[InvisibleSoul]

Loblaws, which owns Superstore, announces five per cent increase

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Get ready for your grocery bill to rise. A consumer affairs professor figures grain prices will go up first, followed by meat and produce.

"Grains, they've been on the move for quite some time and they will continue to move," explains SFU's Lindsay Meredith, who tells us that's because grain is used to fatten up livestock.

"Fruits and vegetables will join the parade of price hikes,"he adds. "All of that stuff has got to get delivered out of California and Mexico; it all basically comes by long-haul delivery. Diesel prices are going right through the roof, as well."

"It's going to spread right through the entire system unfortunately," he says. "The big picture is that this is a precursor to inflation."

Meredith tells us that means it will cost you more to eat at a restaurant -- and remember, you still have to pay that HST. Loblaws, which owns Superstore, has announced a five per cent increase in prices by April.

"Gosh, doesn't this sound eerily reminiscent of the oil price spike that was the precursor to our disastrous recession?" queries Meredith. "I hope we are not on the same rollercoaster folks; it could be one hell of a ride."

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/192722--expect-your-groceries-to-get-more-expensive

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[1exotic]

gas prices

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[Tegra_Devil]

hooker prices

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[murd0c]

And when gas prices go down I will bet all the money I have they won't lower the cost of the food. A complete joke and a way for the investers to cash in while fucking everyone else.
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[Greenstoner]

i think its matter of time BC residents going crazy ?

gas price, food price, hydro bill are going up .. really hoping they keep raising the price until we cant afford it.

People in BC are too mellow, we whine but we hardly do anything.

[skyxx]

So apparently people weren't ready for this? I'm sure it's quite obvious that produce will become more expensive every few years with many price hike factors. It's inevitable.

[krazynuck]

gas prices

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hooker prices

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guess u gotta take the bus to pick up the hookers now

[skyxx]

^ Act drunk, they'll let you on for free. :troll:

Then I'll blame you for the reason why TransLink always ask for more money each year.

[BNR32_Coupe]

what's the problem, revscene?*stretches fingers* :devil:

[jack3d]

Gas is sitting at 1.30 today, what a ****ing joke!

[jasonturbo]

Am I the only one who thinks it's weird how everyone bitches about the price of food/gas yet their happy to sign up for a million dollar mortgage and get excited when they see the price of the average SFH go up 5%.

The 5% increase in food prices doesnt even fucking compare to the outrageous increase in the costs of housing.

[Oleophobic]

I buy a ton of eggs from superstore and i noticed in the past month prices have risen from 2.21 per dozen of extra large eggs, to 2.47 , to now 2.79..

ffs

[gars]

the only good thing I can see that will come out of this is that Local Produce will be more popular - which to be honest, is much better for everybody. Better for the environment, better for our economy...

[!Yaminashi]

People in BC are too mellow, we whine but we hardly do anything.

THIS

Cant say I'm surprised that the cost of everything is going up.
However I wont complain, I'll just bend over and continue to be buttfucked like everyone else..

[FRStan]

Everything increases...

Except our wages. FFFUUUUUU
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[taylor192]

And when gas prices go down I will bet all the money I have they won't lower the cost of the food. A complete joke and a way for the investers to cash in while fucking everyone else.
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Safeway has been lowering prices for the last couple years as people turned to cheaper Marketplace and Superstore. It does happen.

[TheNewGirl]

Thankfully by April the farmer's markets will be starting up.

[Matlock]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF UUUUU HST + Loblaws

No wonder I heard a truck full of pigs got hijacked on the radio. Food is fucking expensive.

[kyoshiro]

well atleast theres still costco and their steak in bulk

[taylor192]

Thankfully by April the farmer's markets will be starting up.

You should see the costs there even more so. Local farmers should be hit even harder by energy costs as they don't do the volume of large farms to average it out.

[taylor192]

the only good thing I can see that will come out of this is that Local Produce will be more popular - which to be honest, is much better for everybody. Better for the environment, better for our economy...

I disagree with you. Local produce requires more energy cause of less volume and more temperamental growing seasons. Local produce should be more affected by what is going on, not less.

All that organic food hippies love to buy will cost much more.

[bloodmack]

cool that means I can charge them 5% more on my rates to haul their loads :D

[gars]

I disagree with you. Local produce requires more energy cause of less volume and more temperamental growing seasons. Local produce should be more affected by what is going on, not less.

