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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Holy smokes! Candy got expensive AF. (TikTok screencap)
I think everyone should collectively decide to hold Halloween 2 days after Halloween so everyone can get in on that reduced price candy.
Takes the sting out of inflation a little bit and everyone still gets their good time in.
Tricks it is, then.
We stopped giving out candy and instead do chips, juice, gummies, cracker packs, etc. The cost is roughly the same, he kids send to love it, and we don't want to be stuck with a bunch of leftover candy.
All tricks no treats this year kiddos.
IKEA has full size bars for a dollar each. I think 30 of those would be better than a bag of small candies for $30
You don’t want to get known as the full bar house unless you wanna spend $500 bucks a year on candy at minimum
Mini bags at Costco tend to run $0.25 or less a piece
They all look like from same brand that probably wants to have a 500% profit margins from reporpusing sugar
Buy your candy at the end of August like I do and they are half price or even lower. This is what happens when you wait until what you would think the opportune time to buy your Halloween candy is.
"The most opportune time to buy halloween candy is when its 90% off november 1st of last year, the second best time is now" - Sun Tzu
Halloween just promotes socialism for children. If they want candy, get a job in the mine.
Wait, you don't just throw candy down the mine holes?
As a kid I yearned for the mines
Odd that products made and packaged in the US, from government subsidized corn syrup, and not the most affected by tarrifs, still jump in price. Maybe inflation will be the scariest thing this Halloween
This is not odd at all. Competitors prices are now (say) 30% higher, everyone else can raise 29%.
A majority of Hershey products have been made in Mexico for some time! It was "somehow" cheaper - possibly in part to tricklin' down trade agreements - to ship the ingredients there and then send the finished product back. As much a "fun" fact as the "fun-sized" candy. Even the JustBorne/The Peeps peoples of Pennsylvania manufacture a bunch in Canada.
This can't be real. Someone please confirm?
-(sent from the UK)
Its real. Its price gouging as only walmart can do it.
Confirmed. Same price on my Walmart app.
What the hell is up with these prices?
It's just your typical Trump economy.
but what about the price of 3ggs!
The avian flu caused egg shortage? Also easily linked back to policies put in place by the GOP.
it's what happens when you elect economic geniuses
Jesus fuck. Almost $30 for those big bags?
I am definitely going to WinCo and getting 5 pounds of peanut butter cups. They're only ~$2 or 3/pound from the bulk bins!
They're not Reese's but they are just as good.
Winco is incredible. At first, I was annoyed at them not accepting credit cards. But after seeing the prices, and how credit card companies work, I understand it.
Things are higher quality/cheaper than Walmart, without the "Walmart tax" of cheating the manufacturer.
American pricing be like.
Get ready to see lots of posts marveling at how expensive common things are getting in the US
Thanks Obama!
Prices are fine in Canada. Happy Halloween, ‘Murica.
I mean.. Those look like normal Canadian prices.
However, contextually, that stuff in Canada is actually chocolate and many US versions have little to no cocoa, and oils instead of milk ingredients. So its a rip off because its not even chocolate.
I'm a house that buys Full size Candy bars. We average 50 kids in our neighborhood, so generally 1 fundraiser box covers us.
I still have my 2024 screen shots and as you can see the price went up 31% I know it's not an exact comparison, but the box I gave away last year appears to have been discontinued. On lower count packs its gone up nearly 45%.
I was planning on doing Roasted Chestnuts and Apple cider for parents as a fun gag, but now I'm considering doing that exclusively.