Earlier this week I posted about how a year ago we paid more than a dollar more a gallon for gas when we drove down to Florida. In the midst of this crazy economic crisis, people losing their jobs, stores closing, prices rising, the relatively low cost of gas is a small thing to be thankful for. The other day I discovered there is someting else too, the price of milk.
My family goes through a lot of milk. A few years ago when my kids were really little I would put 5 to 6 gallons in my cart at a time. Crazy, I know. Now it is more like 3 at a time, but I still am very aware of what I am paying for them. I always buy store brand, as I don't see an reason to pay more for a name brand milk as I can't tell any difference whatsoever. The 'expensive' grocery store near me had a gallon of skim milk for $3.69 not so long ago. The cheapest was at BJs for $2.99, and sometime $2.79. I would go out of my way to stop there for milk if I was driving by. However, a few weeks ago I noticed that the expensive store was selling it for $2.99, and much to my surprise, BJs was selling it for $2.19! A few months ago I read in article about wholesale clubs, BJs in particular, and it said the new CEO believed cutting the price on the basics to draw people in was good practice. Looks like they moved forward with that in addition to a drop in the price of milk overall.
So, the reality is ice cream manufacturers are downsizing their packages due to high costs, but the price of milk has dropped? Go figure. Maybe a better option would be to get a cow to graze in my back yard near the compost bin. The neighbors would love that!
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