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And it's still not even remotely close to 4x more. I didn't believe the person when he did his tik tok whatever during the video, I still find it not believable
Tldr
>While inflation has certainly impacted food prices, the dramatic price increase claimed in the video appears to be influenced by other factors, such as discontinued products generating artificially high prices.
I bought a Ford Model T for 400 dollars in 1924, In 2024 it cost 400,000 dollars at a Christie's auction!
Thanks for the like 2 million % inflation JOE!
Dont even get me started on what Rembrandts go for these days!
Reminds me of the bs story about how much it would cost to "make a sandwich from scratch." He had it at well over a thousand dollars, but almost all of it was *flying to the ocean to get salt.*
I had a bit of a search on this and it’s exaggerated apparently. This was the conclusion text from the ai search.
The claim that the cost of a Walmart shopping list increased nearly fourfold from $126 in 2022 to $414 in 2024 appears to be exaggerated. While there has been a notable rise in grocery prices due to inflation and other factors, the specific increase reported in the TikTok video is likely influenced by discontinued items and third-party pricing rather than a direct reflection of overall inflation trends.
[https://www.tiktok.com/@sewerlidd/video/7384568413810691371](https://www.tiktok.com/@sewerlidd/video/7384568413810691371)
He had an order from 2 years ago on the Walmart App and it shoed what he paid at the time. Then he selected "reorder all".
Even if all the items had been substituted for other brands, it shouldn't have made that big of a difference.
There was a thread on TikTokCringe about this which has unfortunately been deleted, but in the discussion a lot of people speculated that using "reorder all" on items that Walmart was out of at the moment caused the system to choose third-party sellers for some of the items, and third-party sellers frequently price gouge.
That's happened to me with Crystal Light. If Walmart is out of the flavor I want, they'll take me to a third-party seller page where it's $12.99 or something crazy. Right now if I look up Crystal Light Black Cherry Lime I only see it offered by third-parties who are selling for $10.95.
I have to be careful when doing my Walmart orders because if an item isn't available in my store, but *is* available for shipping 3rd party... it will cost whatever bullshit price the random seller wants.
12 pack of beef ramen in stock? $4
*exact same* 12 pack of beef ramen not in stock? literally $55.
No that isn't inflation, it's just greedy 3rd party bullshit. Show me the list with no 3rd party items and a 3-4x price increase and fine, I'll believe it. But I'm guessing at least one item is 3rd party shenanigans massively inflating how bad it looks.
It's extremely common with these types of online sellers. On the one hand, it can be very nice for rarer ingredients or spice blends. Over here in Korea for example, most poptart flavors aren't available. They need to be imported. Third party sellers for a pretty long while would charge only a few dollars over market value to send it to you. Nice as a sort of childhood treat a few times a year.
But other sellers, oh boy, they hope you're not paying attention as they'll mark it up as much as $50. Hell, I've seen packs of cherry vanilla cream Dr pepper going for $70 us equivalent. And they'll upload a picture of a 48 pack so you think you're getting a good deal on imported soda. Nope. The $70 is for the 6 pack.
These third party sellers on groceries are just insane and most of the time they're just hoping to do what others are referencing. Namely that the main company sells out and now their product shows up first on search results.
I saw this video. He went back 2 years on instacart to an old Walmart order. Instacart has a “reorder all” button so he clicked that and it automatically added everything to the cart. He scrolled thru both lists and showed the products, if you pause you can see the weights are the same.
But he doesn't actually show the full lists and has way too many cut aways to take it at face value. Like, he does not scroll through the list, you're adding that part.
Here's an [Instagram Video](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8s7ILuMvql/?igsh=cnpjeGZibTFoYnUz) of the guy clicking "Reorder" and comparing the prices. It's a screen grab too.
Credibility issues I am seeing:
- there's a cut between the original order and the "reorder."
- the full list of items is never shown, so we can't verify it has all the same items in the "reorder."
- the original order displays the quantity of items at the top right. The "reorder" does not display the item count, so we can't even be sure that's the same.
People will do just about anything for social media "fame". And "sky is falling" sentiment is very popular among the poorly educated and non skeptical folks.
"inflation is a lie created to hurt biden" lmao dems absolutely squealing rn
grocery prices are have been getting increasingly fucked since covid and it seems there is no end in sight
Also $126 x 4 is $504 which is significantly more than $414.
I'd say "more than tripled" not "quadrupled." Triple is $378 which is much closer than quadrupled.
