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44% of shoppers say they are switching to store brands to offset rising costs, a recent survey finds.
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... From swapping name brands for generics to ditching impulse buys, Americans are changing the way they shop for groceries. A LendingTree survey found 88% of shoppers have adjusted their grocery habits in response to rising prices, and experts say those small shifts may actually make a big impact. Kandyce Thornton is one of them. The Cleveland mom of three says her grocery bill feels heavier each week, especially with growing boys. ...
A LendingTree survey found 88% of shoppers have adjusted their grocery habits in response to rising prices, and experts say those small shifts may actually make a big impact.
Kandyce Thornton is one of them. The Cleveland mom of three says her grocery bill feels heavier each week, especially with growing boys. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-04 01:38 AM | Reply
I used to work for a company, Ralcorp (they were acquired by Conagra), that makes many of private label foods you find at various grocers. We often had what we called co-pack lines. This was where we'd package the exact same product only in the name brand packaging. I never thought it was a secret but some people are surprised when they learn that there is no difference between some name brands from the store brand.
#2 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-05-04 04:31 PM | Reply
"Eggs are a quarter a gross. Gas stations pay YOU to fill up your Cybertruck. Dolls are coming, believe me. So many dolls, you'll get tired of dolling"
#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-04 06:01 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
#3. Obviously. Go on Amazon. Three day delivery on a 100,000 square foot state of the art manufacturing facility of your choice. It's recommended you order the infrastructure package first and the trained staff a day after the facility package. Free delivery with Amazon Prime.
#4 | Posted by northguy3 at 2025-05-04 07:58 PM | Reply
This is not "fighting high grocery prices".
This is bowing and saying "thank you, sir, may I have another".
#5 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-05-05 03:39 PM | Reply
LOL. There is no inflation (net of wage growth) under Trump after 35% grocery price inflation under Biden and you dipshits are whining prices are not falling fast enough. In fact, wage growth under Trump has given Americans an increase in disposable income just like in his 1st term. If we look at the core products like eggs and gas - wholesale prices for eggs are way down and retail is starting to follow. Oil is $57 per barrel and OPEC is increasing volumes - gas will drop (except for California). With the low energy prices and increasing wages, the cost of goods will finally become affordable again for average Americans. All the liberals have is fear monger over 'future inflation - trust me bro' that they repeat over and over again.
#6 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-05 07:06 PM | Reply
@#5 ... This is not "fighting high grocery prices".
This is bowing and saying "thank you, sir, may I have another". ...
In a way, I agree.
The grocery shoppers are not complaining about the high grocery prices (yet).
But, on the other hand ...
The shoppers are changing their shopping patterns as a result of Pres Trump's apparent abandonment of his pledge to bring down grocery prices on day one of his term.
So, how many of his "Day One" pledges has he abandoned?
#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 07:45 PM | Reply
Did he do anything useful on "Day One"?
#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-05 07:47 PM | Reply
"#8 | Posted by REDIAL"
Consumer prices were down in March in absolute terms and overall prices - net of wage growth - has been negative since he was sworn in. So, promises made / promises kept. Maybe you are just sad because you are seeing the opposite trend up in Canada.
#9 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-05 07:53 PM | Reply
@#8 ... Did he do anything useful on "Day One"? ...
Well, has the Russia unprovoked invasion of Ukraine ended and he promised?
#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 08:04 PM | Reply
"Well, has the Russia unprovoked invasion of Ukraine ended and he promised? #10 | Posted by LampLighter"
Zelensky said a ceasefire could happen any day and activities on the front have slowed despite the Democrats and Europeans trying to expand the war. Promises made / promises kept.
#11 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-05 08:45 PM | Reply
Zelensky said a ceasefire could happen any day
Lewzer said e would end it on his first day. 24 hours.
He didn't.
Promises made, promises not kept. To be fair, it was not a promise. It was a lie.
#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-05 08:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
"#12 | Posted by REDIAL"
It was hyperbole - like when Biden said he would cure cancer. It is only a lie if you were dumb enough to believe anything a politician says.
#13 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-05 09:02 PM | Reply
@#12 ... Promises made, promises not kept. To be fair, it was not a promise. It was a lie ...
And Pres Trump said, about that, he was ~joking.~ and it was an ~exaggeration.~
So he was ~joking~ or ~exaggerating~ about a war?
A war.
Joking?
www.nbcnews.com
...Obviously, people know that when I said that, it was said in jest ...
In jest, or just plain lying?
#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 09:20 PM | Reply
I'll take lying for $500...
#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-05 09:22 PM | Reply
"It was hyperbole - like when Biden said he would cure cancer. It is only a lie if you were dumb enough to believe anything a politician says. #13 | POSTED BY SCOTTS AT 2025-05-05 09:02 PM"
B-b-but, Johnny did it, too!
Did that excuse work for you when you were a kid?
Classic whataboutism.
With a touch of gaslighting: "It's your fault for being so gullible".
ROFLMAO!!!
#16 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2025-05-05 09:30 PM | Reply
@#15 ... I'll take lying for $500... ...
