Beef and coffee prices surging

Cypress said:

Coffee prices haven’t surged this much in decades​

Retail coffee prices in the United States in August jumped nearly 21% compared to the same month last year — the largest annual jump since October 1997, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Thursday. On a monthly basis, coffee prices rose 4%, the most in 14 years.

Coffee drinkers have President Donald Trump’s tariffs to blame, in part. The United States is largest importer of coffee in the world and it relies on foreign countries for the beans, given there are very few places it can grow domestically. Nearly all – 99% – of coffee consumed in the United States is imported, according to the National Coffee Association.

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Well, Columbia's (the country, not the college) president just got his U.S. visa revoked, so....
:rofl2:
A Cuban did that. Rightfully so, too.
It's time to source coffee from someplace other than Columbia.
If that's what it takes to get assholes in line, I'm fine with it.
Chances are they'll cave. Or the country will change leaders.
 
Cypress said:

Coffee prices haven’t surged this much in decades​

Retail coffee prices in the United States in August jumped nearly 21% compared to the same month last year — the largest annual jump since October 1997, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Thursday. On a monthly basis, coffee prices rose 4%, the most in 14 years.

Coffee drinkers have President Donald Trump’s tariffs to blame, in part. The United States is largest importer of coffee in the world and it relies on foreign countries for the beans, given there are very few places it can grow domestically. Nearly all – 99% – of coffee consumed in the United States is imported, according to the National Coffee Association.

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First of all, no one really cares if coffee goes up. It's a first world issue of zero importance. However the countries that grow the beans need us to buy it more than we need them to supply it so yes, they will blink first. This is an easy win.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Smallest beef herds per capita ever recorded, it would take three years to rebuild herds, there is no indication that herds will be rebuilt.

"Beef will be a special treat"
The self appointed overlords
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For some reason I've lost my taste for beef the last few years. All the meat except burger seems to have a slight taste of cow shit without marination.

Much prefer pork and chicken.
 
ULTRA MAGA said:
For some reason I've lost my taste for beef the last few years. All the meat except burger seems to have a slight taste of cow shit without marination.

Much prefer pork and chicken.
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Don't know what would make beef taste like cow shit.

Beef, pig and chicken farms are fed locally grown crops here. Ground beef was on sale for $3.99 lb. Not bad for quality ground beef.
Don't know what the prices are in the cities, but really don't care. That's their problem. Maybe the left should start treating us rural folk like citizens.
Yes, coffee prices have risen, it is what it is, although no one on the left seems to think any prices rose under Biden. Orange Man Bad!
 
ULTRA MAGA said:
For some reason I've lost my taste for beef the last few years. All the meat except burger seems to have a slight taste of cow shit without marination.

Much prefer pork and chicken.
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You remind me of the wet dream of giving us an injection that makes us allergic to beef.

Apparently it is completely realistic.
 
Cypress said:

Beef and coffee prices surge, grocery costs to spike​

Grocery prices in the United States have surged, marking the largest one-month gain in three years, with beef and coffee prices hitting record highs.

According to the Consumer Price Index, grocery prices rose by 0.6% from July to August and are nearly 30% higher than before the pandemic. The increase is attributed to factors such as tariffs and supply shortages.


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But leftists keep claiming how bad that stuff is for people out of the other sides of their mouth, 'Fair Trade' coffee was always more expensive as well.

I pay to raise my own beef, easy to find farmers who will fatten a couple up for me, and besides it's another fake 'shortage' anyway. Never liked coffee, it tastes awful and jacks up blood pressure. It eventually kills your kidneys and bladder as well.
 
ULTRA MAGA said:
First of all, no one really cares if coffee goes up. It's a first world issue of zero importance. However the countries that grow the beans need us to buy it more than we need them to supply it so yes, they will blink first. This is an easy win.
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'Mericans gotta have they coffee, brah. I do.
Many do. Coffee gets stuff done.
How 'bout we start growing it on the island of Hispaniola?
Owait, I meant on the Haitian half of the Island that the Clintons looted where they aren't already doing that.
DR already grows a lot of Coffee.
We could subsidize the planting, let them grow it, they make money, we get coffee, win-win, no? :dunno:
 
ULTRA MAGA said:
It's a first world issue of zero importance. However the countries that grow the beans need us to buy it more than we need them to supply it so yes, they will blink first. This is an easy win.
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Indeed. The TDS sufferers have no reasoning skills.

