I continue to be amazed at the cost of, well, pretty much
everything these days, but in particular, groceries. We went grocery shopping
this past weekend and, once again, I felt the pain of sticker shock.
It’s not like I only go to the store once in a great while
either. We usually go shopping at least once a week. And still, the prices
sometimes astound me.
But the high prices are only half the story. The packages
are getting ever smaller as well. So, my money is buying less and less.
For instance, cereal boxes have become so small, there’s
barely any room for the cereal. One popular brand I noticed has nearly doubled
in price in the last few years while the box has shrunk to less than half the
size. In effect, this is a 300% increase, or four times the cost. And cereal is
just one example. There are many products that have done the same thing.
I know, this phenomenon is called inflation. It’s nothing
new—been going on for years. It just seems like it’s progressing a little
faster these days. Actually, inflation wouldn’t be so bad—if wages kept pace.
Unfortunately, mine do not.
So, I started thinking (not always a good thing, I admit).
If this process of price increasing and package size decreasing continues at
the same rate, in a few short years, we’ll all be paying an awful lot of money
for a tiny box of absolutely nothing. Hmm... maybe I should start selling
groceries for a living. ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, The Lana Denae Mysteries, and The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook at www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS
and
paperback on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million. Bruce A. Borders
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