Groceries

I just read an article on how to save at the grocery store. One suggestion is to "look high and low" for items. Stores put the higher-priced items at eye-level, easily seen. They often put the lower-priced goods in out-of-reach places (as if having to look or reach down or up a foot or two is too inconvenient!). But wait! Sometimes they put "premium-priced" goods higher or lower, reasoning people who want them will reach up or down for the "premium" product. Huh? Which is it? Higher or lower cheaper or more expensive? Shouldn't we, then, just look all over?

Am I the only one who's noticed how high grocery prices have risen? Milk, a gallon on sale, is now $2.50. Soda, on sale, is $4 a 12-pack. Ground chunk, on sale, is $2.99 a pound. The list goes on. If the election question is, "Are you better off today than you were four years ago? The answer is nope, at least not at the grocery store. What's Obama's retort to that one?

While I'm at it, Cheeseburger Deluxes at Wendy's just went up 40%, from 99 cents to $1.39. 40%? Isn't that "greedy?" I guess it's back to McD's for the McDouble. Being independently wealthy, of course, I can afford the 40 cents. This is a matter of principle.