[PLUG-TALK] not software ... rising Fred Meyer grocery prices?

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Sat Dec 3 16:28:07 UTC 2016


On 12/03/2016 12:58 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> Fred Meyer is the largest full size grocery store near
> me, and I've bought groceries there for decades.  In the
> last six months, I've watched prices on common food items
> go up 30%, and veggies and organics increasing 50%.
> Pharmacy generics are up as much as 300%.  Has anyone
> else noticed this?  Maybe I just buy weird stuff.
>
> My guess is that Kroger is burnishing their bottom
> line so they can sell Fred Meyer to another chain.

Possibly, but it could be more general than that. This was in USA Today 
the day before  yesterday:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/12/01/kroger-sees-lower-profit-food-prices-sag/94688798/

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Regards,

Dick Steffens




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