$18 Combos and $3 Hashbrowns got McDonalds rethinking all these price hikes.

[konceptjones]

The cost of baby formula is crazy and if your baby needs a specialized formula???View attachment 1263762

I remember my eldest called me in a bit of a panic right before we moved talmbout how high formula was and she needed some and she wasn't gettin' hours and dude was waiting on some new job to start. I went up to Smith's (Kroger) and copped 4 containers of the one she needed with the orange label and that shit ran me damned near $150. I'm like shit, what do you do when you're poor and not producing breast milk anymore???

 

[AP3.0]

So you go high sugar for no reason. dna did you dirty.

Hereditary my boy.

Adult onset type 1 or some shit they told me years ago when I was diagnosed

 

[konceptjones]

Hereditary my boy.

Adult onset type 1 or some shit they told me years ago when I was diagnosed

Wife had childhood onset type 1 except she was the only person in her family that ever had it. They couldn't find anyone on any side of the family that had ever been diagnosed with type 1.

 

[Tayboo]

I remember my eldest called me in a bit of a panic right before we moved talmbout how high formula was and she needed some and she wasn't gettin' hours and dude was waiting on some new job to start. I went up to Smith's (Kroger) and copped 4 containers of the one she needed with the orange label and that shit ran me damned near $150. I'm like shit, what do you do when you're poor and not producing breast milk anymore???

That good old WIC. I had it when I had my oldest and it was a godsend cause there was no way I could afford formula at that time.

 

[Playmaker88]

I saw strawberries for damn near 9 dollars the other day

 

[Los216]

That good old WIC. I had it when I had my oldest and it was a godsend cause there was no way I could afford formula at that time.

We had WIC when it was just us and our first son. I make too much money now.

I just did our taxes last week and I was looking though old W2's and shit. I found a WIC book from 2010 back when the whole book looked like a check book.

In 2010 for WIC we got $12 on fruits and vegetables, $8 on bread, $10 on milk and eggs, $12 on cereal, and $8 on cheese. I think we had like 4 each for the whole month for 1 book. Even with WIC the prices now are so high that WIC wouldn't cover 2 weeks of any of that shit.

Saw a paystub from 2009 and in 1 month we made $920. Our rent was $550. Daycare with a voucher was $31 per week for one kid. That's $246 left to pay phone bills, utilities, food, gas, etc. Our car was was a beater that was paid for.

So even when you're broke and getting shit like WIC it still feels like you're behind the 8 ball.

Now the reward for making a helluva lot more money is no WIC, 4x the housing cost, more than triple the cost of food and gas, daycare is $1,500 per month for 1 child, and every single bill is higher.

I just bought a container of formula from Target and it was $64. The though of us paying $64 for 1 container of formula in 2009 would've been dystopian to us. Like literally some crazy ass shit to even consider and we breastfed all of our kids. A $64 container of formula in 2009 would've had me seriously considering alternative methods of making money that would involve crime and violence. Now I just go and cop a $64 container of formula but I know that there's parents who see that shit and can't fathom paying that much for it right now. I know our minds would not have been able to process that shit in 2009.

 

[Los216]

I saw strawberries for damn near 9 dollars the other day

We're seriously considering growing food this year. I'm thinking about planting anything that I can. I got some fruits and some stuff to make salad for the Super Bowl and it was $62.

1 Watermelon
2 Cantelopes
1 LB Green Grapes
1 LB red Grapes
1 LB Cherries
2 Containers of Strawberries
2 Heads of Green Lettuce
1 Red Cabbage
1 Bag of Carrots
1 Bag of Celery

$62 for that. The Cherries and Red Grapes and insanely high. Most of the fruit is average tasting right now too. My wife loves to say that's because whatever we're getting isn't in season but that shit has been going on for years now. The Bananas and Strawberries are spoiling less than 4 days after buying them. So not only is the shit high, it's not even that good.

 

[BlackRain]

We had WIC when it was just us and our first son. I make too much money now.

I just did our taxes last week and I was looking though old W2's and shit. I found a WIC book from 2010 back when the whole book looked like a check book.

In 2010 for WIC we got $12 on fruits and vegetables, $8 on bread, $10 on milk and eggs, $12 on cereal, and $8 on cheese. I think we had like 4 each for the whole month for 1 book. Even with WIC the prices now are so high that WIC wouldn't cover 2 weeks of any of that shit.

