eaten. I now work at a school cafeteria and eat one meal there. This company has very good food and lots of fresh produce. It helps a lot!!!
Krogers washesssss Walmart not sorry. If y’all work there just know I hate everyone that works there for not allowing my dad time off when he was having a kid and raising another one. They even tried to get him to work on days off all the time
Washington is 2/3 dry high plains, and that region is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world: grapes, apples, wheat, barley, alfalfa, potatoes, a lot of vegetables etc. plus plenty of cattle, chicken, and pig ranches/farms over here. I agree with this video in as much as the added costs of paying people a decent living for their hard work but much of what he says is wrong. Transportation? Come on dumbledorf: major freeways, one of the largest seaports in the world, and one of the largest freight airports in the US. Don't listen to every self-proscribed expert, Lav.
So what are you saying about Transportation exactly? Please explain for those of us who are dense. How does size of an airport translate into lower cost? A passenger flight to Chicago or Atlanta don't cost any less because of the size of the airport. I doubt it's any different for a tomato. But then, I'm no expert.
My groceries are triple the cost from start of 2020 and I'm buying a lower quality to get it only that cost. I have been all over the us lately and it's surprising how much more expensive rural America is. It's interesting what is cheaper at high end supermarkets like a publix especially near holidays vs a hasn't been renovated in decades. While some react channels visiting right now are finding prices better than home, when you add in all the other costs of living here, there just isn't much money left for food. And the reduced food quality just adds more medical costs. We are hurting.
Grocery shopping is not exactly a nightmare other than the prices. I am fortunate and can buy literally anything I need/want. Yeah, the prices are ridiculous. I never ever buy groceries at Walmart.
Prices at store are often not the same within the same city [even the same chain], definitely not the same from city vs rural, and very different state to state [different tax rates and different delivery costs are mostly to blame]
Prices went through the roof after the pandemic. Companies boosted the prices then, and now we all pay through the nose. Prices are the same in the U.K. because the U.K. is smaller. The U.S. is huge and certain states don't grow much produce for 7+ months a year. Shipping from say California to Colorado is pricey! Lets see you grow a potato when the ground is frozen. We are also in a drought - year 9. The UK gets about 47 inches of rain a year...Colorado? Try 15 inches...maybe. Salmon fillets in Colorado is $11-$18 a pound. Chicken is cheap if it runs $9 a pound.
Actually inflation has dropped significantly to basically normal levels. I think v some people expect prices to go backward which doesn't usually happen. Plus many countries have had bad inflation for the past several years. One thing I don't get is how IS food prices are typically higher as a rule. I guess shipping long distances might be part of the issue. Housing prices are an exception, mainly because 1) there's a shortage of housing, especially affordable housing, 2) investors -- domestic and foreign -- are buying properties as investments, and 3) older people are not only holding on to more property but the median age for new home buyers in the US is over 50.
Shipping cost to different parts of the country cause more or less that it itself will increase the price of the food. Shipping something from California to Georgia is gonna cost a lot more than shipping it from california to idaho so the price various that way.
It will take years and years for the effects of the high inflation to be truly dissipated. And if you're retired your savings will are just fubar because you don't have any income.
Growing up my parent’s never looked at the prices of groceries, still don’t, and I don’t. I’m autistic and have a math disability and was taught to not worry about it but I’ve heard it’s a problem. I don’t have a concept of what “expensive” is for food. I feel bad.
I learned a lot from this video. Living in California, I know that the cost of living is high. Now, I know the factors that goes into the costs. Thanks.
Honestly I don’t think these prices are for “the average family”. These are all more like per single person household per week type prices for groceries.
Really? Not many Americans shop once a week. We may run in to pick up an item or two or if somethings are on sale. But,shopping for the home isn’t always every week in America.
