You know it’s hard to find help when Walmart is raising their entire payscale for the second time in two years. The bottom of the scale has gone from 11 dollars an hour to 14 dollars as of March something. The last raise cost us our profit sharing. I wonder what we are going toContinue reading “Walmart raising wages again”
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Food inflation takes a breather
The after Christmas sale is on. Not only is Christmas candy on sale, but turkeys and hams are on rollback as well. Even better in Kansas, Sunday the sales tax on groceries goes down from 6.65% to 4.65%. Of course most places that sell food are in towns that add 3% to that. Hopefully theContinue reading “Food inflation takes a breather”
Bills and more bills
I wrote about the trend in corporate America of eliminating Christmas bonuses. I don’t mean renaming it holiday bonus or year end bonus. I mean not giving anything at the end of the year. Unfortunately my major semi-annual bills are due in the next week. Between property taxes and car insurance, I will pay outContinue reading “Bills and more bills”
Beef Stew weather
It’s been a little warmer than normal, but I made a crock pot of beef stew anticipating colder weather ahead. I am glad I did because my old reliable crock pot isn’t. Fortunately I got a bigger on a couple of years ago. With the price of stew meat, I went a little heavy onContinue reading “Beef Stew weather”
Halloween is done, Christmas is here.
When I got off work yesterday morning, the Halloween displays were coming down, the Thanksgiving displays were going up and the Christmas stuff was coming in. All is normal at Walmart. I wanted to get a turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I am trying to clean out my freezer for the side of beefContinue reading “Halloween is done, Christmas is here.”
Water shortage? Not here.
With most of our area under severe drought status and the lack of rain over the past three months, water rationing plans would be announced. As of today no announcements have been made. Compare this to the Colorado River basin. Federal authorities have told the seven states along the river to come to an agreementContinue reading “Water shortage? Not here.”
Shrinkflation, Part two
I noticed that condiments and canned goods contain more water than before. Not only are mustard and ketchup runnier, but they flow out so easy you get way too much on your sandwich, which causes you to buy more. Canned soups have over a quarter can of water, twice as much as before. I guessContinue reading “Shrinkflation, Part two”
Shrinkflation
Prices are up, packages are smaller, and quality is down as well. Backwoods Home Magazine announced that the current issue is printed on cheaper paper and contrary to what they say , you can feel the difference. Oh, and I just added a category tag.
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