COSTCO GROCERY PRICE LIST #19

As I was reading the local newspaper this past Saturday, a headline caught my eye: “Key inflation gauge hit 6.1% in January, the highest since 1982.” Oh dear. In the Associated Press article, the author, Christopher Rugaber states that the comparison is to one year ago, and if you take out volatile food and energy prices, the increase was 5.2%. Still yikes. As a whole consumers are still spending more from December to January with a 2.1% increase. There’s no indication that the inflation is likely to deflate in the near future.

All this to say we feel the price increases. I haven’t been able to save grocery money like I have in the past. This makes it a great time to compare those grocery prices and see if you can beat the prices that I am about to share.

I updated the Costco Grocery Price List this weekend. Honestly, it’s a bit discouraging as we saw a rise in most prices. Most items only had a modest increase, $0.10, $0.50, etc.. But it actually might be easier to write a list of the handful of prices that dropped or the few that remained stable.

Just as a point of interested I have listed the groceries below that have seen $1 + gain in the last six months for the exact same quantity. And the biggest price leap? The price of pinto beans went up $7 from $13.99 to $20.99! Yikes!! When you see prices for staples like dried beans and vinegar, you know something is going on.

• Canned Coconut Milk
• KS Sparkling Water
• KS Organic Tomato Paste
• KS Organic Ground Beef
• White Distilled Vinegar (up $1.50)
• Traditional Basmati Rice (up $2.00)
• Organic Green Peas (up $2.30)
• Organic All Purpose Flour (up $3.30)
• KS Frozen Blueberries (up $4.50)
• KS Frozen Chicken Breasts (up $5.00)
• Dried Pinto Beans (up $7.00)

And one item went down $2, vanilla extract. A few years ago, the price of vanilla soared, so it’s nice to see, at least, this price relax a bit.

Go here to see the most updated Costco Grocery Price List.