Cereal - a box of cereal, 2.99 a few months ago - now over 4.00 a box. Tariffs???

[NRaleighLiberal]

I love to shop at Sprouts - like a far lower priced Whole Foods. I get a flake type cereal, and a Go Lean crunch - up until a few months ago, in the high 2s or low 3s per box. Went a few days ago - 4.29 for those same boxes of cereal....a big container of Tillamook ice cream was 3.99 - great ice cream less than a box of cereal? Got to be the orange asshole's brilliant tariff idea, right? I've not really noticed other impacts at this point, but...cereal?!

[hlthe2b]

1. Produce going up a lot (likely over Mexico tariff rumours) I don't eat processed foods much but

seemed like I saw some pretty high prices for frozen meals. Even milk--which supposedly is still in overproduction, is up at least 70 cents/gallon. Sadly to the latter, I doubt any of that is making its way to the dairy farmer.

Clothing, food, and every other essential is going to go way up--between China and Mexico.

I won't say what I want to say, but I'm guessing most here know...

[Ilsa]

2. Cost of transportation, probably.

For ingredients to get to processing center and then product to be shipped.

I guess it depends on where the ingredients come from, etc.

[TeamPooka]

5. people have been distracted from the fact that gasoline prices are way up

[customerserviceguy]

8. Perhaps in your part of the country

We're still paying around $2.50 a gallon here in SC.

[dalton99a]

3. I think retailers are taking advantage of the general upward trend and jacking up prices

on as many things as they can get away with

[Cicada]

4. Tariffs should make cereal here cheaper

If American farmers can’t export grains the price in the US will decline

[greymattermom]

6. What is it?

I haven't bought that in over 50 years.

[customerserviceguy]

7. I doubt

the ingredients in your cereal were subject to tariffs. That said, you got a sweet deal on the Tillamook ice cream, even on sale, it's 4.99 here, and I'm damned lucky to have it on the east coast!

Which flavor did you go for? I picked up vanilla bean and mint chocolate chip tonight.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. my go to are Mint Chocolate Chip and Tilamook Mudslide. YUM!

[Wounded Bear]

9. Prices have been up at my local Safeway for over a month...

I blame Trump.

[Empowerer]

11. THANKS, OBAMA!

[former9thward]

12. No.

Exactly what tariffs would affect it?

[Doreen]

13. The twenty four hour Walmart were I am

closed from midnight to six in the morning. Except for Christmas Christmas Walmart NEVER shuts. I am wondering if they were doing price changes?

[Recursion]

15. Probably inventory

They do that once a quarter usually

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

17. It's been daily for about a year

Except for two or three stores, all the Wal-Marts in the Las Vegas Valley are now closed from midnight to six. Same with most of the grocery chains here, when they used to be open 24 hours. Kind of a hassle in when you work graveyard and live in a town where pretty much everything is expected to be accessible 24/7. Thank goodness for WinCo.

[pecosbob]

14. I must have missed the part of the economic news that explained how they can charge

twenty bucks for a big package of toilet paper...

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. I think fresh produce has gotten really expensive.

I can still buy some Organic but it is pricey. I pay with 2 twenties and have just a couple little bags of things.

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Everything's up. Yogurt has gone from $1 to $1.24 in a day. That's

a flat out 24% increase.