Mom buys "bare minimum" at grocery story as tariffs threaten further price hikes
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- With grocery prices already more than 25% higher than five years ago, tariffs could spur increased costs for families already on a tight budget. Nancy Chen has more.
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That nobody saw this coming when they were fine with a president elect with clear dementia even before inaguration should tell you voting rights need to change.
You mean past president with clear dementia?
One of the best choices I made was to stop going out to eat and also no going out for coffee. Cheaper and healthier to eat at home if you shop at the right stores. 🍓🍎🥦🥒🥕
Tariffs are passed on to the consumer. Economics 101. Thank you, Donald Trump. So unnecessary!
So I guess you agree that paying a cashier or fast food worker 20 dollars an hour also increases prices. Or is that not passed to the consumer?
If only he had made it to 8th grade...
It's not just the tariffs that will increase food prices. Much of our produce is grown in California's Central Valley and it is picked and processed with the help of immigrants.
Legal?....
Drump just dumped all the Central Valley 2025 summer water.
And migrants are self deporting or hiding.
I thought this was the presidents fault? Oh wait, we have a Republican now. It’s no longer the presidents fault.
Do you eat food from China?
Prices sure rose suddenly and very high.
@frenchfriedratyeah when Biden got elected in 2020 prices surged!
Biden caused the inflation. Trumps only been in office for 2 wks.
The orange monstrosity conned America yet again!
Expect nothing but price increases for the next 4 years
so the same as we got the last 4 yrs then? so its no different than sleepy joe...
@@feetinthesand8486I’d like to remind you that prices were up before Biden came into office and that during Trump’s first term, y’all couldn’t even find toilet paper.
DEI is indeed ruining this country: Donald’s Extreme Incompetence.
@@feetinthesand8486 wait till your wallet gets light
@@imrytebeehyneu mine has been tight & light for the last four years so ill give orange man a bit of time before ill blame him
Lol. This is self inflicted.
TRUMP: "I DID THIS"
If you do a bad job, you would get fired. Trump is intentionally bad. Fire Trump. Impeach Trump.
He never cops to anything. Mr. Zero Accountability. Mr. FAFO.
Nope, the boy wonder potato did this
Inflation has been going on for the past 4 years.
I have a garden and greenhouse. Ate fresh broccoli today. I have a lemon tree, avocado, pineapple and strawberries growing right now! Grow your own! It is healthier. And actually 'greener'.
Horrible amounts of work with little yield to show for it.
@@Cerulean0987 the work is enjoyable. I'm disabled. If I can do it anyone can.
@@Cerulean0987 the work is enjoyable. I'm disabled. If I can do it anyone can.
@@Cerulean0987 the work is enjoyable. I'm disabled. If I can do it anyone can.
@@jodyyoung2726 Funny that you mention it, I too am disabled, but I can't do it. I have mobility issues.
We’re losing
You lost
Not me!😂
america voted to be international losers LOL!
We lost on November 5th!
Thanks Trump for the epic genius moves on the economy.
@@ChosenOne6666 Oh didn't you hear the news? The condos he is going to build in Gaza will somehow save our economy (insert eye roll). WTF. I blame the MAGA Morons and those who couldn't bother to vote. I did my part for 3 straight elections. GO BIRDS 💚🦅🏈
we're less than 2 weeks in, what part of trumps policy is responsible for this? pfft go back to msnbc
@c1278-w2l but 2 weeks in and have signed many executive immediate orders why cant he sign orders to help reduce cost of living?
@@c1278-w2l Did you watch the video or did you just start blathering? The prices for produce at my local market went up by more than half this week. Keep making excuses for Trump, though.
@@c1278-w2l Pfff. Name calling and insults are classic signs of dementia
$2 for one apple? Nah, you are not going to the right store and you are not doing bare minimum.
You don't know where they live. Those are the prices in California. Eggs are $9 to $15 a dozen. $250 a week gets you very little here, even if you buy non organic at budget stores.
Ohio they are worse than that.
That's crazy, I already think 0.50 cents for an apple is a lot (Netherlands), which is the price if you buy like 6 apples in a cardboard box. I also saw a clip the other day of $3 paprika's. Those prices are much much higher than even here where the grocery prices have gone up quite a bit (although a bit lower now).
