Record Black Friday spending despite Fox News telling everyone the economy is terrible

[Fanatical Meat]

Living rural, I get eggs straight from the farmers for anywhere between $1.50 and $2.50 dozen. Sometimes they still have feather bits on them.

Farm eggs are far superior I envy you.

 

[sdifox]

Farm eggs are far superior I envy you.

obligatory

 

[hal2kilo]

Good thing food is a largely substitutable item. One thing too expensive, you pick a different food item.

On a related note, it would probably be good for Americans' health and the climate if we ate less red meat overall.

Chicken, pork, and surprisingly, shrimp.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Farm eggs are far superior I envy you.

One place I went to a while back ..... Amish girl runs out of the house barefoot, asks how many you want, then runs over to the chicken house to get them. A very LARGE chicken barn. Hundreds of feet long.

 

[hal2kilo]

Farm eggs are far superior I envy you.

Jerks around here think they are extra special being raised in their yards. $5 and up. They keep it up there's a chicken that keeps wandering onto my property that could end up in soup. I think it's hanging out with the deer who at least eat the only thing growing, butter cups.

 

[nakedfrog]

Eh, $5 menu item / $10 combo is the standard these days.
Suppose we should be glad they are holding the line at $5 "value" items.
But that headline had me wishing for a bit "more".

Yeah, this ain't it, they're going to have to do better if they want me to start showing up again. Five bucks for eight nuggets or two piece chicken?

 

[nOOky]

Farm eggs are far superior I envy you.

Doesn't your city have a farmer's market? Even if not it's worth the drive to hit some rural stuff like local honey, apples, eggs, produce, etc. All of our eggs are local, we get honey from bees on our land, and we can still get beef at around $4 a pound locally. The Amish and Hmong around us grow stuff and sell it at very reasonable prices.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Doesn't your city have a farmer's market? Even if not it's worth the drive to hit some rural stuff like local honey, apples, eggs, produce, etc. All of our eggs are local, we get honey from bees on our land, and we can still get beef at around $4 a pound locally. The Amish and Hmong around us grow stuff and sell it at very reasonable prices.

It does it’s just not consistent and when it’s there there is a sizable chance there will not be any eggs.

 

[Lanyap]

You are paying for packaging and logistics. Not so much the milk.

And marketing.

 

[Lanyap]

Companies are starting to feel the squeeze from consumers as they are cutting back on their spending on overpriced things. See McDonalds for example. Their profit/sales are down and it’s because consumers don’t see any value in what they offer. If people only understood the power they have by not purchasing things that have increased in price due to greed, this “inflation” would be over by now.

I was on the go this morning and I needed to get a drive through breakfast. I chose McDonald’s. First time I’ve been there in a couple of years. I ordered a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit and a medium hot coffee - $7.04. The biscuit was $4.69. Almost $5 for a B,E&CB!