The rise in energy costs all through last year have noticeably caused costs to increase almost everywhere. A quick glance at most isles in your local grocery store will confirm that prices have been steadily growing all year. Internet users are sharing the items they have started to cut from their shopping lists due to inflation. Items like meat and seafood were predictable, but some have even started cutting fresh produce. And eggs, can’t forget eggs! With prices increasing by a third, people are considering ways to limit eggs in their diets. So, dear Panda’s, feel free to share how you have adapted your cooking to these new food prices and upvote the examples that you’ve encountered. #1 In Germany, Butter prices are through the roof. Canola and sunflower seed oil as well because they used to be imported from Ukraine. Also M&Ms. Not an ingredient but man that price... Image credits: aminho #2 Lettuce. Went from $1.99 to $7, there's no way I'm paying $10 for a salad. Image credits: allcapswan #3 I don't know if it's because of inflation, but heavy cream jumped in price a few months back and I stopped buying it. For years that's what I used in my coffee but I'm back to half and half bc it's, well, half the price. Image credits: spaghetti_poodle Forbes Magazine estimates that most household expenses have increased by around 8.6% since last year. Unfortunately, this hasn’t affected all expenses equally. Food in general and staples in particular have been hit the hardest. The increase in food prices since October is close to 10% and economists predict they won’t go down anytime soon. The silver lining? They might not increase either. As inflation continues, income may catch up. That being said, certain items are likely to remain pricey in the near future. Eggs, meat and other more perishable and energy intensive items are set to remain costly. It doesn’t help that food manufacturers often rely on consumers becoming accustomed to price increases. They hope that we will just accept the new price. So props to the good folks documenting the effects of inflation, since it can help all of us keep food costs in perspective. #4 Salmon. My favourite fish :( Image credits: Librarycore #5 I used to really like those little potatoes but now I only get them once every few months. For some things like bread and butter I just buy brands that are on sale now. I have a toddler and fruit is killing me. Image credits: SevereCounter #6 It's now over $9 for 18 eggs where I am. I looked today, but didn't even end up buying them. Image credits: Weatherman_Accuracy Inflation can’t take all the blame when it comes to the ludicrous rise in egg prices. Avian influenza has spread its way across chicken populations, in a record outbreak. Typically, the holiday season also causes a spike in egg prices, as people cook and bake more than usual. This year, that spike has yet to decrease. Since poultry farms have to cull their populations to limit the virus, supply remains significantly lower than demand. You can probably see where this is going. #7 Here in the US, the cheapest generic brand butter is $5 a pound. Not long ago, that used to be what you paid for the GOOD stuff. Image credits: eva_rector #8 Meat, primarily Image credits: finatra_official #9 Sunflower oil went from €0.90/L to €4.50/L due to the war so I'm using other oils as much as possible now. Image credits: dradoyu It doesn’t help that eggs are truly a staple. Most people aren’t eating Wagyu beef every meal, but eggs are a baking and breakfast mainstay for a reason. On the bright side, in places hit particularly hard by egg shortages people might be willing to try vegan alternatives. In California, plant-based egg substitutes have seen sales rise by around a quarter. #10 Fruit is so prohibitively expensive now! A single apple is about $2.00, oranges are about the same. Strawberries are $8.99 here right now. Only bananas are still available at reasonable prices. I understand fruits and vegetables go up in prices throughout the winter but for the most part they are too expensive for regular purchase. A peach, nectarine or a grapefruit is a special treat these days. Image credits: janesfilms #11 Certain cheeses. They hopped up not too long ago, now I try to avoid dishes with a lot of cheese. Image credits: YakBig1676 #12 Corn syrup. I use it for my small candy business. At the restaurant store, it used to be $7.99/gal and now it’s $21.50 Image credits: dentalgirl74 #13 Lunch meat! $15 a pound! That is double what lean ground sirloin costs! I call BS - since when is a turkey sandwich a luxury meal Image credits: level 2 jmweiner1 #14 I rarely buy avocados or beef anymore Image credits: thriftingforgold #15 Oxtail. It was a tasty, inexpensive meal growing up, not so much anymore. Sucks, it was a comfort food for me. Image credits: lotsalotsacoffee #16 fresh vegetables, mostly just use frozen now onions, potatoes & carrots in huge bags when they are on sale. Used to just pick them up when I wanted them but now plan ahead & make lots of meals for the freezer beef is another one because dammmmm finding recipes that don't use eggs Image credits: EditorNo2545 #17 I wouldn't say I'm cutting back, but I'm making more things from scratch and started growing my own lettuce and herbs. I now have a large grow tent in my living room. I know neighbors assume it is weed, but it's the start of a salsa garden and hopefully potatoes. Image credits: msomnipotent #18 $3.50 for 3 shallots? I can get a kilogram of chicken thighs for that. Shallots would be off my menu if they cost 30 cents each! I buy them when they are 35 cents for a pack as no one seems to buy them from my local place so they are always discounted. I've definitely eaten less ribs and pork belly though. Image credits: captain-burrito #19 In addition to items that other posters have mentioned, celery. It’s now $2.99 a bunch. I use it for recipes like tuna salad, potato salad, etc and rarely use a whole bunch before it gets old. It’s gotten too expensive for me to want to buy it. (Location is in US, the Midwest). Image credits: TinaKayyay #20 Watermelon. Large seedless watermelon was “on sale” for $12.99 USD in the store this weekend Image credits: friendlyuser15 #21 Eggs. I don't like egg-centered dishes that much to begin with such as omelets, eggs benedict, fried or scrambled eggs, etc. They're now more than double the price where I live so I mainly just use them for when I need them in baking. Image credits: Darwin343 #22 Lamb (Aus). It used to be peasant food :( Image credits: bigbagofbaldbabies #23 Lemons. I used to keep them on hand but now just buy what I need. Image credits: BurroCoverto #24 Fresh berries. Sometimes I’ll find a good sale, other times it’s *$8 for a thing of strawberries* Image credits: waterbaby333 #25 Buying whole ducks and roasting them has replaced a lot of beef for me. Image credits: jlangfo5 #26 Enoki Mushrooms. They used to be $1 for 2 packs at my local supermarket, now its about $6 for 1 pack. I'm not sure if this is due to inflation but the price increase is insane. Image credits: unsu23 #27 Seafood. It's absurd because I live on an island. Fish used to be a staple food, a less expensive protein source. Now it's more expensive than a Wagyu. Image credits: lazeny #28 I paid $7.99 USD for a dozen eggs last week. I'm literally counting every one and basing my meal planning around whether or not something is "worth the eggs". Image credits: azemilyann26 #29 Crab. Any crab. Blue, snow, king, dungeness, canned crab. It's all priced like caviar. Wild salmon, especially King Salmon. Lunch meat, I mean seriously. Image credits: Ennion #30 Calamari, it used to be so so cheap. I could pick up tubes for $1 a piece, now it is $20 a kg. Image credits: Imaginary_Dirt29 People Recount Which Essential Grocery Store Staples Have Become Unaffordable Nowadays (30 Answers)