I bought a tomato the other day and it was $1.50!!!!! You must not buy fresh fruit and veggies...this is how much they cost now.
@@2mangossure they are . I live in FL and they’re less than $2 POUND!!😂
Rice, beans and potatoes. Bananas for dessert.
Not if you're diabetic. Carbs are cheap, and hurts your health.
No rice and beans
Deer meat with green beans , fresh tomatoes , and fresh carrots cooked in butter and brown sugar ..total cost about .75 cents ..we ate fish last night ..our cost ..33 cents with hush puppies and fries 👍..buy we don't buy much at store
.coffee sugar and flour mostly
And the neighbor cat.
I don't shop every week. I go every other month or two. Yes, I do spend a lot, last week, I spent over $1000. But I don't have a car to maintain, children, Cable & other things. I was taught to manage money. I'm a Senior Citizen and "up in years". Still above the grass 😊...
You don’t buy vegetables and fruits, I can see. Because they don’t last a month or two.
@RoxanneM- ....Yes, I buy mostly fresh fruit but not so many fresh vegetables. I bought a new refrigerator in September and it keeps things a lot better than the other one did that I had. I get a lot of frozen meals and I keep canned food. I'm not into cooking as much as I was . Right now, I have potatoes, Squash and Broccoli crowns, plus, onions. I will combine a broccoli crown with some Squash and onions and cook them in the microwave.
@@dianamoore2241 frozen meals and canned food Sorry you were not taught to manage money. LOL Maybe you just wanted to say that to make yourself feel good
@@Amira2.00....Ha !! You are so wrong about that!!!!. Thanks for your comment 😂...
@@Amira2.00maybe you can ask Chuck Schumer who's worth 81 million dollars to help you out with your grocery bills he has two yards along with Nancy pelosi is worth over $150 million in a nice match and maybe she can help you out because they really don't care and they have been the problem now for 50 years so let's quit blaming everybody else start blaming the way you vote😂
Aldi is cheap. They don’t have that?
Aldi for the win 🏆
They do. And that woman shops at Sprouts, which is one of the overly priced grocery stores.
If you spend 250 at aldis. You're gold for 2 or 3 weeks
Aldi is not in my area. :(
@@connielok5900that was Stew Leonards . Don’t know where you got Sprouts from
This lady is in Sprouts which is one of the MOST expensive stores in my area! Buy apples in bags and pay $1 to $1.25 per pound. Stop buying processed. I can make muffins, tortillas, bread easily and cheaply at home plus it tastes much better than the store. Do what our grandparents did-- serve soup, bread, starch, beans veggies.Make meat a seasoning.
This is Stew Leonard’s, not Sprouts
Who cares about all the businesses that make food. Only support wheat growers! And our farmers who are beholden to big agro!!
I gotta invest in salt!
Please ask yourself why you are so quick to harshly judge her, you would have had a tantrum if she dared brought ice cream. Those billionaires got you attacking her instead of you realizing they have taken over the treasury and are going steal us blind and all human beings can’t eat, cook and shop the same exact way, that’s why we are called individuals.
So the solution for the poor is to live like how the poor lived in like 1890-1200 peasants??? Wow jeez thanks capt obvious.
Just dried bread, oatmeal and whatever unhealthy quemical trash that they find?
No F that! I just get rich and eat whatever i want whenever i want like a KING 😂. High class go, now there is a difference between middle and upper middle classes. Lets GO!
Sounds like a recipe for instant diabetes. Guess that’s the American way.
Yes, but trumps billionaire friends can now buy their 10th house. So all this is worth it. We have to make sure Elon can go into space and not lose money.
😂😂😂
America, you voted for him and look what you got?
Look what we got? Dude been in office for 2 weeks! I work in grocery stores and the prices sky rocketed under Biden leadership! Give Trump about 3 months and prices will start going down! Remember when tariffs hit countries being affected will come back to the table. We are now the boss.
Pure joy. Trump❤
Yup! It was never about eggs.
Yup. Two weeks in office did this. Not the 4 years of the old demented one. Brilliant
Trump all the way, baby
Don't worry about the price of eggs Trump is the goose that lays the golden eggs😂😂😂
Depends where you shop. Why didn’t the press say anything like this in 2021 when prices of food went to 40 percent.