All that organic food hippies love to buy will cost much more.

Local produce is more seasonal - but requires much less energy to transport to our markets. As well, there is a lot less energy involved in refrigerating before they make it to our local stores. They're much fresher because it takes less time to reach us as well.

Obviously - in the winter time, our local farmers don't do much business - but we should see produce prices go down in the summer/fall when the local farmers are booming.

[murd0c]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF UUUUU HST + Loblaws

No wonder I heard a truck full of pigs got hijacked on the radio. Food is fucking expensive.

Man if I saw a truck load full I pigs I would be temped to hijack it. Think about all that bacon :woot2:

[Culverin]

Why did they have to announce this?
Isn't that just bad press?

Can't they just secretly increase pricing to match market conditions?
That's what everybody else does.

[Greenstoner]

THIS

Cant say I'm surprised that the cost of everything is going up.
However I wont complain, I'll just bend over and continue to be buttfucked like everyone else..

Thats exactly what I mean !!!!!!!!

Look at the bike lane threads, how many people were bitching at it including myself. The thread exist for so long and all we do were bitch and complain

Then you look at the Brazil critical mass thread, how many people were happy about those cyclists getting nailed

we are keyboards warriors behind the computer, fuck the government, fuck this and fuck that yet we are the one getting fucked :fullofwin:

[Arash]

We need solutions, this shit is going to keep happening for years to come, even our childrens children will be made to pay high prices for substandard food with no alternatives.

Since B.C. residents will never fully support our local farmers, there growth and profit margins will always be limited, hence their prices will still be expensive.

This is why I propose that we here at RevScene start a "fight club" of sorts to organize our resources and cultivate all year round growing plants and fruit tress in residential front/backyards to supplement our food.
The crops grown would be split between the house owner and the club. The members that put in more work and or resources into the setup of gardens would in return then get more of the percentage of harvested food.

[Death2Theft]

Food is already Way too cheap considering the quality of food was much higher before they started feeding corn to everything.
YouTube king corn/food matters/meet your meet/monsanto the genetic engineering firm fucking soo many farmers over.
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[Chronix]

what the fuck is up with the gas prices?

went up from 1.27 on thurs to 1.30 today! FFFFFFFFUUUU

[Culverin]

We need solutions, this shit is going to keep happening for years to come, even our childrens children will be made to pay high prices for substandard food with no alternatives.

Since B.C. residents will never fully support our local farmers, there growth and profit margins will always be limited, hence their prices will still be expensive.

This is why I propose that we here at RevScene start a "fight club" of sorts to organize our resources and cultivate all year round growing plants and fruit tress in residential front/backyards to supplement our food.
The crops grown would be split between the house owner and the club. The members that put in more work and or resources into the setup of gardens would in return then get more of the percentage of harvested food.

I'm actually going to be starting a garden in my front yard.
Fingers crossed that the neighbours are going to be cool with it.
I'm aiming so that there will be a ready supply of herbs. No more wasteful little packages for me!

But overall, if it takes off, I wouldn't mind people pitching in and turning it into a community garden or something
lols

[RevYouUp]

instead of loblaws they should be called loblows

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[ilvtofu]

I'm actually going to be starting a garden in my front yard.
Fingers crossed that the neighbours are going to be cool with it.
I'm aiming so that there will be a ready supply of herbs. No more wasteful little packages for me!

But overall, if it takes off, I wouldn't mind people pitching in and turning it into a community garden or something
lols

SUUUURREE... OKAYYY "HERBS"

[PiuYi]

i think its matter of time BC residents going crazy ?

gas price, food price, hydro bill are going up .. really hoping they keep raising the price until we cant afford it.

People in BC are too mellow, we whine but we hardly do anything.

what about 37K Telus lady?

[woob]

Every time I see/hear Loblaw's :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwWAsNZTnug

[CorneringArtist]

We need solutions, this shit is going to keep happening for years to come, even our childrens children will be made to pay high prices for substandard food with no alternatives.

Since B.C. residents will never fully support our local farmers, there growth and profit margins will always be limited, hence their prices will still be expensive.