@ I said for one person. And I meant one week worth of groceries for one person. I actually really try to spread it out for two weeks. I used to be able to eat or take home the extra food leftover after non-staff had already been served where I worked. (It was free for staff) That helped a LOT even though they rarely made food that didn’t have meat in it. (I don’t eat beef, pork, chicken, or turkey and I try to avoid eating crab or lobster. I also don’t usually like eating eggs, because of their usual texture and them being relatively bland usually) The other way to eat for free is to visit my parents before AND during a meal time. (Less like taking advantage. more like multitasking and accepting the extra plate of food they offer. Also they are relatively well off since moving to Kansas but I am still low income, so one extra plate twice a week is not really a problem for them. It would be a problem for me.) That’s how I stretch one week worth of groceries across two weeks. though that job is no longer an option for me (it’s a long story, but basically I was fired even though I didn’t do anything wrong or get any warnings about things I might need to do differently), so now I’m home most of the time and have to eat at home and it’s way more difficult to spread the food out and way more expensive to use that week worth of groceries.
Imagine the US layout like Europe. So every country in Europe naturally will have different pricing and tax etc. that’s basically how the US is. Every state in the US is ran like its own little country with different taxes, governments politically etc. All while they all fall under federal laws and taxes as well.
EACH STATE HAS DIFFERENT minimum WAGES for there workers . State Current Level Alabama No state minimum wage ($7.25 federal minimum wage applies) Alaska $11.73 American Samoa special rates Arizona $14.35 Arkansas $11.00 California $16.00 Colorado $14.42 Connecticut $15.69 Delaware $13.25 District of Columbia (D.C.) $17.00 Florida $12.00 Georgia $5.15 ($7.25 federal minimum wage applies) Guam $9.25 Hawaii $14.00 Idaho $7.25 Illinois $14.00 Indiana $7.25 Iowa $7.25 Kansas $7.25 Kentucky $7.25 Louisiana No state minimum wage ($7.25 federal minimum wage applies) Maine $14.15 Maryland $15.00 Massachusetts $15.00 Michigan $10.33 Minnesota $10.85 ($8.85 for small businesses) Mississippi No state minimum wage ($7.25 federal minimum wage applies) Missouri $12.30 Montana $10.30 ($4.00 for some businesses) Nebraska $12.00 Nevada $11.25 ($10.25 if health insurance is offered) New Hampshire $7.25 New Jersey $15.13 ($13.73 for fewer than 6 employees) New Mexico $12.00 New York $15.00 ($16.00 for NYC, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties) North Carolina $7.25 North Dakota $7.25 Northern Mariana Islands $7.25 Ohio $10.45 ($7.25 for some businesses) Oklahoma $7.25 Oregon $14.20 ($13.20 in nonurban counties) Pennsylvania $7.25 Puerto Rico $9.50 Rhode Island $14.00 South Carolina No state minimum wage ($7.25 federal minimum wage applies) South Dakota $11.20 Tennessee No state minimum wage ($7.25 federal minimum wage applies) Texas $7.25 Utah $7.25 Vermont $13.67 Virgin Islands $10.50 Virginia $12.00 Washington $16.28 West Virginia $8.75 Wisconsin $7.25 Wyoming No state minimum wage ($7.25 federal minimum wage applies)
California prices seem bad at #3, but most people make more money even at $15 min wage. Must be harder at other states with lower wages and high grocery bills.
I live in Texas. The gas and food prices is hurting us bad. It's 40 miles to the next town. That's a lot of money just for the gas, then food cost so much as well
No it isn't. I live in Texas too and gas is not that bad around here. The high food price comes from companies price gouging us. Inflation is less than 3%.
I pay $2.70 for regular in Austin. HEB costs me about $400 for myself. That includes all the other stuff like paper towels and toilet paper, cleaning and hygiene. I try to eat as cheap as possible while still getting what I like which is dark meat chicken. Build a meal around that. Sandwich and tots for lunch. Beef has been ridiculous for ages. Fish is priced out but they have weekly sales on shrimp for 4.99 lb for big ones. Fresh produce as well; I get a Honey Crisp apple for 1.25 each (!), same for an onion, that seems crazy to me. And mayo is 4.50 for 30 oz. I don't put gouging out of the question even for HEB. Prices have not come down. Best HEB deal is the rotisserie chicken for $4.97.
The 3ntire world has higher inflation and food costs. But people blame politics as a scapegoat. I think it's greed. Why lower now if making more money.