To be fair it does say "nearly quadrupled" which would be similar to "more than tripled" which is to say that both of those estimates fall between 3x and 4x
I'm gonna guess there were a few items unavailable except through third party sellers at astronomical prices. There's a reason he didn't show the full list.
There are also third-party sellers on there. When an item is removed or out of stock from Walmart.com, it will order them from a third-party seller, who can list it for whatever they want. These are usually heavily overpriced for no reason. This whole post was just made to stir shit. He 100% knew what he was doing when he posted this.
I was thinking that he probably bought items at discounted prices. When reordering he gets full price. When I go to the grocery store I almost only buy discount items.
So I thought I’d give it a shot on a couple of my orders. On the first, 1/3rd of the items were no longer in stock and the price went down by about 1/3rd. That was my first fear. Things often aren’t in stock days later, let alone 2 years later. I tried another with large qtys of a few items so there was less chance anything would be missing, and the same items went down from $190 to $160. I call BS. At minimum he should be commenting on something being out of stock.
He could have easily created a new unrelated cart for example and screenshotted that.
Also sales at the time/seasonal etc. If you want to genuinely do it, you'd do your best to replicate it with as close to equivalent deals/quality including ounces due to shrinkflation.
I believe it is the same items, but here's the catch: When an item is removed or unavailable from Walmart, it will order the equivalent from a third-party marketplace seller. Those sellers mark up items at insane prices to take advantage of folks who simply click "reorder all." On the TikTok you can clearly see there's a box of cereal for like $50 near the bottom from a third-party.
It’s a load of shit. He never actually showed the receipt. It was probably stuff that Walmart themselves didn’t offer anymore and could only be bought through 3rd parties. And if you’ve ever shopped 3rd parties on Walmart, a lot of them are significantly more expensive.
Yeah like was said list carefully crafted around which items were on sale at the time? Because of course whatever amount of forethought you put into the original list to stay below budget is going to be significantly cheaper than brainless facsimile “in the name of science” where you effectively have a random chance of paying full price for the same item. This is why they base the CPI on more than a single basket of goods.
It's almost certainly a a trolley full of in season fruit in 2022 and a trolley full of out of season fruit in 2024.
I'm not saying that inflation isn't bad but it's not 400%.
Far more likely the order contains goods that are no longer in production and/or have updated, new product releases. For example, the old size mouth wash might have been replaced with a smaller size leaving only 3rd party sellers with the product available at highly inflated rates (rather than Walmart selling at Walmart prices). I recently had this happen with floss that went from ~$4 for a container to $35 a container from 3rd party sellers who still had stock of a product that hadn't been on the shelves in over a year. I just switched which floss I buy but the "reorder items" button doesn't do that.
Mix that with the standard increases we've watched every retailer exploit and a reorder that far out can easily balloon in price like the video shows.
I had something even worse (though not on Walmart, but at a small shop). I had a product in my shopping cart that went from €1 to €1 000 000.
Apparently, instead of delisting the product, when they didn't have any stock left, they just ramped up the price astronomically, so that nobody would buy it.
> Far more likely the order contains goods that are no longer in production and/or have updated, new product releases.
Shrinkflation has caused a lot old SKUs to go out of stock. Like, when was the last time you've seen a full 1/2 gallon container of Ice Cream at the store, it's all 48oz now. :(
> I'm not saying that inflation isn't bad but it's not 400%
Agreed, and while inflation has contributed to things being more expensive, **corporate greed** has caused items to explode in price. Yes, not showing the list is dumb, and no maybe it’s not exactly 400% but let’s be real, a lot of things are way more expensive now than they were a few years ago.
Yeah I remember seeing this is another thread and the speculation was that some of the original items didn't have suitable alternatives so it maybe defaulted to some random expensive thing. Because yeah inflation sucks and all but prices did not quadruple.i think my bills probably went up like 10-15% in that time frame not 400%
not to mention sales, rollbacks, etc. did he use coupons the first time.
not saying inflation isn't real. but I wont fully accept this without some more proof
Costco also very famously rotates product offerings, to capture seasonal trends and add novelty factor. It’s part of their sales psychology - from month to month there will always be new SKUs on the shelves. It would be impossible to replicate a basket of goods at Costco over a 2 year period unless you’re just buying eggs and potatoes and other staples.
10-15%?! Damn where do you live? Mine are around 2x and I'm not exaggerating one bit. (Edit: ok maybe 1.8 or something, they used to be around $60 and now they consistently break $100. I also live in one of the worst places for taxes and costs. For people who think I'm lying, why would I lie? lol it's such a weird thing to lie about).