They did!! Corporate greed was talked about but everyone blamed Biden instead. Nothing has changed except now, a madman is in office. I didn't vote for him. GO BIRDS 💚🦅🏈
They did
@grod805 Exactly. People hear what they want to hear. Like Jeffrey. Take care and GO BIRDS 💚🦅🏈
I was on food stamps in 2021 and had to budget alot. The prices are much higher now
Because this is self inflicted.
People complained about prices before election, blaming president Biden, things were improving, but people thought trump could fix it.
Still believing in cnn😂😂
Those people are SOOOO DUMB and easily manipulated by Con Man Donald Trump.
@@burningman1239 like FOX will lie
Thing were improving. What planet do you live on?
Don't start spinning this, saying the tariffs are to blame. People were paying too much before Trump.
paying more now.
@dw7647 not yet. If you are maybe consider how much the owners will inflate prices for their profit. How gas companies make record profits when gas prices surge.
@ tariffs are literally a tax on imports. Of course, companies are going to pass it on to the consumers.
The media won't talk about the junk food that people eat. Put down those $6 bags of Lay's. Cut out the Oreos and other Cookies. When you decide to remove the Junk and other food's you want over what you need there will be a big difference in a Grocery Bill.
Especially if you live on an SSD check, its difficult.
Well that didn’t take long. Trump: promises made, promises broken.
his tarriffs arent even in effect yet. you guys have issues. its been high for 4 yrs and a week after he takes office you blame him lmao. i feel for yalls lack of critical thinking ability.
@@feetinthesand8486 “y’all” need to wake up. It’s not about blame. Moving forward it will get much worse - on trumps watch. Will it still be Biden fault?
@@feetinthesand8486 why has Elon Musk taken the free tax return portal from the irs and placed it all in private company hands??
@ the tariffs don’t need to be enacted to have impact. it is Trump‘s erratic, senseless, blurting out of threats, challenges and chaos that are quickly causing disruption in economy and global relations. He would do this on day one remember? day one! he said.
@@stevejaffe9543 you poor thing. the media has got you hooked! for tarriffs to affect you, you are gonna have to wait atleast a month. he just now installed them, they been effective for 24 hours. your prices have been HIGH FOR 4 YEARS!!! gosh i feel for you guys. so delusional its sad.
I bought the bare minimum today at the grocery store.
Not because I couldn't afford more, but because the shelves were MISSING lots of products.
Fresh fruits and vegetables. MISSING!!
Meats. MISSING!
Breads. MISSING!
I purchased only 5 of the 15 products I had gone to purchase because the others were MISSING!
Thanks DJT! You A$$!
store all over have items and heck i have been driving from store to store picking up different items my whole life and with orange man ''bad'' he's been in office two weeks so calm down with your TDS
Yeh turns out advacado toast isn't really all that good ...grow you some food ..get ya grow tent and grow some food lol
@@williamjones6053 like you got a garden in your apartment? 😂
@imrytebeehyneu ok bud ..I ain't rented nothing since 1994 ...but you believe whatever ya want ..we folks down here in Mississippi know the value of hard work and home ownership 👍
@@imrytebeehyneu and I ain't bought store bought since before COVID ..we raise hogs ,chickens ,rabbits ,..I fish and hunt our states waters and woods which are very good btw ..sorry man
Only rich people gonna live
Mass deportations will raise prices too. Who's going to do agriculture work once immigrants are deported? Not including construction and Landscaping work.
They don’t all work in the fields in California. I’m sure the fields will be the last place for an ICE raid unless there is a person who is a clear threat to safety.
Imagine what prices will be in 5-10 years… hopefully I’m dead by then 😂
It is 60 percent .
Glad I stocked up heavily before Jan 20th
On perishables? Alright, best of luck!
Co-President Elon is too busy digging through your personal records.
Special government employee 😵😵💫🙄
Regarding food inflation. The media will talk about everything except the MAIN reason for it: Climate Change! You don't think floods, hurricanes, wildfires, etc, don't affect farms and ranches? Well: In the last year, 32% of all food grown was destroyed by climate disasters. With anti-climate change, Trump, expect that 32% to reach 40%! So don't expect falling prices! By the way, I am in England, and we currently have over 100 farms underwater because of record flooding!