Hi Thurs! Food prices have gone up a lot mostly because of covid. Because they are high and people are still purchasing, I don't think the prices will go down. But I did buy gas petrol the other day for $2.63 a gallon. I live alone and only work part time so I have made grocery shopping into a sport. I search for the lowest prices as store do have weekly sales. Maybe go to 3 different stores, but I am getting by for about$80.00 per week. You have seen Costco and Sam's. I get all of my paper products and a lot of meat there. I freeze the meat. Anything you want to buy in bulk and have room to store is the key to saving. Thanks for doing the math on the $ to Pounds. Very interesting. Oh, I spend about $90.00 a month to feed two little dogs.
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If you want to learn anything about America watch any video, then read the comments and see the truth. I don't care if you are an American or a European doing these videos, you would have to live in every state and in every city within that state and shop in every store to properly know what you are talking about. I am 74 years old and live in NY and have shopped in almost every store known and have purchased all types of goods and I would NOT make a video on shopping in the US. Again I say read the comments and learn THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.
Wow, I wonder who was President when Everything went to shit? No worries, help has been voted for !!!! In Florida, even though we grow the food, our grocery stores are Filled with produce from other countries. Make it make sense.
Well, it was kommandant bonespurs that was president when everything went to shit. But I'd expect that since you're of diminished mental capacity you wouldn't be able to comprehend that. Since you're from floridumb being of diminished mental capacity makes you one of the smarter ones.
Ah, there it is! The slightly veiled Trump anti-Biden statement. I hope you're right of course! I think it will get worse, for one thing he can't do much about oil prices, he simply doesn't have the power in our market driven economy. He could further subsidize certain food industries but I know one thing, if he gets rid of migrant agricultural workers all sorts of food is going to spike. CA has over 300,000 migrant farm workers and no typical US citizen will take those jobs.
The largest hot air balloon festival in the country is held in New Mexico. When they do their mass ascensions, the sky is filled with balloons!
Go to Aldi if you have one near you. Publix large eggs in Florida $6.09 at Aldis across the street $2.15 it’s price gouging. Milk at Publix $3.54 Aldi $1.81 this is a half gallon
true...thanks.
Here in Utah I'm paying about $300 a week for 3 of us. But if you think about it... That's only $100 a week per person. That's less than $20 for an adult eating 3 meals a day, 7 days a week. It's still cheaper than eating fast food or at a restaurant where you'd pay closer to $20 for just one meal.
The Safeway grocery store downtown Portland Oregon is more expensive than the ones a few minutes drive away.
Of course prices are going to vary among states in a country as large as the US. Prices will be affected by a number of things such as geographic location, regional products available, transportation costs, supply and demand in specific areas, among other things.
Prices are very different in different parts of the US. Property taxes are different, the cost of getting product to the stores is different, employee wages are different, ect ect.... And not all chains are in every state. Quality of food also differs greatly from place to place and store to store.
Just like Europe, prices vary across the USA. We do not have price control. Nothing is the same when comparing anything across the USA. We are just too big to be uniform about anything. Foreigners have trouble wrapping their heads around this.
Heck, the prices in two Walmarts in the same metro area differ, often by quite a bit.
The hot air balloons are real and that's a big thing in New Mexico.
Funny thing about Washington... it's only drizzly on the coast. Most of it is high desert.
Lav many states have different chain grocery stores. Not everyone shops at Walmart. Some people shop at Krogers,Publix then whatever the chain store is in that state. He shouldn’t have done this video he can’t know where people shop. And every state pricing varies. You just have to watch what you show him and other Brit UA-camrs because they take things so literal. And they’re already confused about America. Lol
You're acting like we're still not dying of fucking inflation either way 😒🙄
Our groceries have all types of produce available during all seasons of the year. That means being sourced from half-way around the world. In order to implement shipping that far, hybrids that allow machine harvesting and long shipping times have reduced the quality and raised the prices. Add in that many of the schmucks (read: money managers that buy and sell companies, not products) that raised prices during covid never lowered them back, in order to regain their losses. And once the prices go up it's almost impossible to get them to lower them back down. Now with you know who coming back they feel they're going to be able to do any damn thing they want, just because they know he would/will do the same.
Could be worse. Could be Canada -- fewer choices, higher prices.