Mindless consumption must stop. The trade deficit is shrinking and needs to go away entirely. Stop importing garbage.
 
ULTRA MAGA said:
For some reason I've lost my taste for beef the last few years. All the meat except burger seems to have a slight taste of cow shit without marination.

Much prefer pork and chicken.
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Could be the prices. I'm probably going to get pork chops tomorrow.
$1.67/lb for that vs. the comparable $8.99/lb for T-bones, ya know?
It is what it is. I'm gonna stay in budget. :dunno:
I wouldn't buy anything, but $1.67 is pretty good.
I gonna have a pork chop tonight, but this one's a specialty from some GA farm.
Will eat with a fork, no knife. Knife not needed.
Those are more expensive, but not beef prices.
 
Matt Dillon said:
Could be the prices. I'm probably going to get pork chops tomorrow.
$1.67/lb for that vs. the comparable $8.99/lb for T-bones, ya know?
It is what it is. I'm gonna stay in budget. :dunno:
I wouldn't buy anything, but $1.67 is pretty good.
I gonna have a pork chop tonight, but this one's a specialty from some GA farm.
Will eat with a fork, no knife. Knife not needed.
Those are more expensive, but not beef prices.
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I have mine cut almost an inch thick, sometimes over an inch if the quality is good. Smoked pork tastes as good or better than beef, imho. Beef steaks never last long in my house after I have my two anguses a year slaughtered, and I refuse to pay such ridiculous prices for rib eyes and T bones in the stores.
 
Cypress said:

Beef and coffee prices surge, grocery costs to spike​

Grocery prices in the United States have surged, marking the largest one-month gain in three years, with beef and coffee prices hitting record highs.

According to the Consumer Price Index, grocery prices rose by 0.6% from July to August and are nearly 30% higher than before the pandemic. The increase is attributed to factors such as tariffs and supply shortages.


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No surprise, the US herd is the smallest its been since 1951
 
Matt Dillon said:
There's no way that wasn't organized. There needs to be more competition to the 4 or so big meat processing companies that are colluding and price-fixing. It needs some trust-busted. Idk about coffee. Beef I know, somewhat. :dunno:
Fresh T-bone pork chops are on sale for $1.67/lb right now. Not a bad deal at all!
Glad I'm not Jewish or muslim. :awesome:
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I know, right?

then there's domer the fucking toolbox with his head up his ass, his "denial hole" we also call it.
 
EdwinA said:
I have mine cut almost an inch thick, sometimes over an inch if the quality is good. Smoked pork tastes as good or better than beef, imho. Beef steaks never last long in my house after I have my two anguses a year slaughtered, and I refuse to pay such ridiculous prices for rib eyes and T bones in the stores.
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ha ha, Edwin smokes pork.
 
SlaveForChrist said:
No surprise, the US herd is the smallest its been since 1951
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Yes, it's an artificial shortage. Ranchers are blaming the packing companies, payiing low ball prices, which is what happens when there is collusion among a handful of companies to screw suppliers.


  • Meatpacking is a concentrated industry, with the four largest firms handling 85 percent of all steer and heifer purchases and 67 percent of all hog purchases. High concentration, and its links to competition, is a focus of recent policy initiatives aimed at encouraging more competition.
  • Meatpacking industries concentrated rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s. An outpouring of research followed and found only limited evidence that high packer concentration caused reduced prices for livestock.
  • However, in recent years there is evidence of reduced competition in meatpacking, with lower prices for cattle. This evidence is reflected in sharply increased spreads between cattle prices and wholesale beef prices, the disappearance of excess capacity in packing plants, and recent entry into the industry by new packers. Entry and capacity expansion could encourage renewed competition in the industry.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-wave...-how-it-affects-competition-and-cattle-prices

After Reagan allowed wetbacks to be bussed in to bust strikes at Armour, wholesale prices went up instead of down; lower wages and the price savings are never passed on to consumers, no matter what idiot bullshit Reaganauts spread around. They rarely prosecute price fixing.
 
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