I also.
Considering that Pres Trump, during his first term, told an average of 20 or so lies per day, that seems to be a good choice.
With 20 lies on Day 1, will Trump break first-term record of 30,573 untruths? (January 2025) www.indiatoday.in
... With Donald Trump in the White House, the American media is returning to a fact-check era. Trump delivered two speeches on Monday after being sworn in as the President. There were 20 instances of inaccuracies. Will Trump outperform on the Lie Meter in his second term? In his first term as the American President, Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims, according to The Washington Post. ...
Will Trump outperform on the Lie Meter in his second term? In his first term as the American President, Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims, according to The Washington Post. ...
And, fwiw, Mr Bezos seems to have halted the Washington Post's fact checking of Pres Trump, along with his halting of Washington Post editorials critical of Pres Trump.
I guess that is what Mr Bezos feels he needs to do in order to gain Pres Trump's favor so that Pres Trump won't tell the DoJ to attack amazon.com.
#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 09:41 PM | Reply
ScottS eats roadkill and so he finds it difficult to understand what the problem is.
#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-05 09:58 PM | Reply
"like when Biden said he would cure cancer."
Trump cut cancer research 25%. What does that say?
#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-05 10:14 PM | Reply
It was probably bloated, given that fully funded nothing happened.
People changing spending habits started under "transitory" inflation right Snoofy?
Why do you idiots believe they are just starting to do it now?
#20 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-05 10:21 PM | Reply
Lewzer said e would end it on his first day. 24 hours. ~ DialAgain
Well at least he's trying, throwing fuel on the fire and killing 10000s is your goto move. You talk a bit game, but Canada can't even defend its coast line.
#21 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-05 10:23 PM | Reply
@#19 ... Trump cut cancer research 25%. What does that say? ...
It says that Pres Trump does not seem to have a concern about the health of Americans.
An attribute he has exhibited in the past.
#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 10:27 PM | Reply
Well at least he's trying, throwing fuel on the fire and killing 10000s is your goto move.
The child-raping orange jizzfart killed 1.2 Americans.
#23 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-05 10:28 PM | Reply
1.2 million Americans
#24 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-05 10:29 PM | Reply
"Trump cut cancer research 25%. What does that say? #19 | Posted by snoofy"
It means he can cut the remaining 75% now that Biden has cured it. Oh, wait.
#25 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-05 10:51 PM | Reply
"#16 | Posted by TrueBlue"
ALL politicians lie - this includes Trump. I have no problem with you saying Trump lies - because he does. Where I have a problem is when Trump uses hyperbole or offers an opinion and you dipshit factcheck him on it and then gloat like you caught him in a lie when you would never apply the same standard to the Democrats.
#26 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-05 10:54 PM | Reply
I have no problem with you saying Trump lies - because he does.
Yep. Almost always.
#27 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-05 11:03 PM | Reply
@#27 ...Yep. Almost always. ...
Yup.
I mean, when has there been a politician at Pres Trump's level who has proffered as many lies as Pres trum has?
Yeah, all politicians lie, Democrats and Republicans.
But an average of ~20 lies per day?
#28 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 11:09 PM | Reply
"Yeah, all politicians lie, Democrats and Republicans. #28 | Posted by LampLighter"
Trump uses more hyperbole than past presidents. If you fact check hyperbole and personal opinions, you will probably get 20 lies a day for Trump. To me, that is meaningless because factchecking hyperbole and personal opinions is meaningless.
It is just funny to me that politicians lying is only a problem when the GOP does it. BTW - do you admit that both Obama and Biden lied?
#29 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-05 11:23 PM | Reply
#29 | Posted by ScottS
They've all lied. But not nearly to the degree as Trump. Are you willing to acknowledge this basic fact?
#30 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-05-05 11:35 PM | Reply
Does it? What about it says he has no concern about the health of Americans?
Because he doesn't fund a boondoggle, thats your evidence?
LOL
#31 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-05 11:44 PM | Reply
It is just funny to me that politicians lying is only a problem when the GOP does it.
It is funny to watch DialAgain who defended Biden at his most senile go on and on about "Promises" BS.
I wouldn't hold a politician on what they say, only what they do. Biden destroyed America it will never be the same, DialAgain doesn't care he lives in Canada where they can't even defend their coastline, much less their airspace.
#32 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-05 11:47 PM | Reply
@#30 ... But not nearly to the degree as Trump. ...
I've been saying something similar to that since Pres Trump's campaign for his first term way back in 2016.
Pres Trump is a voracious liar.
To the point that attempts to justify or deflect his lies just appear silly, or possibly an indication of the MAGA cult adulation.
#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 11:53 PM | Reply
"They've all lied. But not nearly to the degree as Trump. Are you willing to acknowledge this basic fact? #30 | Posted by rstybeach11"
So your concern is not over lying because you acknowledge that they all lie - your concern is only over the degree of lying? I guess even on that metric - it depends on what you mean. If Trump lies about his polling or crowd size or even working to bring down prices (which I consider hyperbole) because he is working on it starting day 1 but results will take time, it really doesn't impact me and I couldn't care less. Same as Biden stating he will cure cancer - I know he is at least trying. If it is about serious things, I care much more about that. For instance, when Biden said he couldn't do anything on the border while 10M+ illegals streamed into the country without action from Congress - that MATTERS. Are all of them lies? Yep. Do I care about all of them equally? Nope. And it has nothing to do with political party - it is about if the lie actually impacts my life.