Saw a paystub from 2009 and in 1 month we made $920. Our rent was $550. Daycare with a voucher was $31 per week for one kid. That's $246 left to pay phone bills, utilities, food, gas, etc. Our car was was a beater that was paid for.

So even when you're broke and getting shit like WIC it still feels like you're behind the 8 ball.

Now the reward for making a helluva lot more money is no WIC, 4x the housing cost, more than triple the cost of food and gas, daycare is $1,500 per month for 1 child, and every single bill is higher.

I just bought a container of formula from Target and it was $64. The though of us paying $64 for 1 container of formula in 2009 would've been dystopian to us. Like literally some crazy ass shit to even consider and we breastfed all of our kids. A $64 container of formula in 2009 would've had me seriously considering alternative methods of making money that would involve crime and violence. Now I just go and cop a $64 container of formula but I know that there's parents who see that shit and can't fathom paying that much for it right now. I know our minds would not have been able to process that shit in 2009.

This breakdown needs to be shown to alot of folks who think the whole thing of governemnt assistance is just people buying frivolous shit

 

[SeaSnake]

We need to vote for that dude from the rent is too damn high party

 

[Los216]

This breakdown needs to be shown to alot of folks who think the whole thing of governemnt assistance is just people buying frivolous shit

That's mostly because the whole concept of welfare and government assistance has been branded as a racist attack against Black people. My wife used to be a cashier at the grocery store when we first met. The amount of white people on WIC and food stamps even in the predominantly Black area where we were was almost double the amount of Black folks. In fact, the majority of Black folks who were on food stamps were elderly.

When I was a kid my mom made just a little too much more than the cutoff for getting food stamps. She missed the income threshold by like a couple hundred dollars which doesn't help when you have 4 kids and are a single parent.

I've never known most people who were on stamps or WIC to even splurge like that. What most people don't realize is that the ones who are getting the most usually have the most mouths to feed and while they are buying more food on stamps they are consuming that shit twice as fast as the average family.

 

[AP3.0]

We're seriously considering growing food this year. I'm thinking about planting anything that I can. I got some fruits and some stuff to make salad for the Super Bowl and it was $62.

1 Watermelon
2 Cantelopes
1 LB Green Grapes
1 LB red Grapes
1 LB Cherries
2 Containers of Strawberries
2 Heads of Green Lettuce
1 Red Cabbage
1 Bag of Carrots
1 Bag of Celery

$62 for that. The Cherries and Red Grapes and insanely high. Most of the fruit is average tasting right now too. My wife loves to say that's because whatever we're getting isn't in season but that shit has been going on for years now. The Bananas and Strawberries are spoiling less than 4 days after buying them. So not only is the shit high, it's not even that good.

I'ma start growing food at my next house

 

[Los216]

We need to vote for that dude from the rent is too damn high party

The current rent in our $550 2009 apartment is $1150. Same building. No upgrades. Same landlords. Twice as much.

 

[IceManKamReturns]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh!!!

I "joke" about this shit but it really ain't no joke: Damned near every time I go to the grocery store to get some shit I'm spending $50 per trip. I finally bought a smallish upright freezer so I can stock up on meats and shit, so sometimes I can cut it down, but in general I could be shopping for dinner for one night and grabbing essentials we might need and the shit is almost always a minimum of $50. If I grab shit for a week I'm looking at no less than $200 and it ain't but three of us in the crib. $200 used to feed our family of 6 for a week.

Plus god forbid a nigga have to reup on cleaning supplies and other essentials

 

[konceptjones]

This breakdown needs to be shown to alot of folks who think the whole thing of governemnt assistance is just people buying frivolous shit

WIC only allows you to buy precisely what they say, down to the brand and amount in the container.

SNAP (aka "food stamps") allows you to buy any type of food item regardless of brand, nutrition content, etc. That's where the "frivolous shit" comes from.

 

[Inori]

We're seriously considering growing food this year. I'm thinking about planting anything that I can. I got some fruits and some stuff to make salad for the Super Bowl and it was $62.