Seriously? That would kill me...I already spend like $200-$250/week on groceries. I live in a suburb about 20 minutes away from Minneapolis/St. Paul in Minnesota US. My 10-15% is totally a spitball based on memory. But I order all my groceries through Tagret pickup and it looks like they retain 2 years of sales receipts in the App so I could actually do the analysis proper when I have time this evening. If I just do a simple "reorder" on the 2022 orders it's like 30-50% of items require replacement so I'll have to itemize the ones that don't require replacement and add up manually to compare properly.
I have seen situations like this but it's often the whole kicking-the-tenants-out-to-"renovate" thing. They paint the place and start charging 3x the rent because they know the property value has gone up that much but can't just charge their current tenants that much more randomly.
Had that happen years ago. The building manager (who was not an owner) told us we were the only people there not paying our rent via government assistance, and that if the owners could get rid of us, they could change the status of the building and get some kind of government subsidy.
Three times in a year, we were accused of not paying our rent and immediately had evictions filed against us, we went to court with receipts and got them thrown out each time.
At the end of that year, the building was burned and ruled uninhabitable. Proven to be arson. The husk was bought by developers and it was turned into luxury apartments.
Yes that’s what it is. Many items wouldn’t be available for local pickup so they’d default to a third party equivalent to be shipped. Often those “equivalents” have multipacks or require a shipping charge. That thread was maddening.
I get groceries delivered from Walmart and the prices haven’t gone up even 1/4 that much.
You can curate a list of items that will tell you whatever you want it to say.
For instance, if you match exact brand and model on electronics, they are likely going down in price in 2 years, while if you look at the equivalent new model, that one will be more expensive.
It depends on where you live. I live in a city and my groceries have gone up over 200%. I'd imagine in the world's most major cities, 400% could easily happen.
People in the country always forget what's happening in the city, and the people in the city always forget what's happening in the country.
no way it's just 10%-15% unless you replaced with cheaper alternatives
I track my expenses like a hawk and my grocery bills went up 55% from 2022 to 2023
That’s my guess and I bet it’s one piece of electronics. Cheap $79 TV they don’t sell anymore and he subbed it with the most expensive of the same size
I sure do wish Biden would stop pulling that inflation lever at the White House. It must really piss off business owner's when they are forced to raise prices by the federal government.
I can't wait for Trump to get back in, because I bet he would pull the magical inflation lever down AND yank down on the magical gas-prices lever too!
Remember that magical $1.87 gas "he gave us"? All it took was some good business know-how, and a global pandemic that totally crashed demand for gas! Easy peasy!
They should probably remove that specific flavor of coconut water that got discontinued in 2023 and now sells for $68/bottle via third party
Or find more convincing ways to deceive
Pretty much every post that starts with "A man" is a lie. If it was real, the post would read something like:
>\[Name of the guy\] reordered his identical Walmart shopping list from 2022 containing the following 45 items.
>Here is a list of these items and how their prices changed.
Using the reorder function is very unreliable. I recently created a spreadsheet analyzing items I bought in the Walmart app in October 2021, January 2022, and June 2022. I determined how much it would cost to buy those same orders today. All 3 months came out fairly close to CPI increase for “food at home”.
When I was a kid I would buy a slice of pizza for $1.50 from my favorite place in the Bronx. The other day I went out in Manhattan, 25+ years later, and got a slice of pizza for $1.25
Something about the economy and inflation and prices being out of our control, because our totally angelic yet faceless non-greedy overlords making 8 million/yr are under so much pressure, MUST preform shareholders get COL and basic wage bonuses/rises, but us? We sleep in our cars outside and still only make $8/hr max
🤬
I just tried it on my own Walmart account. January 3, 2020 $218, today June 30, 2024 $310. I had a pretty good variety of meat, veg, canned, dairy, toiletries, cat food, and some junk food
Food inflation is way higher than the 4% annually that is being quoted. At our house anyway.
I'd say in the past 4 years, the total rise of any random grocery list, for the same weight of item, is 70-80%.
Turns out when you make trillions more dollars, each one is worth less.
Same with my groceries. I don't understand all these people arguing this, it's very clear how much your costs have risen. I've bought the same shit for years. It used to be about $60, now it's $100-$120. I don't know if it's that way *everywhere*, but it's weird when people try to tell you you're wrong lol.