#34 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-06 12:16 AM | Reply
#34 | POSTED BY SCOTTS
Is there a bigger lie than the media spin and Bidens mental decline?
Even the Lumpers here were claiming it was "deep fakes".
These people are irrational.
#35 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-06 12:24 AM | Reply
True, but the American media is worse. There is no contest.
"deep fakes", "transitory"... the afghanistan debacle, which really destroyed his Presidency in the eyes of the world.
#36 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-06 12:26 AM | Reply
Curious, the trolls that seem to be piling on ...
#37 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-06 12:34 AM | Reply
"Is there a bigger lie than the media spin and Bidens mental decline? #35 | Posted by oneironaut"
No. This is BY FAR the biggest scandal in American history. To this day, no one is able to tell us who was actually running the country. It clearly was not Biden. The American people deserved to both know of Biden's true mental state as well as who was calling the shots. Biden should have been replaced under the 25th amendment in 2023 at the latest. The people that propagated that lie should all be in jail - they placed every single US citizen in danger by covering this up.
#38 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-06 12:42 AM | Reply
the trolls that seem to be piling on ...
They seem to be desperate to talk about anything other than the fact Donald, the Executive Order Dictator, Trump's policies are hurting Americans.
1LumpyDump is plagiarizing Twitter while ScottS posts the latest talking points for RT.
All trolling. All stupid. Nothing to offer.
#39 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-06 12:46 AM | Reply
@#39 ... They seem to be desperate to talk about anything other than ...
And when it seems to start chatting with itself, that just borders on desperately humorous.
                                        :)
#40 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-06 12:59 AM | Reply
"They seem to be desperate to talk about anything other than the fact Donald, the Executive Order Dictator, Trump's policies are hurting Americans. #39 | Posted by ClownShack"
Why would anyone be interested in talking about an alternative reality that only exists in the minds of liberals?
April jobs beat expectations April wage growth higher than inflation April layoffs DOWN
All the horrible things liberals always predict never happen. So, why talk about this liberal fantasy land?
#41 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-06 01:10 AM | Reply
Why would anyone be interested in talking about an alternative reality
Probably why so many posters have you blocked, because they don't choose to entertain your alternative reality bullshht.
Americans are suffering because of Trump.
You can try best as you can to change the topic, but as these policies continue, as life gets more difficult for our society, all your bullshht and whataboutisms won't mean anything to anyone.
#42 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-06 01:26 AM | Reply
"Americans are suffering because of Trump. #42 | Posted by ClownShack"
Let's live in a fact based world - how exactly are people suffering under Trump?
Here are the FACTS: April jobs beat expectations April wage growth higher than inflation April layoffs DOWN
Sorry, but this is reality. Now, if you want to bring some actual facts to the table, I would be happy to discuss them.
#43 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-06 01:30 AM | Reply
@#42 ... Americans are suffering because of Trump. ...
Even Pres Trump seems to admit that.
Short-term pain, long-term gain, says Trump. ... Really?
Is the current pain that Pres Trump is foisting upon Americans merely just a "transition cost" to a glorious future?
From what I have seen, Pres Trump has not yet provided any medium- or long-term plan to explain that route to that glorious future.
That means to me that he apparently has no such plan, and he is just playing his game on an hour by hour basis.
To the detriment of Americans.
#44 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-06 01:39 AM | Reply
how exactly are people suffering under Trump?
Unemployment is up due to Trump's policies.
Prices for goods and services are up due to Trump's policies.
The assault on our democracy continues due to Trump's policies.
The loss to our nation is incalculable due to not enough time having passed to fully understand the impact from all th lost trade deals and trade partners.
Trump recommends people learn to live with less while shoving a tax cut for himself through Congress.
People can't afford as much at the grocery stores any longer.
Every action Trump has taken has hurt America, and is impacting the lives of Americans. He's spending his presidency terrorizing Americans and sucking up to Putin.
#45 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-06 01:40 AM | Reply
"Short-term pain, long-term gain, says Trump. ... Really?"
Well...your pain, his gain.
Your lengths may vary.
#46 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-05-06 01:58 AM | Reply
@#45 ... Trump recommends people learn to live with less while shoving a tax cut for himself through Congress. ...
Great point.
Thanks for raising it.
The Trump admin seems to be focused upon giving a huge tax cut to the uber-wealthy (top 0.1%?).
And to pay for that tax cut, Republicans are pushing a reduction in the health-care and food sustenance of vulnerable Americans.
So, effectively, Pres Trump wants to take money away from supporting the health and food availability of vulnerable Americans and then, effectively, give that money to the user-wealthy in America.
#47 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-06 02:01 AM | Reply
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