OK - I need EVERYONE on this WOE to
stop doing it now, please. This is the only way that I can see to counteract the price gouging going on due to all of us low-carbers.
Here's what I am talking about, in reference to two common items we buy weekly (or every other week) from Super Walmart (or did).
Dean's Heavy Whipping Cream - 1 quart
Feb. 21 - $2.66
March 14 - $3.18
April 2 - $4.07
April 27 -$4.07 (still)
Gwaltney Bacon - 3 lb. package
Feb. 21 - $7.64
Feb. 28 - $7.98
March 14 - $8.54
April 2 - $8.87
April 27 - $9.36
When I got to the bacon, there was a big sign with changeable numbers (like you see in the commercial) over the bacon showing the price to be $8.87. However, below the bacon, attached to the actual bin, was a small, yellow tag that said $9.36. Luckily, there was an employee 50 feet away with a price gun and I asked her to tell me the correct price. She said that it WAS $9.36 and the "big" sign was incorrect. She then proceeded to flip over the numbers to the "new", higher price.
Funny, it looks like the smiley-face Zorro guy on the TV ads does that the
other way.
Anyway, I passed on the bacon, although it is my FAVORITE and bought some cheaper 1 lb. packages. *sigh* Guess I just needed to rant as it seems that every time we go there lately, prices have gone up and up - and the price for the cream is friggin RIDICULOUS!
They have cheaper cream, but they are ALL "ultra-pasteurized" and I don't like that type, for various reasons. The one I prefer (Deans) is the only one they sell that isn't ultra-pasteurized. And WalMart's brand cream is TO BE AVOIDED at all costs -
it contains MILK.
This isn't the only two items we have noticed these big jumps on. There are others, but I didn't want to list them here. Maybe someone else can chime in with things they have noticed. And don't EVEN get me started on beef prices - WOW.
Thanks for listening. I feel better now. :-)
NOW - everyone - change to WW, Slimfast, TrimSpa - ANYTHING. Please. But stop buying so much cream and bacon - I need the prices to FALL.
JFF