Can one buy ANYTHING in the grocery store for less than $1 these days?

[Red Squirrel]

As a mental exercise, why don't you figure out what tax rate would make an eighty cent item ring up over a dollar, and then see if that matches your tax rate. Alternatively, you could read what people had already posted in the thread and save yourself looking stupid.

80c was just an example I said real quick, but I guess that would bring you to 92c, so you pay 90 assuming they round down. Might pay 95c if they round up. I forget what the rules are for that. I was calculating 15% and figured you probably would be safe with anything under 89c as that would bring you to 1.02 but they would round down to a dollar. But I just said 80 real quick without calculating, because that was not part of the point. My point was that if you see a price that's close to a dollar, you cant immediately count on paying only a dollar, it might end up going higher.

 

[nakedfrog]

You can get brand name chicken (legs and thighs or sometime breasts with skin and bones - boneless and skinless chicken breasts would never be for $1 or less per pound) on sale for $0.99 per pound here at Kroger stores. As I said previously, of course, you have to pay sale tax.

That part depends on state, apparently, here (and other states) there is no sales tax on unprepared food items.

 

[quackagator]

It's not the same size as it used to be. Used to be 14 oz. now 10 oz.

 

[Red Squirrel]

You can get brand name chicken (legs and thighs or sometime breasts with skin and bones - boneless and skinless chicken breasts would never be for $1 or less per pound) on sale for $0.99 per pound here at Kroger stores. As I said previously, of course, you have to pay sale tax.

Never heard of Kroger, I'm guessing that is either a REALLY good sale, or REALLY bad chicken. 😛 Though for sake of argument we probably should not count sales as that is too variable and random, but consider normal price.

One thing I was not thinking of though is produce, I typically buy a bundle, but a lot of stuff you can split up like bananas. So you could probably buy a single small fruit or very small chunk of grapes or something for under a dollar. I think lettuce is usually close to or even under a dollar for a head. I know a head of cauliflower was like 10 bucks at one point though, and all the other produce was more expensive too but I think it went back down.

 

[Svnla]

Never heard of Kroger, I'm guessing that is either a REALLY good sale, or REALLY bad chicken. 😛 Though for sake of argument we probably should not count sales as that is too variable and random, but consider normal price.

One thing I was not thinking of though is produce, I typically buy a bundle, but a lot of stuff you can split up like bananas. So you could probably buy a single small fruit or very small chunk of grapes or something for under a dollar. I think lettuce is usually close to or even under a dollar for a head. I know a head of cauliflower was like 10 bucks at one point though, and all the other produce was more expensive too but I think it went back down.

Kroger = one of the largest grocery stores chain in the world = https://www.thebalance.com/top-supermarket-retail-chains-2892136

Then you can get roma tomato for $1/lb, other fresh veggies and frozen veggies, and other goodies such as tuna can and other can foods.

 

[ElFenix]

OP needs to reconsider how many threads he starts.