People Are Sharing Once-Affordable Foods That Seem Like A Luxury In America Now, And Im Just Appalled By These Prices
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« A 72-count box of store-brand K-Cups is almost $30. A 64-ounce bottle of coffee creamer is almost $8. A 4-pound bag of sugar (shrinkflation; it used to be 5 pounds) is almost $10. These aren’t luxuries. »
« This is what they told me to do in order to be able to afford a mortgage! I don’t even live in a city, not even a large suburb. I’m 30 minutes from the closest Walmart, in a tiny town where almost 80% of the population lives below the poverty line. At this rate, I’ll never make it out. »