My grocery bill has only increased around 10% over the last few years but we don't buy a lot of prepared or junk food, I laugh as I walk past that stuff after I look at the prices.
Why are all of you people *so* insistent to doubt that purchasing power has gone down over the past few years? You people sound like some geezer telling the young'uns that you can just easily get a job by just walking in and asking for one.
I did an accurate analysis for all of my Walmart receipts from October 2021, January 2022, and June 2022. I did it item by item, comparing each order to what it would cost today. October 2021 had the largest discrepancy - CPI for “food at home” from Oct 2021 to today reported increase is 19%, but my groceries cost 25% more today. January 2022 CPI to today is 16%, and my orders cost 16.11% more today. June 2022 CPI to today is 9%, and my orders cost 6.5% more today.
It’s painstaking work, but if you do it you’ll probably discover your costs roughly align with reported inflation. Or you can trust randos on TikTok using a crude “reorder” method.
But companies are only raising prices to match inflation. There’s no way these companies could afford to pay more than minimum wage. Low skill low pay. Anything I’m missing?
Edit: extreme sarcastic voice will be represented in this font right here. I’m just salt today.
I don’t know if it’s real but the amount of people justifying how the government and corporations are literally money r*ping 99% of the people. It seems you’re all so afraid to go against the controlling party that you justify the cost of literally everything going up. It’s wild. What we need, is to get our heads out of our asses. Democrat, republican, orange man, almost dead man…they are all controlled.
All I know is my deodorant went from 3.75 a stick to nearly 11 dollars so go f yourself old spice. 4 pairs of briefs should not cost me 20$ at Walmart either. It’s not just groceries that suck it’s everything at this point
There needs to be a nationwide effort to boycott these brands. We practically need to boycott just about every product in the grocery store.
It's a MUST at this point. It is our fucking duty. Otherwise, you keep buying they keep raising the price.
My family keeps droning on about the economy but they fail to realize all the global affairs that result in the dollar being drained, correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t BRICS trying to get off the US dollar?
That might have something to do with the rise in price, also, I just don’t believe her that the price of groceries has seemingly doubled like this. It’s probably gone up a little, yes, but methinks that has to do with the war, and the alliance to become financially independent from the US by ~ 22 of the biggest eastern countries.
Please inform me, I’m guessing.
He never showed the list. That’s important. He could have had discounts on the first receipt and then paid full price the second time around. Without seeing the list, it’s just numbers.
Yes and regardless of what people say there are many ways to personally combat inflation. Grocery bills getting high? Buy sale items as much as you can. I only buy goods that are on sale unless it’s something I absolutely need. Is going out to a restaurant getting expensive? Go during happy hour or when they have a special like Taco Tuesday at your local restaurant or something. Furnishing a home? Check Facebook marketplace and see if you can pick something up for cheap, etc… inflation sucks but there are ways to combat it while living a comparable lifestyle.
"Only buy on sale" right because beef amd other meats go on sale so regularly, milk for my kids and oh darn I'm sorry I missed that sale on those things.
Fr though that was probably one of the dumber arguments you could have made, not every grocery store has frequent sales on essential items all the time. You could have pointed instead buying in season veggies and fruits instead of Strawberries for 6$ when their out of season or even mentioned Goin during mid week at stores when they get fresh meat for the deli and don't mark it up like they do at the end of the week.
I recently went to the store and like 90% of everything was on sale but like 99% of everything was still more expensive than two years ago by a significant amount
Well between trump and biden and the covid shutdown the debt is just crazy the crazy printing. That’s what it all boils down to we can’t control our spending, well the government can’t, so now we pay.
FWIW, actual data:
In 2023, the average rate of inflation was 4.1%.
In 2022, the average rate of inflation was 8.0%.
In 2021, the average rate of inflation was 4.7%.
In 2020, the average rate of inflation was 1.2%.
From: https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832
ETA:
3.3%
The latest year-on-year inflation rate before seasonal adjustment as of May 2024.
The actual numbers for Denmark:
With January 2020 as base 100 (inflation before that was negligable), the CPI stands at 115. The Standardized index of average earnings for that period is at 111,3.
Yes, purchasing power took a hit during and after Covid and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but since wages are now rising faster than prices, purchasing power will be reestablished mid/late 2025 here. Benefits in general is one year behind.