The rise in energy costs all through last year have noticeably caused costs to increase almost everywhere. A quick glance at most isles in your local grocery store will confirm that prices have been steadily growing all year. 

Internet users are sharing the items they have started to cut from their shopping lists due to inflation. Items like meat and seafood were predictable, but some have even started cutting fresh produce. And eggs, can’t forget eggs! With prices increasing by a third, people are considering ways to limit eggs in their diets.  

So, dear Panda’s, feel free to share how you have adapted your cooking to these new food prices and upvote the examples that you’ve encountered. 

#1

In Germany, Butter prices are through the roof. Canola and sunflower seed oil as well because they used to be imported from Ukraine.

Also M&Ms. Not an ingredient but man that price...

Image credits: aminho

#2

Lettuce. Went from $1.99 to $7, there's no way I'm paying $10 for a salad.

Image credits: allcapswan

#3

I don't know if it's because of inflation, but heavy cream jumped in price a few months back and I stopped buying it. For years that's what I used in my coffee but I'm back to half and half bc it's, well, half the price.

Image credits: spaghetti_poodle

Forbes Magazine estimates that most household expenses have increased by around 8.6% since last year. Unfortunately, this hasn’t affected all expenses equally. Food in general and staples in particular have been hit the hardest. The increase in food prices since October is close to 10% and economists predict they won’t go down anytime soon. The silver lining? They might not increase either. As inflation continues, income may catch up.  

That being said, certain items are likely to remain pricey in the near future. Eggs, meat and other more perishable and energy intensive items are set to remain costly. It doesn’t help that food manufacturers often rely on consumers becoming accustomed to price increases. They hope that we will just accept the new price. So props to the good folks documenting the effects of inflation, since it can help all of us keep food costs in perspective. 

#4

Salmon. My favourite fish :(

Image credits: Librarycore

#5

I used to really like those little potatoes but now I only get them once every few months. For some things like bread and butter I just buy brands that are on sale now. I have a toddler and fruit is killing me.

Image credits: SevereCounter

#6

It's now over $9 for 18 eggs where I am. I looked today, but didn't even end up buying them.

Image credits: Weatherman_Accuracy

Inflation can’t take all the blame when it comes to the ludicrous rise in egg prices. Avian influenza has spread its way across chicken populations, in a record outbreak. Typically, the holiday season also causes a spike in egg prices, as people cook and bake more than usual. This year, that spike has yet to decrease. Since poultry farms have to cull their populations to limit the virus, supply remains significantly lower than demand. You can probably see where this is going. 

