Another product on the Walmart site that spiked in price was a left-handed fishing reel. It rose from $57.37 to $83.26 from April to May, a jump of 45 percent, with a post on Reddit showing the two price stickers. Aisle Gopher’s price history says that the price of the reel was $51.12 on March 14.
Another Reddit post showed an increase in the price of cocoa powder from $3.44 in May 2024 to $6.18 in April 2025.
Grocery shopping yesterday we really noticed it for the first time. Things have been higher and higher for a while but now there an extra 10-30% on some goods, overnight. Gonna be a brutal year. I’ve never seen stagflation in the flesh. No one my age has.
I spent more for groceries than I ever have before last week.
I’m not looking forward to the future.
What I have noticed is less and less items on sale. I mostly purchase sale stuff and I have slim pickings. I actually saved a flyer from a few months back and there’s a lot more on sale.
I’ve been buying the generic brands between Kroger and Walmart just passed on what i needed most this week. It’s always the cheapest anyway. I see zero reason to buy name brand flour, condiments, or canned foods. What killed me this week as buying kitty litter. That Was a massive increase. Fortunately i live 2 blocks away from the weekly farmer’s market, so i am gonna just start buying seasonal produce there this summer
I haven’t seen increased prices due to tariffs at all yet, but I haven’t been shopping lately for anything but groceries and other necessities. I actually bought kitty litter (Ökocat brand) last week and it was the same price as the last few times. Like you I buy almost exclusively store brands and I plan to hit up farmers markets this summer too. I’m also growing my own cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and corn.