Muh "climate change🙃
"Drill baby drill", it's the answer of Donald to the climate change, so if the prices are related to climate change, they will soar even more.
Weoponized weather and solar storms
"The sky is falling" main stream media
And you eat it up
@@gamingtonight1526 look up and see all the chemtrails... that's where the flooding is coming from
the rich and famous shop at that store
It's tough for rich people too.
@@P.90.603no it’s not
@@cindytrayer4279 You're not rich.
@@P.90.603 🤣🤣🤣 you’re funny. I just retired at 61 yo!! I’m actually quite smart with money.
The news anchors don't know about ALDI 😂😂
Can't believe people believed him when he said he would lower prices - he's a conman
Most people aren't smart.
Trumpenomics.
So Bidenomics didn't have any inflation over the last 4 years? Seriously?😂
250 a week in grocery ??? Guess it’s too late to realize that maybe 1 child is enough
And shopping at Sprouts to boot!! I have no sympathy for stupidity.
No, it’s not the time to buy the bare minimum.
Now is the time to stockpile
The present situation has nothing to do with tariffs.
Did you heard that Trump supporters? Groceries prices can't go down😂😂😂
Cheaper in my area
Hmm, now how can the GOP blame this on Biden?
He (dementia joe) opened the border wide open and handed out free cash, housing, healthcare, to millions of illegal border crossers. Who do you think pays for that?
By 2050, a dozen eggs will cost 100 dollars.
Just another excuse for corporations to raise prices on everything and gouge consumers. Thanks Trump.
I'm from the Northeast and could never understand the obsession with avocados. It's always the thing that people get nuts over if unavailable or too expensive. I've lived my entire 67 years without eating them and I'm sane and healthy. We eat basic foods and cook everything from scratch. Two adults under $300 a month.
Right ..we grow most of our stuff ..or hunt and fish ..we spend less than 100 a month buying flour ,sugar, and coffee , milk and cheese
And you’re probably pretty healthy too if you’re cooking from scratch. I live on steamed vegetables. I’m single and I spend about $300 a month on groceries. I eat like a king on vegetables and I drink coffee with cream in the morning. That’s about it. I’m not overweight and my belly is always full. 🤷✅
This is Stew Leonard’s. Stop and Shop down the hill is much less expensive
Stop and Shop is expensive where I live.
Where the hell is she shopping cause that’s sure not Walmart.
Walmart doesn't care that there is a pause on Mexico tariff. I buy cilantro 2 or 3 times a week. It just went up 19%, from $0.57 to $0.68.
Grow it. Very easy to grow in a container.
I've been paying that price for 8 months TN
You can grow that in ziplock bag of dirt in a south facing window ..buying cilantro 😂😂
Trump needs to keep his promise lower grocery prices! We are all struggling
Do you really think he cares about your groceries?
@@Kingdomrevelations416 you vote for him?
to low prices Trump must stop tariff wars
Trump was suppose to work out a gas deal w/russia. Now russia down w/brics. Smh. Thanks for the pause. I dont feel like paying 20 dollars for 6 🥑. 💯
$2! You can get six apples for less than that in the UK. 25 pence each.
I guess we all gonna have to eat our cats and dogs now, with this food prices.
Wage increase wont happen
Hasn’t happened. Everything went up except pay.
Pay went up but trump against raising minimum wage
@@paxundpeace9970 i see
@paxundpeace9970 That's not up to the govt
Way to go republicans! This is Trump's idea of giving you cheaper eggs and groceries. What a bunch of dolts. smh
250 a week. Do you have 10 kids? You can make 2 pounds of spaghetti with sauce for 6 bucks
They should give eligible Senior Citizens and Veterans the max foodstamp allowance for a single person.
We are hyperinflation .
Red states step up with help
I'm eliminating food waste. About to start feeding my dog homemade food and table scraps. Better than canned dog food at such high prices. Also, doing everything in my power to reduce energy usage- cooking several meals in same pot or same oven, freezing leftovers and warming up. It's been an eye opener to see how much energy my oven uses for one meal.