I’m in Washington, and another consideration is the insanely high gas tax of nearly .50 per gallon! That is passed on to the consumers as well. I live on the Eastern side of the state, and there is a lot of agricultural here. Buying at farm stands in the summers give you better quality produce for cheaper. But yeah…. Our grocery bill is about $325 per week. And you have to keep in mind that each state is sovereign, with differing state taxes (and each county within states have different taxes). That also impacts grocery bills in states that charge tax on food ( or all states do).
In Kansas:
One week of groceries in 2023 was at least $200 for me alone and I actually try to only buy groceries that are $5 or less per individual item! (Plenty of groceries have more expensive than $5 versions. Almonds are somewhere between $10 & $25 depending on how much you get, so I either buy cheaper snacks or at least cheaper nuts.)
Now one week of groceries is at least $250 per person!
If you live in a big city, you have lots of options from which to price and compare. A lot of small towns and far flung suburbs have only one or two food markets. This also drives up prices.
I noticed when I lived in a place where a large amount of people get food subsidies, the price is higher. When I live in places that are majority higher income, prices are way lower.
Really?
I’ve never noticed that all - actually the opposite. The same chain store in a well-off area has higher prices than the one in a less affluent area.
There are different prices, different tax structures from state total state, city to city.
Prices vary wildly depending where you are even if they are the same store. Some of this is supply/demand and cost of living. Prices also vary because different states, counties and even cities charge different sales tax and exempt certain items from sales tax in different areas.
In my area, there are a few chain grocery stores. Prices will vary by what is on sale at particular stores at particular times. What is stocked and how much is charged in each individual store within the same county can even vary depending on the consumers that typically shop at each location. I have my own preference for one over the other but will go to the one less preferred if the first one doesn't have what I am shopping for in stock at the time I am there. That's the thing about having lots of options. It can be both convenient and complicated at the same time.
I don't know how or where this guy in the video got his information from, but I live in the state of Virginia, and my grocery prices are always high! Before the pandemic, I paid around $500 a month for groceries. Now, I pay close to $1300 a month, and we are not eating grand meals at all.eat . Bacon $6 a pound, 10 lb. bag of potatoes $7, 3 lb. package of hamburger meat around $13, the list goes on and on. This guy may be giving you prices for just food, but what about the non food items like trash bags, shampoo, soaps, cleaning products, laundry detergents, etc. All that stuff adds up, too. These prices are killing everyone, and they don't seem to be going down, just up and up.
Salmon is shipped so far for so long that it is probably frozen during transport, so you might as well buy it still frozen instead of buying it thawed at a more expensive price.
I mean they’d have to really rush, and use the very fastest transportation right after it is caught, in order to only use refrigerated transportation to the UK. I’m sure plenty of stores just thaw frozen salmon when it arrives and still charge extra as if it actually went through all that first class fish meat transportation lol
"The average family" is considered to be two adults and two children, or in some cases, two adults and just over one child. The first is the default for those who don't want to do math, and the second is an average of all families in the U.S.
You'll find things like demand to be the "cause" of increased prices, whether that demand is higher or lower. For the most part, prices are higher in cities that aren't near an agricultural area.
Prices also aren't consistent within a state, or even within a county. Larger chains of stores can bargain for better prices but mom and pop stores will often buy whatever is available locally, which might be less than the large chain store is paying. That's why many people do their grocery shopping at more than one store, using circulars to figure out who has the best price on which thing. I confess I hate shopping too much to do that so I pay whatever it is in my nearest chain store.
The U.S. inflation rate is the lowest in the world! Yes, it got up to 11% in recent years. But, it is barely over 2% now. Which is the national target. There are many companies price gouging us now, under the guise of inflation that isn't there!
Prices for things at Walmart can be different at two different Walmarts in the same town, the Walmart in a nicer neighborhood with more expensive houses will have higher prices than one in a low income neighborhood.
Family of 5 in Florida here. In 2019 I spent $170 a week on groceries. Now $300 a week.
I'm single in SoCal. I spent $80 a week in 2021, $87 in 2022, $104 in 2023, and $100 this year on groceries. Granted, my diet has changed somewhat, but that was still a big jump from 22 to 23.