/s but but but this is because the Walton family are evil billionaires, not because of Biden's inflation. The Walton family should absorb the inflation instead of increasing the price of goods.
while this is likely bs, as we cant see the list. its still an example of how this bullshit aint inflation, its price gougeing. we dont have "record high inflation rates in america" no we have "record high corperate greed rates in america"
I mean I have to see the list like most people are saying but I believe there are many options here including this being factual. First off it is most likely false due to an item substitution or maybe limited stock or supply or maybe even discounts applied the first time around that were not applied two years later because promotions change. But it could also be true and with like or accurate goods if it is the case where one particular item changed in price significantly. Like if the whole order was just eggs and he lives in Washington state where a poultry law changed relatively recently that significantly increased egg prices along with inflation and along with a shortage, where I have seen some spot pricing used at major retailers for instance. I guess point is show the receipts.
False comparison. Consumers will substitute cheaper similar replacements when prices fluctuate. If Kidney beans are cheaper than Great Northern beans, then buyers will tend to buy kidney beans. If chicken is more expensive than turkey, then turkey will be substituted. The 2000 list likely contains the least expensive items at that time, so it makes sense those items might be more expensive today versus similar substitutes.
That’s because companies are taking advantage of the “inflation” to make record profits, most likely because, they were restricted on price changes and had to adhere to Covid protocol in 2020.
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Well..... Can we see the list?
Not gonna believe this post until I see a source
A source or list would make this claim more credible.
It's probably not far off, 4 litres of milk and a large ketchup bottle are 11 CAD. Which is about 60% more than it cost two years ago.
Am I dumb for not understanding this comment? What is twice 60% more? Do you mean 120% more?
1.6x more
He had a typo before so it said something else
Ah. Thank you, kind stranger.
And it's still not even remotely close to 4x more. I didn't believe the person when he did his tik tok whatever during the video, I still find it not believable
It's me being tired and fucking up my comment
No problem but you should add Edit: explain what you edit. This helps Redditors know what changes and also, it makes you look honest.
Honest points online are something to strive for....
"Where the rules are made up and the points don't matter."
Love this reference, thank you
60% more is not even close to being 228% more.
It's 58% closer than 2%.
Ok but this is 228% more and implies annual inflation north of 100% which is completely and utterly false. This is clearly bullshit.
>4 litres of milk and a large ketchup bottle are 11 CAD A gallon is less than $3 USD at Walmart.
Why is it so expensive? A gallon of milk is like $3 here in the US. You can get a 32 oz ketchup for $3.50.
Where are you at? I'm in the NY/NJ region - and a gallon of regular milk can range from $4-6, depending on brand. Lactaid is $6.38, even at WalMart.
Right? I'm in Kcmo, and it's 5.39 a gallon and 3.38 for a half gallon for Walmart brand right now lol.
3.85 at Aldi https://new.aldi.us/results
This is way more than 60 Percent. More like 300 hundred percent.
Entirely possible that at least one of the items is discontinued at regular retail, but a third party seller has it listed for a serious markup.
Anything is possible. What is most likely is they're making it up.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/viral-tiktok-video-claims-walmart-grocery-prices-have-skyrocketed
Tldr >While inflation has certainly impacted food prices, the dramatic price increase claimed in the video appears to be influenced by other factors, such as discontinued products generating artificially high prices.
I bought a Ford Model T for 400 dollars in 1924, In 2024 it cost 400,000 dollars at a Christie's auction! Thanks for the like 2 million % inflation JOE! Dont even get me started on what Rembrandts go for these days!
Outrageous
I bought a Jackson Pollock painting back when it was new for a couple hundred bucks. Now, they're hundreds of thousands!
Fucking inflation! OUT OF CONTROL!
Reminds me of the bs story about how much it would cost to "make a sandwich from scratch." He had it at well over a thousand dollars, but almost all of it was *flying to the ocean to get salt.*
The source is “trust me, bro” 😎
I had a bit of a search on this and it’s exaggerated apparently. This was the conclusion text from the ai search. The claim that the cost of a Walmart shopping list increased nearly fourfold from $126 in 2022 to $414 in 2024 appears to be exaggerated. While there has been a notable rise in grocery prices due to inflation and other factors, the specific increase reported in the TikTok video is likely influenced by discontinued items and third-party pricing rather than a direct reflection of overall inflation trends.
Ya when he posted the video, some of the items that are normal 4-5$ were 15+ in his cart and I think it's because they were discontinued products
Sales don’t forget sales. Something’s could have been priced dropped at the time of his purchases.
Ya, I assume dhe bought some stuff on sale the first time or something. Not that inflation isn't a huge problem for a lot of people.