Stop whining! He said he will implement these tariffs and the majority of Americans voted for it!
Think about making some changes to what your buying.
Dont buy bread. Buy flour and cornmeal.
Dont have a bowl of cereal. Eat baked oats, overnight oats, or even make a batch of homemade instant oatmeal.
Incorporate cheaper, quality protiens as a main dinner item like eggs, beans and peanuts vs beef, chicken and pork. I haven't heard of a dry beans recall, ever.
Grown whatever you can. There are lots of things that can be grown in small spaces. Concider indoor hydroponics units.
Vegtable soup (containing beans) with fresh bread is an absolutely fantastic meal and can be made wirh whatever veggies are in season.
I don't buy imports produce ,avocado 🥑, Modelo or corona or crown Royal or import shrimp 🍤 we have local produce and Gulf Shrimp 🦐
Groceries were expensive before tariffs
You can't say it's not democracy. It is.
When the xl keystone pipeline shutdown prices of goods and services has gone up 60 %.
One pipeline did all that? Lol. No.
Why are people so broke?
It's not the cost of the eggs...
It's the Armoured Vehicle to transport them that costs too much!
At any rate. Americans need to be in a diet.
Kroger®Long Grain Rice at 5 lb costs $3.59 and at 10 lb $6.99.
A 10 lb bag of uncooked rice can yield roughly around 12K calories of cooked rice.
In good times, eat rice every single day.
In bad times, eat rice porridge.
In very bad times, eat watery rice porridge.
Add some kind of flavoring like soy sauce.
Buy up some frozen vegetables and steam up. Add some salt or soy sauce for flavor. Eat with the rice bowl or rice porridge bowl. Add some tofu for protein.
Price increase is not due to supply chain problem & other issues enumerated by the reporter. It's price gauging... pure & simple. Same thing happening here in the Philippines. And the government is impotent to do anything about it. Suffer the people!! 😡😡🤬🤬
How about the media 📺 🎤 call out the banks 🏦 for charging 28% credit 💳 that people purchase the groceries with 🥪 🥤. High prices, high borrowing costs will tip this economy into recession soon...
Lmao we been buying bare minimum stop it. Yall promote fear but didn't run this story the whole last year did ya? Grow your own food folks. Let's stop relying on the big guy who never looks out for us anyway. Find local eggs and producers there are many.
thankyou for talking sence,,,,,the panic is already setting in,,,
Big guys are the main players, not the victims . Plus, local things are mostly organic and more expensive than none organic. When things decide to go up , nobody can stop it .
🤔 Meat, eggs, and dairy are heavily government subsidized in US. That's why they're cheaper here than in Europe, Asia, etc. Same for gas prices. Lowest in the world except OPEC countries. Without the Feds making life easier, we'd probably be a lot slimmer and healthier.
They've been running these stories for the last 3 years.
The fruit isn’t coming from China? This article makes no sense. They didn’t mention Columbia but we also have few goods from there. The biggest one is coffee
Not going to find low prices at a Whole Foods…haha
I can’t find food at the grocery store before this because I’m allergic to corn which makes me allergic to soy and wheat
America needs to buy food products from our own country
Then your store will be half stocked .
Farmers use corn to make ethanol. Not feed cattle.
You got what you voted for. - Baby Boi Donald
did we? cause hes been there for a week while biden did this over the last 4 yrs. why is it just now news to you that prices are high? bidens admin made it this way for the last 4 yrs and you are blaming the guy thats been there a week, his tarriffs arent even in affect yet. honestly what is with you guys?
It’s been like 9 days lol delete this app
I sure did and I’m loving it
Cry harder 😢
Baby boi.
What I’m finding high is just the price of going out for breakfast. Forget about stopping for lunch anywhere.
So if you "must" eat out, the $5 McD meal deal seems cheaper than breakfast.However I can make meals at home for fifty cents to $1 that are more filling and delicious. I batch cook and freeze. I even cook plain pasta and plain rice to freeze in portions for nights when I'm in a hurry.
I hunt , fish , raise a garden ,and pig..I don't pay nothing for a meal ..except the few pennies in seasonings and the storage containers and electricity to use vacuum sealer
Everyone should have a farm and grow their own food!