Actually you can eat prickly pear cactus pads and prickly pear fruit. You just have to remove all the thorns first.
Also only the fruit is still relatively popular to eat, because I’ve never met anyone who knew how to prepare prickly pear cactus pads. Do we cook them or eat them raw? How do we cook them? 🤷🏼♀️
150 a week for a family of 6. 1 dad 3 teenage boys 1 18year old daughter and a mom. I do have cookies and ice cream right now. I do a lot of home cooking including things like egg rolls even the wrap. Homemade bread ect. We eat really good. Depends on if you grow, can, blanch freeze ect. My stores are hen house, price chopper, hy-vee. I haven’t been to a Walmart, target ect in 20 years. I don’t like their quality. I’m in the middle of the country. Kansas/Missouri we have farmer’s markets, including natural raw honey.
Damn 150$ a week's is crazy cheap I wish we had that in ohio
Prices vary from state to state and even in the states between big & small cities and big & small towns. When I lived in Nebraska food was cheaper than where I live now in the northeast. Since I buy for just me I usually do groceries twice a month and it comes to $125 to $150 each time. I know it'd be more if I wasn't a vege and had to buy meat stuffs as I've heard it's really expensive now. Unless you live somewhere without a good grocery store or two you don't go to Walmart to do your grocery shopping. There are many chain grocers all over the country. Mostly regional ones, though some of those regions cover many states.
when you lived in different cities and then you might shop at for example like, new york city and denver, colo. and new orleans , la. there are some nationwide chains , but it matter on the name of grocery stores , will have different price point and choice of the location where you live at can make costly and certain states and certain cities might be sales tax on groceries and some states do not have sales tax on groceries but tax items that cannot eaten by humans , so there is tax those items. SO EACH STATES AND EACH CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF TAX FOR FOOD AND NO EATABLE ITEMS, LIKE YOU DO NOT EAT CAT LITTER AND OIL FOR CARS. SO PRICES CAN BE HIT AND MISS ON EACH OTHER. YOU CAN DRIVE TO ANOTHER SUPERMARKETS AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE AT EACH STORE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME PRODUCT THAT STORE LEVEL.
You forget how big the states are. So you mentioned Denver Colorado, Denver to Boston is further than Norwich to Helsinki and that's only half the country. So a Walmart two thousand miles away might have slightly different pricing, but if you can wait an entire day you can just order online
We spend about $70 a week for 2 people and about $25 a week for 4 cats and a dog where I live in Ohio.
I'm single and live just outside of a smaller town. Grocery prices are really bad. It's difficult to afford all bills and gasoline and be able to buy good food for just 1 person.
Yes, buying groceries for a family is expensive, but buying groceries for just one person is too. Unless I want to eat leftovers for several days. Fresh produce spoils before I get it all eaten.
I now work at a school cafeteria and eat one meal there. This company has very good food and lots of fresh produce. It helps a lot!!!
Potatoes are cheaper in Idaho, because they grow them there. When they have to ship them all over the country they get more expensive.
The view from my house is 100 ft redwood and fir trees. I also live on a river. Couple of hundred ft up a mountain.
We have a different economy in the US than in Britain. Once a price goes up it doesn't go down.
Krogers washesssss Walmart not sorry. If y’all work there just know I hate everyone that works there for not allowing my dad time off when he was having a kid and raising another one. They even tried to get him to work on days off all the time
Washington is 2/3 dry high plains, and that region is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world: grapes, apples, wheat, barley, alfalfa, potatoes, a lot of vegetables etc. plus plenty of cattle, chicken, and pig ranches/farms over here. I agree with this video in as much as the added costs of paying people a decent living for their hard work but much of what he says is wrong. Transportation? Come on dumbledorf: major freeways, one of the largest seaports in the world, and one of the largest freight airports in the US. Don't listen to every self-proscribed expert, Lav.
So what are you saying about Transportation exactly? Please explain for those of us who are dense. How does size of an airport translate into lower cost? A passenger flight to Chicago or Atlanta don't cost any less because of the size of the airport. I doubt it's any different for a tomato. But then, I'm no expert.
