Submitted by NicoleMcIsaac t3_10jjdwe in Connecticut
TreeEleben t1_j5l896k wrote
It was suspended leading up to the November elections, now it's coming back. We can't win here. Gas is going up in price 25 cents a gallon, and our electric rates are the highest around and are going up again soon. You're either giving all your money for transportation and heating to an oil company, or eversource, just like intended.
If this keeps up, we will all soon live in corporate owned rental housing, taking out loans to pay our rent and utilities. Banks and big companies always win, we the people are just crops to harvest cash from.
ConsiderPissingHere t1_j5le954 wrote
But hey - when I walk into S&S to overpay for eggs, I can see eversource banners on the shopping cart corrals telling me they can help with the high bills they themselves set.
gregra193 t1_j5lt2p4 wrote
60 eggs at Walmart for $19.98. A dozen at Whole Foods for $4.29-$4.79.
Stop and Shop pricing has been insane for around a year now. Mostly stopped going there.
IndicationOver t1_j5lw8w5 wrote
> A dozen at Whole Foods for $4.29-$4.79.
A dozen eggs at Whole Foods is cheaper than a dozen eggs at ALDI?
gregra193 t1_j5ly1r7 wrote
Whole Foods has competitive pricing. Stuff is often the same or cheaper than Stop&Shop IMO. Here are prices for the Avon location today.
LordConnecticut t1_j5m1qn5 wrote
I’ve been saying this all COVID. People forget Amazon has owned Whole Foods for awhile now, and the entirety of what that means.
Just like any other business under the Bezos empire, Whole Foods is now the king of loss leaders…in the grocery space. Food staples like eggs, beans, milk, in the store brand are often cheaper then what I see anywhere except Aldi, and haven’t shifted significantly with inflation. Amazon is attempting to use the current environment to grab market share.
Not to mention the fact that the Whole Foods store brand is better quality then other store brands, and equivalent or better then many boutique brands in other chains, like S&S, BigY, or Shop Rite.
AdHistorical7107 t1_j5mh3ab wrote
I haven't seen high egg prices anywhere
gregra193 t1_j5mhjk5 wrote
You haven’t seen high egg prices? Stop and Shop is easily $7.49-$8 per dozen.
AdHistorical7107 t1_j5mhmu6 wrote
Nope. 4.99 a dozen at shoprite and wholefoods
and_dont_blink t1_j5msfrr wrote
...we just going to ignore the tax being suspended leading up to midterms so people aren't seeing the consequences of their votes when making them? We are voting in these choices, and there's no free lunch. When we sign emissions treaties, kill pipelines to lessen usage (eg, more expensive) and have to upgrade the grid for solar while killing development of denser housing you get New England prices.
gregra193 t1_j5lswcv wrote
Regarding the electric rates, if you choose a competitive supplier, they are some of the lowest in New England… I believe.
Normal_Platypus_5300 t1_j5wpc3g wrote
But you still can't get away from their delivery charge, which is where they are sticking to us.
gregra193 t1_j5wpymj wrote
Delivery charge hasn’t gone up in a year plus. Switching to a competitive supplier means saving $70/month for a household that uses 750kWh/month.
Normal_Platypus_5300 t1_j5y842q wrote
True. My point was that we can reduce the generation charge a bit, but there's nothing we can do about their insidious delivery charge. It may not have gone up in a year, but it's gone up considerably over the past several years.
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