I love this, especially "Sure, the real sugar stuff has always been a little more expensive, but only by about a dollar. This doesn’t change the fact that the above bottle must have been hand delivered by sherpas from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro." I think I"ll chuckle about that line for a long time any time I see Ketchup in the market. Thanks for giving me something to smile about when I go grocery shopping. As of late, I stand in the middle of the aisle having an internal argument with the state of our economy. It usually goes something like, "I'm not paying $9 for eggs. Guess we don't need eggs this week."
Also, this is totally random, not sure what your email address is, if I had it I'd email with this question. But I'd like my main page to list what I read, not what I recommend. I can't seem to find a way to have that displayed without saying recommended. I see your page just lists what you read. If you've deciphered the secret, can you email that to me at info@sueferrera.com. Thanks!
Honestly, it feels like we keep moving from crisis after crisis into 'new normal' after 'new normal'. I think it probably was never that normal to begin with, but that it's been getting increasingly hard to ignore how un-normal it all is.
As a somewhat related sidebar, I remember when they introduced the Euro when I was a kid. I liked using the exchange rates with the old currency to calculate what the new prices in my local supermarket were, and was very surprised to find that they had ALL increased. Boy, were things still cheap, though, compared to now.
I went shopping today for a tin of baked beans (UK thing) since the dawn of time it has been around 30p for a tin of beans. Today - 75p - were these beans baked by the hands of a higher power?
Now who knew I'd read an article from end to end surrounding ketchup prices and inflation. Certainly not me. But so entertaining, had a little chuckle too, so I kept going.
Did you just make reading about how the little person gets consistently screwed by the big guys, FUN?! I tip my hat in your direction, good Sir.
I love this, especially "Sure, the real sugar stuff has always been a little more expensive, but only by about a dollar. This doesn’t change the fact that the above bottle must have been hand delivered by sherpas from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro." I think I"ll chuckle about that line for a long time any time I see Ketchup in the market. Thanks for giving me something to smile about when I go grocery shopping. As of late, I stand in the middle of the aisle having an internal argument with the state of our economy. It usually goes something like, "I'm not paying $9 for eggs. Guess we don't need eggs this week."
Also, this is totally random, not sure what your email address is, if I had it I'd email with this question. But I'd like my main page to list what I read, not what I recommend. I can't seem to find a way to have that displayed without saying recommended. I see your page just lists what you read. If you've deciphered the secret, can you email that to me at info@sueferrera.com. Thanks!
A ketchup krisis indeed. Great piece, Scott, thanks for writing and sharing.
Honestly, it feels like we keep moving from crisis after crisis into 'new normal' after 'new normal'. I think it probably was never that normal to begin with, but that it's been getting increasingly hard to ignore how un-normal it all is.
As a somewhat related sidebar, I remember when they introduced the Euro when I was a kid. I liked using the exchange rates with the old currency to calculate what the new prices in my local supermarket were, and was very surprised to find that they had ALL increased. Boy, were things still cheap, though, compared to now.
Nice writing, Scott!
I went shopping today for a tin of baked beans (UK thing) since the dawn of time it has been around 30p for a tin of beans. Today - 75p - were these beans baked by the hands of a higher power?
Now who knew I'd read an article from end to end surrounding ketchup prices and inflation. Certainly not me. But so entertaining, had a little chuckle too, so I kept going.