My groceries are triple the cost from start of 2020 and I'm buying a lower quality to get it only that cost. I have been all over the us lately and it's surprising how much more expensive rural America is. It's interesting what is cheaper at high end supermarkets like a publix especially near holidays vs a hasn't been renovated in decades. While some react channels visiting right now are finding prices better than home, when you add in all the other costs of living here, there just isn't much money left for food. And the reduced food quality just adds more medical costs. We are hurting.
Grocery shopping is not exactly a nightmare other than the prices. I am fortunate and can buy literally anything I need/want. Yeah, the prices are ridiculous. I never ever buy groceries at Walmart.
Prices at store are often not the same within the same city [even the same chain], definitely not the same from city vs rural, and very different state to state [different tax rates and different delivery costs are mostly to blame]
Prices went through the roof after the pandemic. Companies boosted the prices then, and now we all pay through the nose.
Prices are the same in the U.K. because the U.K. is smaller. The U.S. is huge and certain states don't grow much produce for 7+ months a year. Shipping from say California to Colorado is pricey!
Lets see you grow a potato when the ground is frozen. We are also in a drought - year 9.
The UK gets about 47 inches of rain a year...Colorado? Try 15 inches...maybe.
Salmon fillets in Colorado is $11-$18 a pound. Chicken is cheap if it runs $9 a pound.
Our prices in California seem to be lower than in the east. Especially since here in Sonoma County we grow everything we need.
Actually inflation has dropped significantly to basically normal levels. I think v some people expect prices to go backward which doesn't usually happen. Plus many countries have had bad inflation for the past several years.
One thing I don't get is how IS food prices are typically higher as a rule. I guess shipping long distances might be part of the issue.
Housing prices are an exception, mainly because 1) there's a shortage of housing, especially affordable housing, 2) investors -- domestic and foreign -- are buying properties as investments, and 3) older people are not only holding on to more property but the median age for new home buyers in the US is over 50.
Prices have gone up everywhere here in the US
That was the international ballon Fiesta In Albuquerque, NM.
Prices vary a lot between different states and how much people get paid varies a lot between states
Shipping cost to different parts of the country cause more or less that it itself will increase the price of the food. Shipping something from California to Georgia is gonna cost a lot more than shipping it from california to idaho so the price various that way.
The inflation in the USA has normalized at 2.6%. It's the price of consumer goods that is high.
It will take years and years for the effects of the high inflation to be truly dissipated. And if you're retired your savings will are just fubar because you don't have any income.
@@tylerferguson3707 Current high consumer prices in the US is not cause by inflation. Producers can reduce prices as quickly as they want to.
A living wage in Louisiana is 26000 and a living wage in CA is 56000.
£5 for salmon is a bargain by US standards in the US $8-21 for salmon is Normal at Aldi
I bought salmon for $7.99 lb yesterday at Fred Meyer.
Growing up my parent’s never looked at the prices of groceries, still don’t, and I don’t. I’m autistic and have a math disability and was taught to not worry about it but I’ve heard it’s a problem. I don’t have a concept of what “expensive” is for food.
I feel bad.
I learned a lot from this video. Living in California, I know that the cost of living is high. Now, I know the factors that goes into the costs. Thanks.
Honestly I don’t think these prices are for “the average family”. These are all more like per single person household per week type prices for groceries.
That weekly grocery cost is pretty accurate for one person.
Really? Not many Americans shop once a week. We may run in to pick up an item or two or if somethings are on sale. But,shopping for the home isn’t always every week in America.
@ I said for one person. And I meant one week worth of groceries for one person. I actually really try to spread it out for two weeks. I used to be able to eat or take home the extra food leftover after non-staff had already been served where I worked. (It was free for staff) That helped a LOT even though they rarely made food that didn’t have meat in it. (I don’t eat beef, pork, chicken, or turkey and I try to avoid eating crab or lobster. I also don’t usually like eating eggs, because of their usual texture and them being relatively bland usually)
The other way to eat for free is to visit my parents before AND during a meal time. (Less like taking advantage. more like multitasking and accepting the extra plate of food they offer. Also they are relatively well off since moving to Kansas but I am still low income, so one extra plate twice a week is not really a problem for them. It would be a problem for me.) That’s how I stretch one week worth of groceries across two weeks. though that job is no longer an option for me (it’s a long story, but basically I was fired even though I didn’t do anything wrong or get any warnings about things I might need to do differently), so now I’m home most of the time and have to eat at home and it’s way more difficult to spread the food out and way more expensive to use that week worth of groceries.
