It’s time again for the Grocery Benchmark Report. Actually I continue to be amazed by the relative stability of prices. I hate it when the data doesn’t match my hypothesis š However I do have some thoughts on why. 1. I am using ALDI for my source. It is quite possible that ALDI is purposely… Keep Reading
March Grocery Benchmark
It’s time again for the Grocery Benchmark Report! So what’s happening in the benchmark report this month? Well sugar and flour have gone up a bit since the start of the year and stayed up.Ā Of course flour was super cheap at ALDI at the beginning of the year-$.89 a 5lb bag!-so I expected a… Keep Reading
February Grocery Benchmark
It’s time again for the Grocery Benchmark Report. I’m starting to see some definite changes in prices since I started recording them last August.Ā The prices have remained fairly stable here locally since last month-the two biggest changes being sugar and flour, which were most likely heavily reduced to be “loss leaders” for the holidays… Keep Reading
January Grocery Benchmark
Well despite the fact that I never published it last month I have still been tracking grocery prices for our Grocery Benchmark Report.Ā I’ve decided to improve my format a bit. Each month I show the last two month’s prices on a set basket of “staple” grocery items.Ā I price all items at my local… Keep Reading
November Grocery Benchmark
What have the prices of groceries done this month?Ā Let’s see! Remember, I use Aldi’s prices for my benchmark report–they usually offer the lowest price in my area for staple items.Ā Also their limited choices make it easy on me-I don’t have to price 3 different brands of sugar-they just offer theirs! November Grocery Price… Keep Reading
September Grocery Price Benchmark Report
Last month I decided to start keeping track of a few key grocery ingredients and see what happens to the prices over time.Ā Each month somewhere around the middle of the month I will be posting the prices and show the change (if any) from the previous month. All items were priced at Aldi’s–which is… Keep Reading
August Grocery Benchmark Report
I’ve had this sort of crazy idea. You see, I’ve notice that prices sort of creep upwards on us-so slowly you don’t really notice it until one day you are standing at Aldi’s looking at the sugar and saying “What the heck-when did sugar get to be $2.69 for a 5lb bag!”. So I thought… Keep Reading