This is why I propose that we here at RevScene start a "fight club" of sorts to organize our resources and cultivate all year round growing plants and fruit tress in residential front/backyards to supplement our food.
The crops grown would be split between the house owner and the club. The members that put in more work and or resources into the setup of gardens would in return then get more of the percentage of harvested food.

Can work in principle, but the percentage is subjective. It's like Soviet communism, there will be people who feel they deserve more and take it, leaving less for others.

[Carl Johnson]

QE2 by the Fed is finally catching up to the rest of us here in Canada. I certainly wouldn't expect lower prices any time soon.

[The_AK]

You guys understand that there has always been inflation and prices will always be increasing?

[dinamix]

Weekly Grocery shopping in Bellingham FTW.
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[RFlush]

i think its matter of time BC residents going crazy ?

gas price, food price, hydro bill are going up .. really hoping they keep raising the price until we cant afford it.

People in BC are too mellow, we whine but we hardly do anything.

It is not only in BC but around the world. How will you protest against inflation?

[q0192837465]

Nothing much we can do. But at least we still have a lot of Chinese markets like Crystal mall that tend to keep their price relatively lower than big chains
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[unit]

Thankfully by April the farmer's markets will be starting up.

Farmers markets are year round. There's a winter market by QE park and in steveston going on right now
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[Spectre_Cdn]

Guess I'll have to go ahead with plans to expand my backyard garden this year :whistle:

[AutozamAZ-3]

Weekly Grocery shopping in Bellingham FTW.
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how much is food cheaper there?

[BNR32_Coupe]

You guys understand that there has always been inflation and prices will always be increasing?

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/7/1/c17d1955-1953-4cb2-9b4f-d0acfc3fdde3.jpg


this thread had me smiling until you posted that. now the stupidity train screeched to a halt

[FerrariEnzo]

Everything increases...

Except our wages. FFFUUUUUU
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THIS!!!

Just coz lots of rich chinese people moving here doesnt mean EVERYONE can afford all the crazy prices... i think we gotta kick out these rich people.. then maybe the prices will go back down...


we will see a lot more homeless people in the coming years!


so why are people are complaining about foreign investors coming into canada when canadias companies milking us of money?!?! isnt that crazy

[tiger_handheld]

I'm not sure if you guys noticed, but the food price increase notice from loblaw's came out on the exact same day as their earnings release.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/03/georgeweston-idUSN0323549220110303

Do you see a correlation?

[asahai69]

im chillin as long as weed prices dont go up

[MG1]

It all started with prices of eggs and milk going up about a month or two ago. Before that, it was the increase in wheat prices (Canola for ethanol becoming popular). That translated into higher bread prices, etc. I'm starting a garden this year in the back yard. My neighbourhood is already full of gardens. I'm probably the only one left not growing my own food. People find ways to survive. At least this way, I know what's in my food. With greenhouse and raised garden beds, the yeild per acre is pretty good. Plus, you're growing enough for your own consumption. Freeze what you grow. Hopefully fishing will be good again this year. Perhaps game hunting. Friends who are into that are always bugging me to tag along. Probably end up shooting my own foot, but..........


EDIT: the only thing I've seen drop in price recently is bananas. LOL, it's summer below the equator.


People used to laugh at me for having multiple freezers........ looking smarter all the time. Buy when on sale and rotate stock. That's how I put three kids through school with one income and live in a brand new house in North Burnaby. All without having to sell drugs, LOL.

[Death2Theft]

Guess you dont eat meat from the states then.
Weekly Grocery shopping in Bellingham FTW.
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[MG1]

Guess you dont eat meat from the states then.

I don't consume anything from the US. I have no basis for this, but I just don't trust stuff from another country. Even if it's the good ol' US of A.

[stylez2k4]

Local produce is more seasonal - but requires much less energy to transport to our markets. As well, there is a lot less energy involved in refrigerating before they make it to our local stores. They're much fresher because it takes less time to reach us as well.

Obviously - in the winter time, our local farmers don't do much business - but we should see produce prices go down in the summer/fall when the local farmers are booming.


Local farming is done with far less efficiency than large scale farms. The energy required to transport food is insignificant compared to growing it.

[stylez2k4]

im chillin as long as weed prices dont go up


Exhibition A. Useless human being.

[Spectre_Cdn]

EDIT: the only thing I've seen drop in price recently is bananas. LOL, it's summer below the equator.