#7

Here in the US, the cheapest generic brand butter is $5 a pound. Not long ago, that used to be what you paid for the GOOD stuff.

Image credits: eva_rector

#8

Meat, primarily

Image credits: finatra_official

#9

Sunflower oil went from €0.90/L to €4.50/L due to the war so I'm using other oils as much as possible now.

Image credits: dradoyu

It doesn’t help that eggs are truly a staple. Most people aren’t eating Wagyu beef every meal, but eggs are a baking and breakfast mainstay for a reason. On the bright side, in places hit particularly hard by egg shortages people might be willing to try vegan alternatives. In California, plant-based egg substitutes have seen sales rise by around a quarter.

#10

Fruit is so prohibitively expensive now! A single apple is about $2.00, oranges are about the same. Strawberries are $8.99 here right now. Only bananas are still available at reasonable prices. I understand fruits and vegetables go up in prices throughout the winter but for the most part they are too expensive for regular purchase. A peach, nectarine or a grapefruit is a special treat these days.

Image credits: janesfilms

#11

Certain cheeses. They hopped up not too long ago, now I try to avoid dishes with a lot of cheese.

Image credits: YakBig1676

#12

Corn syrup. I use it for my small candy business. At the restaurant store, it used to be $7.99/gal and now it’s $21.50

Image credits: dentalgirl74

#13

Lunch meat! $15 a pound! That is double what lean ground sirloin costs! I call BS - since when is a turkey sandwich a luxury meal

Image credits: level 2 jmweiner1

#14

I rarely buy avocados or beef anymore

Image credits: thriftingforgold

#15

Oxtail. It was a tasty, inexpensive meal growing up, not so much anymore. Sucks, it was a comfort food for me.

Image credits: lotsalotsacoffee

#16

fresh vegetables, mostly just use frozen now

onions, potatoes & carrots in huge bags when they are on sale. Used to just pick them up when I wanted them but now plan ahead & make lots of meals for the freezer

beef is another one because dammmmm

finding recipes that don't use eggs

Image credits: EditorNo2545

#17

I wouldn't say I'm cutting back, but I'm making more things from scratch and started growing my own lettuce and herbs. I now have a large grow tent in my living room. I know neighbors assume it is weed, but it's the start of a salsa garden and hopefully potatoes.

Image credits: msomnipotent

#18

$3.50 for 3 shallots? I can get a kilogram of chicken thighs for that. Shallots would be off my menu if they cost 30 cents each! I buy them when they are 35 cents for a pack as no one seems to buy them from my local place so they are always discounted.

I've definitely eaten less ribs and pork belly though.

Image credits: captain-burrito

#19

In addition to items that other posters have mentioned, celery. It’s now $2.99 a bunch. I use it for recipes like tuna salad, potato salad, etc and rarely use a whole bunch before it gets old. It’s gotten too expensive for me to want to buy it. (Location is in US, the Midwest).

Image credits: TinaKayyay

#20

Watermelon. Large seedless watermelon was “on sale” for $12.99 USD in the store this weekend

Image credits: friendlyuser15

#21

Eggs. I don't like egg-centered dishes that much to begin with such as omelets, eggs benedict, fried or scrambled eggs, etc. They're now more than double the price where I live so I mainly just use them for when I need them in baking.

Image credits: Darwin343

#22

Lamb (Aus). It used to be peasant food :(

Image credits: bigbagofbaldbabies

#23

Lemons. I used to keep them on hand but now just buy what I need.

Image credits: BurroCoverto

#24

Fresh berries. Sometimes I’ll find a good sale, other times it’s *$8 for a thing of strawberries*

Image credits: waterbaby333

#25

Buying whole ducks and roasting them has replaced a lot of beef for me.

Image credits: jlangfo5

#26

Enoki Mushrooms. They used to be $1 for 2 packs at my local supermarket, now its about $6 for 1 pack. I'm not sure if this is due to inflation but the price increase is insane.

Image credits: unsu23

#27

Seafood. It's absurd because I live on an island. Fish used to be a staple food, a less expensive protein source. Now it's more expensive than a Wagyu.

Image credits: lazeny

#28

I paid $7.99 USD for a dozen eggs last week. I'm literally counting every one and basing my meal planning around whether or not something is "worth the eggs".

Image credits: azemilyann26

#29

Crab. Any crab. Blue, snow, king, dungeness, canned crab. It's all priced like caviar.

Wild salmon, especially King Salmon.

Lunch meat, I mean seriously.

Image credits: Ennion

#30

Calamari, it used to be so so cheap. I could pick up tubes for $1 a piece, now it is $20 a kg.

Image credits: Imaginary_Dirt29

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