The price of a gallon of milk ... remember the price wars?

[Safeway]

I can remember (not too long ago), there was a massive price war on milk. Tom Thumb (Randall's), Albertsons, Kroger, HEB, etc started selling milk at $1.19, then $1.09.

One store went to $0.89, and Kroger hit $0.69 before it was all over. Strangly, it was only on the gallon milks, the half gallon was still $1.00+.

Wtf. Milk for $0.69 a gallon?! Water was $1.00 to $2.00 at the time.

--------------

Another thing that bothers me. Mustard comes in big glass jars, and tiny glass jars. About 50% of the time I go to the store to buy mustard, the small jar is more expensive.

The same is true with those new 6 oz or 8 oz Cokes. They are more per can than traditional 12 oz drinks?! What are you paying them for?

--------------

Supply and Demand my ass.

 

[acemcmac]

gas $2.50 FTL :|

 

[ElFenix]

HEB and krogers never had it that cheap here

 

[Safeway]

Kroger has no 's' on the end

Never that low? This was in Dallas about 6-8 years ago.

 

[Huntress]

LOL the OP's nick is a chain of grocery stores :laugh:

 

[FoBoT]

never heard of it

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Milk prices tend to vary greatly depending on both time and region. In Wisconsin, milk at the chain stores is $1.69 for the generic (and $0.30 for the brand).

 

[Tom]

Stores will do that with a commodity like milk, because it gets people in the store.

And then they sell you COOKIES !

 

[loup garou]

Mustard in a jar? What is this, England?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Huntress
LOL the OP's nick is a chain of grocery stores :laugh:

Hehe

Cheers Huntress :beer:

 

[KarenMarie]

I remember ... when I was a little girl... my mother used to send me to the store for a pound of bologna, a pound of american cheese, a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk with $5.00 and i got change back.

i remember when two slices of pizza and a med coke was $1.00

I remember when at McDonalds ... a cheeseburger, med fries and med drink... got change back from a dollar.

i remember when gasoline was about $0.45 a gallon.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I remember ... when I was a little girl... my mother used to send me to the store for a pound of bologna, a pound of american cheese, a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk with $5.00 and i got change back.

i remember when two slices of pizza and a med coke was $1.00

I remember when at McDonalds ... a cheeseburger, med fries and med drink... got change back from a dollar.

i remember when gasoline was about $0.45 a gallon.

when was this? 50 years ago?

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
gas $2.50 FTL :|

It's $2.81 here. Be happy.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I remember ... when I was a little girl... my mother used to send me to the store for a pound of bologna, a pound of american cheese, a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk with $5.00 and i got change back.

i remember when two slices of pizza and a med coke was $1.00

I remember when at McDonalds ... a cheeseburger, med fries and med drink... got change back from a dollar.

i remember when gasoline was about $0.45 a gallon.

when was this? 50 years ago?

I was born in 1963

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I remember ... when I was a little girl... my mother used to send me to the store for a pound of bologna, a pound of american cheese, a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk with $5.00 and i got change back.

i remember when two slices of pizza and a med coke was $1.00

I remember when at McDonalds ... a cheeseburger, med fries and med drink... got change back from a dollar.

i remember when gasoline was about $0.45 a gallon.

I was looking through some old photos I took when i was a teenager, one is of a Sohio gas station, gas was .31 a gallon high test, .21 for regular.

McDonalds started out promoting a family of four could eat for less than $2.

The sad thing is, fast food drove almost all the Mom and Pop drive-ins out of business. Drive-ins are cool.

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: Tom

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I remember ... when I was a little girl... my mother used to send me to the store for a pound of bologna, a pound of american cheese, a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk with $5.00 and i got change back.

i remember when two slices of pizza and a med coke was $1.00

I remember when at McDonalds ... a cheeseburger, med fries and med drink... got change back from a dollar.

i remember when gasoline was about $0.45 a gallon.

I was looking through some old photos I took when i was a teenager, one is of a Sohio gas station, gas was .31 a gallon high test, .21 for regular.

McDonalds started out promoting a family of four could eat for less than $2.

The sad thing is, fast food drove almost all the Mom and Pop drive-ins out of business. Drive-ins are cool.

and then Lincoln was shot, and that's when the price gouging really took effect

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: daveymark

Originally posted by: Tom

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I remember ... when I was a little girl... my mother used to send me to the store for a pound of bologna, a pound of american cheese, a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk with $5.00 and i got change back.

i remember when two slices of pizza and a med coke was $1.00

I remember when at McDonalds ... a cheeseburger, med fries and med drink... got change back from a dollar.

i remember when gasoline was about $0.45 a gallon.

I was looking through some old photos I took when i was a teenager, one is of a Sohio gas station, gas was .31 a gallon high test, .21 for regular.

McDonalds started out promoting a family of four could eat for less than $2.

The sad thing is, fast food drove almost all the Mom and Pop drive-ins out of business. Drive-ins are cool.

and then Lincoln was shot, and that's when the price gouging really took effect

be careful whippersnapper, someday you'll be telling youngsters how you survived the GW Bush years !

 

[BrianH1]

gallon of milk in south carolina is 3.69. ouch.

 

[Safeway]

Stupid economy.

 

[OutHouse]

we get our milk delivered every tuesday night. We have a cooler on the porch the milk company gave us for thier deliery. the milk comes in 1/2 gallon glass jugs and a 1/2 gallon cost 1.80, and we have 4 gallons delivered every week along with a gallon chocolate milk and a gallong of orange juice, my monthly dairy bill is just about 80 bucks.

but its worth it, nothing compares to dairy milk. the grocery store milk taste like wate. and the dairy chocolate milk is so smooth and creamy that is almost better than sex.

wholesomemilkproducts.com

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Safeway
I can remember (not too long ago), there was a massive price war on milk. Tom Thumb (Randall's), Albertsons, Kroger, HEB, etc started selling milk at $1.19, then $1.09.

One store went to $0.89, and Kroger hit $0.69 before it was all over. Strangly, it was only on the gallon milks, the half gallon was still $1.00+.

Wtf. Milk for $0.69 a gallon?! Water was $1.00 to $2.00 at the time.

Yes, that was before the giant diary corporations used the struggle in the Middle West to jack milk prices up through the roof.

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I remember ... when I was a little girl... my mother used to send me to the store for a pound of bologna, a pound of american cheese, a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk with $5.00 and i got change back.

i remember when two slices of pizza and a med coke was $1.00

I remember when at McDonalds ... a cheeseburger, med fries and med drink... got change back from a dollar.

i remember when gasoline was about $0.45 a gallon.

that's just inflation.

agricultural goods is something else. blame the US Gov't for the subsidies. :|

 

[I Saw OJ]

LOL whenever a topic comes up like this around my father he always brings up how when he was in highschool he would eat lunch on 5 dollars a week and this is what he would order

2 double cheese burgers
1 large order of fries
1 large soda

I have prolly heard that story about a thousand times

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
Milk prices tend to vary greatly depending on both time and region. In Wisconsin, milk at the chain stores is $1.69 for the generic (and $0.30 for the brand).

Where the hell are you getting milk for $1.69? Samsclub is even $1.94 and that's the cheapest I can find it.

Most Pick n Saves and Jewels and such are more like $2.50