Food bank only had raisins. My food stamps were cut by two thirds. Inflation is way up. Specific shortages. I asked some people around me and they’re also struggling. No emergency announcements. Feels like a cover up. I heard US shale oil is peaking. All this and I live in the central valley of California, ag central. I should have food easily, instead it’s a struggle.
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Oh cheer up already. All you have to do is guess who the king is. Really making a big deal out of this.
Prices have been going down around here.
Sorry to hear about your struggle. Food costs are up.
U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS - Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes
Looks like:
- fast food outpaced everything
- $10 worth of groceries in May 2023 cost $10.10 in May 2024… seem like more? :)
I mostly shop at Costco and am not struggling so maybe my perspective is skewed but it seems like food prices have been coming down recently, and I haven’t noticed any shortages. If you think it feels like things are being covered up that sounds a little paranoid and conspiratorial to me, food distribution in the US is a huge and complicated system involving a whole lot of people, it seems completely implausible that a cover up of a major food crisis would even be possible. There’s just too many people who would notice (and there isn’t any kind of centralized hierarchy involved that could pull something like that off). I don’t see the relevance of shale oil production, the US produces plenty of oil to be both self sufficient and one of the largest oil exporters in the world. If you’re concerned the US doesn’t have enough oil or something like that you really shouldn’t be.
I mean I don’t see how it has anything to do with allegations of a secret food crisis, it seems like a non sequitur.
How did the price of oil affect the raisins in the shelf? Why relate the two?
It’s so strange. There’s this really large divide happening in America. And I am not even talking about a political one. It’s a huge class one, and you’re either on the side of the fence that doesn’t seem to think much of anything is going on, or you’re drowning every day with something new being thrown at you ever other second. More people are depending on pantries than ever before. If you’ve got time, consider grabbing from a variety of banks over sticking to just one. Could save your life. Other suggestion is grabbing the world’s largest thing of pinto beans and rice (Walmart will ship) and living off of that and a multi-vitamin for as long as you can. Add in some veggies if you can, use the scraps for broth. Best of luck, it looks like folks got your back anyways.