so that's not true - I worked for years in the grocery business and prices DO come down and in fact, I've seen evidence all over the NYC market of prices falling recently.

examples include eggs for $2.99 in some places (!), and other competitive categories like unbranded meat and cheese, pasta, and more.

prepared foods seem to be slower, I'm assuming because labor costs continue to rise.

▲

ceejayoz 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So that's not true. A few months ago:

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5539547/grocery-prices-...

> What's the item? Groceries

> How has the price changed since before the pandemic?

> Up 29% since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

▲

cfiggers 4 hours ago | parent [-]

"That's not true" is too strong a statement on your part.

The statistic you cite does not necessarily contradict what the parent comment is saying. "Up 29% since February 2020" is an absolute change since a specific point. The parent comment is saying prices have "come down" i.e. since their peak. It can still be up overall, so long as it's not up as high as it was at one point.

EDIT: To be clear, the parent comment might still be wrong, or might be right only within a biased sample (i.e. their own experience). I'm only making the point that the statistic you're referencing does not outright disprove what they're saying. Prices can be up since six years ago AND down since two years ago (random time periods chosen for illustration only).

▲

ceejayoz 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm gonna value national stats over unsourced anecdotal assertions.

At no point has the US entered deflation so far this millennium.

	▲	DennisP 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The US did have deflation in the fourth quarter of 2008: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/economics/deflation Of course this is talking about the overall price level. The prices in specific sectors can fluctuate independently of that. Food and energy in particular are excluded from core inflation because they're especially volatile.

▲

loloquwowndueo 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You worked for years in the grocery business but all you have is anecdata?

I also have anecdata, my grocery bill has not come down from pandemic times. Things like eggs are definitely more expensive.

	▲	tartoran 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Prices never came back to pre-pandemic levels, that is absolutely correct. But if you remember that prices ballooned last year when Trump just took office, eggs were getting more and more expensive, etc and I gotta say prices came down a bit after that, but always never to previous levels.