1 Watermelon
2 Cantelopes
1 LB Green Grapes
1 LB red Grapes
1 LB Cherries
2 Containers of Strawberries
2 Heads of Green Lettuce
1 Red Cabbage
1 Bag of Carrots
1 Bag of Celery

$62 for that. The Cherries and Red Grapes and insanely high. Most of the fruit is average tasting right now too. My wife loves to say that's because whatever we're getting isn't in season but that shit has been going on for years now. The Bananas and Strawberries are spoiling less than 4 days after buying them. So not only is the shit high, it's not even that good.

let @AP2.5 tell it you can get one slice of pineapple for the low tho lol

 

[Los216]

Plus god forbid a nigga have to reup on cleaning supplies and other essentials

OMG. I'll go to Wal-Mart mainly for household essentials.

$7 Toothpaste
$7 Body Wash 6x
$16 Toilet paper
$22 Paper Towels
$25 Washing Pods
$11 Hand Soap
$13 Garbage Bags
$18 Contact Lense Solution
$54 Diapers
$17 baby Wipes

That's $225 and that's from the store that many people consider to be the cheapest option. Plus all of these items are essential meaning you're not gonna go too long without re-upping.

And niggas be talking about brand loyalty negatively like buying the wrong toilet paper for $16 won't fuck up your whole house. We usually try to stick to certain brands and it's mainly because there's some shit where the quality drops significantly when you're trying to save money.


One of the ways we were able to cut out fast food was me and my wife would go in the store and leave the kids at home which would turn into a date with how crazy shit gets but we'd go in fucking Wal-Mart and spend $250? on shit that you absolutely need and then pull up to a Wendy's or McDonald's with a NBA Youngboy looking ass nigga with AirPods in his ear in the drive thru telling us it's $26 and all we got was 2 combos. I couldn't take that shit anymore. Especially when we would eat that and go right back home and put up the not cheap ass food we just bought.

We're in a very fucked up cycle of everybody feeling some levels of discouragement with doing basic shit like eating or shopping for basic needs.

 

[Playmaker88]

Gonna have to start growing toilet paper

 

[Dwayne]

Maaan facts.

So glad I’m passed those days. My wife breast feed but couldn’t produce a lot milk so we still had to get that expensive ass shit

 

[willhustle]

The calories in fast food salads is insane!!

yeah I don't know if any of y'all even noticed but none of the chains are offering salads anymore. McDonalds side salad was clutch for lunch when I was trying to get my weight down when I was in AZ. Lunch would be a side salad and maybe a grilled chicken snack wrap.

My mom never really fucked with the salads from fast food spots because every time she ate one it makes her sick on the stomach. At fast food establishments they never wash the lettuce off properly. Over this past weekend we got some subs from Subway and my mom peeped out how the lettuce was rotten right before the chick was gone put that shit on our subs. Mom's told the girl don't put that shit on our subs.

These folks at these fast food spots...

 

[konceptjones]

OMG. I'll go to Wal-Mart mainly for household essentials.

$7 Toothpaste
$7 Body Wash 6x
$16 Toilet paper
$22 Paper Towels
$25 Washing Pods
$11 Hand Soap
$13 Garbage Bags
$18 Contact Lense Solution
$54 Diapers
$17 baby Wipes

That's $225 and that's from the store that many people consider to be the cheapest option. Plus all of these items are essential meaning you're not gonna go too long without re-upping.

And niggas be talking about brand loyalty negatively like buying the wrong toilet paper for $16 won't fuck up your whole house. We usually try to stick to certain brands and it's mainly because there's some shit where the quality drops significantly when you're trying to save money.


One of the ways we were able to cut out fast food was me and my wife would go in the store and leave the kids at home which would turn into a date with how crazy shit gets but we'd go in fucking Wal-Mart and spend $250? on shit that you absolutely need and then pull up to a Wendy's or McDonald's with a NBA Youngboy looking ass nigga with AirPods in his ear in the drive thru telling us it's $26 and all we got was 2 combos. I couldn't take that shit anymore. Especially when we would eat that and go right back home and put up the not cheap ass food we just bought.

We're in a very fucked up cycle of everybody feeling some levels of discouragement with doing basic shit like eating or shopping for basic needs.

We run through bodywash, paper towels, and hand soap so damned fast it's crazy. I just bought my son some body wash last night, I swear I just got him some a week ago. On the one hand, I should be happy he's maintaining his hygene 'cause he also runs through toothpaste and mouthwash too, but on the other hand that shit be adding up!

Me and the wife used to do the same shit. We'd hit walmart and on the way home stop at Wendy's or Checkers or something to grab something for the two of us but that shit started adding up even back then. Had to cut that out.