Oranges have dropped in price too. Around $0.60/lb for large ones, even at big box stores and $0.40/lb for small ones. For the past few years, it was usually at least $0.80/lb for large ones at this time of the year.

Just an observation :fullofwin:

[MG1]

Maybe they stopped that stupid tradition of throwing oranges at each other in Italy? Because of this, there is an overabundance of oranges, LOL.

Perhaps the lower prices may have something to do with the previous years' prices being high due to damaged crops. That or oranges from other countries other than the US are making its way to NA driving prices down.

[murd0c]

Maybe they stopped that stupid tradition of throwing oranges at each other in Italy? Because of this, there is an overabundance of oranges, LOL.

Perhaps the lower prices may have something to do with the previous years' prices being high due to damaged crops. That or oranges from other countries other than the US are making its way to NA driving prices down.

that is tomato's not oranges lol, my buddies sister actually went a few years ago and she said it was beyond wild.

[MG1]

that is tomato's not oranges lol, my buddies sister actually went a few years ago and she said it was beyond wild.

The tomato one is lame compared to



http://www.festivalpig.com/orange-throwing.html


they have one in Spain as well................


oranges hurt more than tomatoes


tomato juice running down the tits of a hot Italian chick or orange juice............. I dunno, orange juice would taste better.......... sticky nipples, FTMFW!!

[ImportXxX]

maybe it's still allittle too cold, but time to start growing your own fruits and vegetables

[digitalgirl]

Everything increases...

Except our wages. FFFUUUUUU
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^+1

Are we trying to become the most expensive city in the world? :facepalm:

[spyker]

^+1

Are we trying to become the most expensive city in the world? :facepalm:

Not trying,I think we already are.

[TRDood]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF UUUUU HST + Loblaws

No wonder I heard a truck full of pigs got hijacked on the radio. Food is fucking expensive.

... You know there's no HST for groceries right?

Maybe if you only buy pop and chips.
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[TRDood]

I don't see a problem. Prices fluctuate all the time and many food have close substitutes. What about cutting those extra sports channels? I bet it will offset more than 5% overall food costs.

However, I can see that restaurants might take this "opportunity" to drive up menu prices. Oh well.
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[darkfroggy]

i think its matter of time BC residents going crazy ?

gas price, food price, hydro bill are going up .. really hoping they keep raising the price until we cant afford it.

People in BC are too mellow, we whine but we hardly do anything.

People in Egypt and Libya would like to have a word with you.

For sure, food and utilities prices have gone up. But so have people's incomes.

Overall, we are still very privileged and our social safety net is large. Food in Vietnam may be dirt cheap, but wages are also very low there too.

You should be more worried about local prices going down instead of going up. Prices fell during the depression, and people were anything but joyous.

[EvoFire]

EDIT: the only thing I've seen drop in price recently is bananas. LOL, it's summer below the equator.


People used to laugh at me for having multiple freezers........ looking smarter all the time. Buy when on sale and rotate stock. That's how I put three kids through school with one income and live in a brand new house in North Burnaby. All without having to sell drugs, LOL.

Bananas actually went up in price a couple weeks ago. I work at a produce wholesaler that supplies T&T and Kin's and sometimes to Safeway and IGA.

Between the crazy storm in Mexico a few weeks ago and the cold weather in Cali and Arizona, produce prices have been shooting way up.


Even though prices will fall back in line, probably in a few months, I don't suppose the retail prices at major chains will come back down. For that, smaller stores are a lot more flexible.

[Greenstoner]

People in Egypt and Libya would like to have a word with you.

For sure, food and utilities prices have gone up. But so have people's incomes.

Overall, we are still very privileged and our social safety net is large. Food in Vietnam may be dirt cheap, but wages are also very low there too.

You should be more worried about local prices going down instead of going up. Prices fell during the depression, and people were anything but joyous.


our wage is higher but i dont think it has been changed in the last few years.

other prices are going up way too fast and there is almost no breathing room

[SumAznGuy]

Fresh produce prices are always flucuation due to supply and demand.
I would never use that as any indication of inflation or deflation.

As Evofire mentioned, there was a big freeze that hit southern Calif/northern Mex/Ariz and that is what is causing the higher prices and lower qualities on items like Tomatoes, peppers, leaf lettuces, and zucchini's.

Heck, even Wendy's has a sign on the menu that says they are not putting tomatoes into their burgers unless asked for.