LoL is someone practicing for X Factor 2:55
I don't eat avocados and produce from Mexico but my grocery bill is still high
Mine just went down
So we are surprised if some people eating cats. Come here kitty.....
Thanks Donald Trump it won't be long and the United States will be in a recession thank you Donald Trump😂😂😂😂 I'm already counting the days until you're out of office
We all are.
Trump❤
I only spent $200 a month I make all my meals
This explains why President Musk is firing Trump. At least Trump has the option of resigning with 8 months of pay.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Stop being so poor
That is Stew Leonard's she would be better off shopping at Costco.
CBS is so biased it's cringe
You're not very smart.
Are they biased, or are you just hurt by the truth?
@ He was against inflation under Biden, but now for it under Trump...😅🤣😂. You can't make this sht up!
@@P.90.603No, more like still against it. But now that the adults are in charge again.
@ The reason why we had inflation is because Trump ran the country on credit cards and gave the bill to Biden. Now it's going to get worst due to tariffs. Republicans imposed tariffs before The Great Depression.
next time interview an actual american in the grocery store. hard to take someone with a thick accent complaining about prices seriously …
racist bot
Go to local farmers markets and buy local..
I'm getting tired of always something new to fear or worry about on the news. It's getting old with the fear mongering
Move to a plant-based diet canned beans are cheap and you can get a pound and a half of spinach spring mix at Costco for $5.50.
She spending 250 a week he’ll I get by with about 150 a month and I’m disabled and 65 and I do most of my shopping at dollar store where I get my groceries and fresh vegetables is out of the question if I get vegetables it in a can
You people who voted for Trump
Here u go!!! Thank so much
I did and I’m loving it
You’re welcome!!
🙄 Not really true about "unable to afford to eat healthy." It's the already processed, pre-made stuffs that are expensive. Dry beans, legumes, potatoes, leafy veg, pasta, canned sardines/tuna, etc., stretch a long way pennywise. There are THOUSANDS of online videos available for gourmet meals on a budget. This woman is clueless.
She's talking about tasty food. Most of the food you mention...no point in living if you live that way
@@P.90.603 It all depends on how you make it and your psychology. For example, Taco Bell's "beef" was always popular for decades until someone found out that it's mostly "textured vegetable protein". Now they put in real beef but, so what, didn't make it healthier or taste better.
@ You know what i mean!
@@P.90.603 😉 Not really, because I'm an informed adult who knows how to do more than reheat food.
@ You're just a health snob. Trying to convince people to eat healthier food that is not worth living for.
we need to thanks to trump tariff , they will make MAGA cry harder
Propaganda piece.... what's with the t-shirt??
Grocery prices and dictatorship on day one. Liar in chief
@@_Meng_Lan😂😂
Everything has been going up even before the tariffs. We don’t get a lot of groceries from China so impact of food should be minimum. Look people, no one says this is going to be easy, but would you rather have another country control US destiny or take back control now and be prosperous later? Kicking the can down the road is NO OPTION. And so far the tariffs on Mexico and Canada is on hold since they are negotiating, so that means produces prices are not impacted. And main stream media can quit creating fear with your doom and gloom.
cracks me up yall didnt cry high prices the last 4 yrs when they been up already, but a week into a new admin and you are all up in arms about it. i guess its ok for dems to raise prices, but not the other side...
to be fait trump said he would lower prices day one but us "Dems" know he is a liar!
THANK YOU!!!
Did the war in Ukraine end in 24 hours and food prices ended in day one?
@@tomnguyen9931 so trump lied.
Have u been living under a rock? Ppl have been complaining about high prices even before Trump
Where are the trumpers???? THIS IS FOR YOU. THANKS TRUMPERS
$250 for 5 kid 2 adult a week? that's bare minimum? yea right sure, i guess. must be living in beverly hills or something
Why would you even question her, and you don't even know her.
It seems like the person you voted for altered the way you think 🤔
You don't know what's up a job she has because even people get paying jobs can struggle
Obviously she doesn't scratch cook, shop stores on rotation to get loss leaders/markdowns, etc. Those are top grade apples. I buy bags of apples at $1.25/pound.