@ unless you can spend $500 to $600 at once, single people don’t buy two weeks worth of groceries at a time anymore.
@ so yes I try to only grocery shop once or twice a month, but I only buy one week worth of groceries/meals at a time.
Imagine the US layout like Europe. So every country in Europe naturally will have different pricing and tax etc. that’s basically how the US is. Every state in the US is ran like its own little country with different taxes, governments politically etc. All while they all fall under federal laws and taxes as well.
EACH STATE HAS DIFFERENT minimum WAGES for there workers .
State Current Level
Alabama No state minimum wage
($7.25 federal minimum wage applies)
Alaska $11.73
American Samoa special rates
Arizona $14.35
Arkansas $11.00
California $16.00
Colorado $14.42
Connecticut $15.69
Delaware $13.25
District of Columbia (D.C.) $17.00
Florida $12.00
Georgia $5.15 ($7.25 federal minimum wage applies)
Guam $9.25
Hawaii $14.00
Idaho $7.25
Illinois $14.00
Indiana $7.25
Iowa $7.25
Kansas $7.25
Kentucky $7.25
Louisiana No state minimum wage
($7.25 federal minimum wage applies)
Maine $14.15
Maryland $15.00
Massachusetts $15.00
Michigan $10.33
Minnesota $10.85 ($8.85 for small businesses)
Mississippi No state minimum wage
($7.25 federal minimum wage applies)
Missouri $12.30
Montana $10.30 ($4.00 for some businesses)
Nebraska $12.00
Nevada $11.25 ($10.25 if health insurance is offered)
New Hampshire $7.25
New Jersey $15.13 ($13.73 for fewer than 6 employees)
New Mexico $12.00
New York $15.00 ($16.00 for NYC, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties)
North Carolina $7.25
North Dakota $7.25
Northern Mariana Islands $7.25
Ohio $10.45 ($7.25 for some businesses)
Oklahoma $7.25
Oregon $14.20 ($13.20 in nonurban counties)
Pennsylvania $7.25
Puerto Rico $9.50
Rhode Island $14.00
South Carolina No state minimum wage
($7.25 federal minimum wage applies)
South Dakota $11.20
Tennessee No state minimum wage
($7.25 federal minimum wage applies)
Texas $7.25
Utah $7.25
Vermont $13.67
Virgin Islands $10.50
Virginia $12.00
Washington $16.28
West Virginia $8.75
Wisconsin $7.25
Wyoming No state minimum wage
($7.25 federal minimum wage applies)
We have literally 4 fresh grown produce stands near me.
California prices seem bad at #3, but most people make more money even at $15 min wage. Must be harder at other states with lower wages and high grocery bills.
I’m in a cheaper state min wedge is $12
And prices are only going to go up now. On everything.
Have u not ever seen a hot air balloon? They're gigantic
No Tax in Minnesota on groceries! Nice!
I grew up in LA in the 70's when the smog was at it's worst. I guess wanting to breath clean air is a hippy lifestyle choice.
There it is! I knew Washington was going to show up 😅
We export produce for here. Also wine since I live in wine country.
Lav, you have to remember that the World According to Briggs is a channel that gets views from being sensational.
Alaska pays you to live there that’s how bad it is 🤣 (not a joke)
A YT friend in Arizona pay $17.00 for 2 pounds of ground beef.
BS I have never seen ground beef sold for that much. It's $3.99lb at Frys(Kroger) and $10.47 for 3 lb package in Arizona
I live in Texas. The gas and food prices is hurting us bad. It's 40 miles to the next town. That's a lot of money just for the gas, then food cost so much as well
No it isn't. I live in Texas too and gas is not that bad around here. The high food price comes from companies price gouging us.
Inflation is less than 3%.
I make 24 thousand a year and the food prices really do hurt us lower income peoplw@@0816M3RC
I pay $2.70 for regular in Austin.