[Durrann]

Might need to move out of BC lol
Can't afford shit
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[StylinRed]

crude prices go up = petrol prices go up, medicine goes up, food goes up, everything that needs to be transported goes up

meanwhile we have some of those highest amounts of crude/natural gas in the world but we get shafted -_-

even saudi arabia only charges its citizens pennies a litre and our population is about the same and our GDP is 2X that of saudi arabia (they have free healthcare and education too but theirs is including university) -_-

[MG1]

Bananas actually went up in price a couple weeks ago. I work at a produce wholesaler that supplies T&T and Kin's and sometimes to Safeway and IGA.

I shop at No Frills and Superstore and bananas were 58¢ / lb.

I don't think those stores go through produce wholesalers.

BTW, milk prices at Superstore was ridiculous this morning. $4.19 at No Frills, though. Same company owns them, too. Go figure.

Eggs, same thing. Cheaper at No Frills. $1.99/dz for large.

[Oleophobic]

eggs are 1.99/dz for large at superstore I remember. Only thing is...the limit is ONE.

force me to checkout 4 times now if i want 4 :(

[hal0g0dv2]

When i was in NY over NOV-DEC, i shopped at trader joes and stuff there is fucking cheap, yeah it is all there name brand most of the time but they buy so much of one kind and have a great price , 4 99 for organic 3.79L of milk compared to what like 12.99 here, i know its the states just saying

[Death2Theft]

I wasn't talkin to you oldman. I was talking to slick there shopping in the states. Unfortunately he doesn't realize that the USA has way lower standards for food and use growth hormones and chemicals banned in Canada. The us company tried to bribe the Canadian officials to use the bovine growth hormone for starters. Even tho they refused the bribe they still lost thier jobs. Hence the power of monsanto. The video i posted earlier talks alot more about their evil ways.
I don't consume anything from the US. I have no basis for this, but I just don't trust stuff from another country. Even if it's the good ol' US of A.
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[MG1]

I wasn't talkin to you oldman.

Oh, so solly.........

Slick, LOL.

[BNR32_Coupe]

Local farming is done with far less efficiency than large scale farms. The energy required to transport food is insignificant compared to growing it.

Yes, definitely! An example is being able to purchase fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides in economies of scale. The savings in bulk purchases may even negate the higher transportation costs of moving the finished goods to the points of sale.

However, like some members have written in this thread, you could grow your own food for personal consumption and save money if you have no other alternative of making money. However, if you could have made more money working or doing something else in the time spent setting up and maintaining your backyard garden, then the fruits of your labour are costing you more than you think.

[MG1]

Nothing like eating the fruits of your own labour.

It's not about saving money anymore. Being out in the garden is great therapy. You should try it.


I see you corrected the spelling of Shaughnessy.


.......... god bless.

[bing]

When i was in NY over NOV-DEC, i shopped at trader joes and stuff there is fucking cheap, yeah it is all there name brand most of the time but they buy so much of one kind and have a great price , 4 99 for organic 3.79L of milk compared to what like 12.99 here, i know its the states just saying

that might be the case, but cow's in the US are injected with bovine growth hormone and Canadian cow's are not. I'd rather buy less tainted milk and pay more than getting some weird kind of cancer down the road. Also many crops are heavily subsidized by the US government with taxpayers money - corn, wheat, sugar, etc. which ends up being overproduced and artificially lowering the price of food. This is exactly why junk food is expensive and you can buy a meal at mcdonalds for $5. Furthermore, a lot of food grown in the US is also genetically modified. Crops with a gene that is herbicide resistant has been reported to have a three-fold increase in herbicide use. Personally, if I had the time, I'd rather grow my own food or pay more to buy local / organic.

[Death2Theft]

Seriously what were u guys expecting for someone to do an article about food getting cheaper? IIRC in 1950's the average house hold income spent on food was 17% now thanks to genetic engineering the average household spends 10% on shitty quality food.

[BNR32_Coupe]

It's not about saving money anymore.

Did you change your mind after reading my above post or after I made the distinction between purchasing a used breast pump and a used penis pump?

[murmur]

tax return coming soon

short term solution :fullofwin:

[MG1]

Deleted........

Need to show respect for fellow RS members - no matter how obnoxious they seem to be. Need to find god.........