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In 1992, Bill Clinton famously could respond to town hall questions with current costs of milk, bread and other staples. George H.W. Bush appeared to have never been to a grocery store before. Mentioning it for no reason.
 
nycfan said:


In 1992, Bill Clinton famously could respond to town hall questions with current costs of milk, bread and other staples. George H.W. Bush appeared to have never been to a grocery store before. Mentioning it for no reason.
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TRUMP (to Greensboro Trump supporter plea for help with high grocery prices): “… beef we have to get down but we’ve got prices down. Think of this: Energy! She drives drives a car, probably, and her energy prices are way down and energy is so all encompassing, so big, that when energy goes down, everything comes down, everything follows it. And I have energy down to five, six year lows now.”

BAIER: you think grocery prices are coming down from thisss?

TRUNP: yeah I think that, I think they’re coming down but I think they’re down already. I think the biggest problem is Republicans don’t talk about it, they don’t talk about the word ‘affordability’. And the Democrats lie about it”

aidy bryant thats a bad answer GIF by Saturday Night Live
 
nycfan said:


www.usatoday.com

Good news, the cost of Thanksgiving has gone down. Why?

Private label brands are competing with national brands to bring costs of Thanksgiving down.
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“… An all national-name brand menu for 10 people will cost $95 while an all private-label or store brand menu will cost $80, according to Wells Fargo.

The two major reasons the food CPI has been higher this year has been rising beef costs and the earlier egg price spikes from the bird flu, said Swanson.

"When you back those two out of the index, it actually would be a very different story and Thanksgiving doesn't typically feature either of those elements," Swanson told USA TODAY.…”

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I use a LOT of eggs preparing Thanksgiving side dishes and desserts. Plus my mom makes deviled eggs. But then again, I spend considerably more than $80-$95 for Thanksgiving.
 
Ddseddse said:
2024: 21 items, name brands.
2025: Only 15 items, "Great Value" store brand

They are pissing on your leg and telling you it's raining.
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And these corporations are in on it.

Notice how McDonald's is now bringing back "value" meals.

Why didn't they do that last year?
 
lightbluenc said:
And these corporations are in on it.

Notice how McDonald's is now bringing back "value" meals.

Why didn't they do that last year?
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They were increasing corporate profits margins so they could use them to offset Trump's tariffs. Their artificial cost increases sure aided the message of inflation Trump was selling and has provided some cushion so far when it comes to price increases. I once would have thought myself paranoid to even think this was a possibility. Yeesh.
 
As a dedicated bargain shopper, I can tell you that the pie is about a third of the difference and the potatoes and onions another quarter.
 
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