HEB costs me about $400 for myself. That includes all the other stuff like paper towels and toilet paper, cleaning and hygiene. I try to eat as cheap as possible while still getting what I like which is dark meat chicken. Build a meal around that. Sandwich and tots for lunch.
Beef has been ridiculous for ages. Fish is priced out but they have weekly sales on shrimp for 4.99 lb for big ones. Fresh produce as well; I get a Honey Crisp apple for 1.25 each (!), same for an onion, that seems crazy to me. And mayo is 4.50 for 30 oz. I don't put gouging out of the question even for HEB. Prices have not come down.
Best HEB deal is the rotisserie chicken for $4.97.
This is exactly why we needed to get Trump back in.
We’re fucking sick of this
The 3ntire world has higher inflation and food costs. But people blame politics as a scapegoat. I think it's greed. Why lower now if making more money.
Hi Thurs! Food prices have gone up a lot mostly because of covid. Because they are high and people are still purchasing, I don't think the prices will go down. But I did buy gas petrol the other day for $2.63 a gallon. I live alone and only work part time so I have made grocery shopping into a sport. I search for the lowest prices as store do have weekly sales. Maybe go to 3 different stores, but I am getting by for about$80.00 per week. You have seen Costco and Sam's. I get all of my paper products and a lot of meat there. I freeze the meat. Anything you want to buy in bulk and have room to store is the key to saving. Thanks for doing the math on the $ to Pounds. Very interesting. Oh, I spend about $90.00 a month to feed two little dogs.
It's not because of covid. It's because of the government. The economy didn't grind to a halt on it's own.
I afford to live in the USA by buying cheap boxes of pasta and growing fatter and fatter.
Look up "ballon glow"
New Mexico is having an air balloon festival. Every state has them.
thanks lav..give it 6 months and donald will have this under control...
Baloney
"The World according to Briggs" is just that his opinion. He's full of crap and that is my opinion
What part of this video is "full of crap"?
Food prices are up 20% compared to 4 years ago. This is why 51% of W women and more than the usual small number of B women voted R this year
I guess they forgot who screwed up the pandemic, geopolitics and international trade in the first place, and plans to do it again.
@@JustMe-dc6ks Uniparty wins every election )
This video is not quite as accurate as presented
You should be aware of when you pick your nose in the video. It's a habit you need to change. Sorry.
I think this dude is total
Eye Candy for Gay dudes, GrrRrR.
BUT HE PICKS THAT NOSE WITH ACCURACY of L hand & inserts same picking finger into mouth. EWwWwW.
Just ruined my dude on dude fantasy!!!
I think this dude is total
Eye Candy for Gay dudes, GrrRrR.
BUT HE PICKS THAT NOSE WITH ACCURACY of L hand & inserts same picking finger into mouth. EWwWwW.
Just ruined my dude on dude fantasy!!!
Ugh, what is he, State-ist? 🙄
If you want to learn anything about America watch any video, then read the comments and see the truth. I don't care if you are an American or a European doing these videos, you would have to live in every state and in every city within that state and shop in every store to properly know what you are talking about. I am 74 years old and live in NY and have shopped in almost every store known and have purchased all types of goods and I would NOT make a video on shopping in the US. Again I say read the comments and learn THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.
Grocery shopping is not a nightmare in the US. Stupid, clickbait title.
Bidenomics. 😢
How much are you being paid to spread this propaganda?
Wow, I wonder who was President when Everything went to shit? No worries, help has been voted for !!!! In Florida, even though we grow the food, our grocery stores are Filled with produce from other countries. Make it make sense.
Well, it was kommandant bonespurs that was president when everything went to shit. But I'd expect that since you're of diminished mental capacity you wouldn't be able to comprehend that. Since you're from floridumb being of diminished mental capacity makes you one of the smarter ones.
Ah, there it is! The slightly veiled Trump anti-Biden statement. I hope you're right of course! I think it will get worse, for one thing he can't do much about oil prices, he simply doesn't have the power in our market driven economy.
He could further subsidize certain food industries but I know one thing, if he gets rid of migrant agricultural workers all sorts of food is going to spike. CA has over 300,000 migrant farm workers and no typical US citizen will take those jobs.