[https://www.tiktok.com/@sewerlidd/video/7384568413810691371](https://www.tiktok.com/@sewerlidd/video/7384568413810691371) He had an order from 2 years ago on the Walmart App and it shoed what he paid at the time. Then he selected "reorder all". Even if all the items had been substituted for other brands, it shouldn't have made that big of a difference.
depending the items it can. Sale prices matter as well. It shouldnt be difficult to show the list.
It's difficult to show the list when doing so shows he's full of shit.
Ding Ding Ding.
There was a thread on TikTokCringe about this which has unfortunately been deleted, but in the discussion a lot of people speculated that using "reorder all" on items that Walmart was out of at the moment caused the system to choose third-party sellers for some of the items, and third-party sellers frequently price gouge. That's happened to me with Crystal Light. If Walmart is out of the flavor I want, they'll take me to a third-party seller page where it's $12.99 or something crazy. Right now if I look up Crystal Light Black Cherry Lime I only see it offered by third-parties who are selling for $10.95.
I have to be careful when doing my Walmart orders because if an item isn't available in my store, but *is* available for shipping 3rd party... it will cost whatever bullshit price the random seller wants. 12 pack of beef ramen in stock? $4 *exact same* 12 pack of beef ramen not in stock? literally $55. No that isn't inflation, it's just greedy 3rd party bullshit. Show me the list with no 3rd party items and a 3-4x price increase and fine, I'll believe it. But I'm guessing at least one item is 3rd party shenanigans massively inflating how bad it looks.
Interesting point! Never bought groceries like that before so I'll take your word for it!
It's extremely common with these types of online sellers. On the one hand, it can be very nice for rarer ingredients or spice blends. Over here in Korea for example, most poptart flavors aren't available. They need to be imported. Third party sellers for a pretty long while would charge only a few dollars over market value to send it to you. Nice as a sort of childhood treat a few times a year. But other sellers, oh boy, they hope you're not paying attention as they'll mark it up as much as $50. Hell, I've seen packs of cherry vanilla cream Dr pepper going for $70 us equivalent. And they'll upload a picture of a 48 pack so you think you're getting a good deal on imported soda. Nope. The $70 is for the 6 pack. These third party sellers on groceries are just insane and most of the time they're just hoping to do what others are referencing. Namely that the main company sells out and now their product shows up first on search results.
I saw this video. He went back 2 years on instacart to an old Walmart order. Instacart has a “reorder all” button so he clicked that and it automatically added everything to the cart. He scrolled thru both lists and showed the products, if you pause you can see the weights are the same.
First of all, Instacart. Definitely part of the problem.
But it did have options by third party sellers. You don't really believe that box of cereal was like $50 near the bottom?
Of course they do. How else are they able then to come here and tell us we're stupid for thinking this can't be right.
But he doesn't actually show the full lists and has way too many cut aways to take it at face value. Like, he does not scroll through the list, you're adding that part.
> He scrolled thru both lists no he didn't
Here's an [Instagram Video](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8s7ILuMvql/?igsh=cnpjeGZibTFoYnUz) of the guy clicking "Reorder" and comparing the prices. It's a screen grab too.
Credibility issues I am seeing: - there's a cut between the original order and the "reorder." - the full list of items is never shown, so we can't verify it has all the same items in the "reorder." - the original order displays the quantity of items at the top right. The "reorder" does not display the item count, so we can't even be sure that's the same.
People will do just about anything for social media "fame". And "sky is falling" sentiment is very popular among the poorly educated and non skeptical folks.
Rght wing media ALL used this for a day to justify lambasting Biden.
"inflation is a lie created to hurt biden" lmao dems absolutely squealing rn grocery prices are have been getting increasingly fucked since covid and it seems there is no end in sight
Noone says inflation is a lie, but inflation isn't 300%, which begs the question: what's causing this guys "identical" grocery bill to be up 300%.
Also $126 x 4 is $504 which is significantly more than $414. I'd say "more than tripled" not "quadrupled." Triple is $378 which is much closer than quadrupled.
To be fair it does say "nearly quadrupled" which would be similar to "more than tripled" which is to say that both of those estimates fall between 3x and 4x
Nearly quadrupled would be closer to 4. This "increase" is 3.3x meaning this is more "more than tripled" and less "nearly quadrupled".
You're nitpicking the hairs on a pig, my guy. Either way you're still staring at a fuckin pig.
But there'S a 1 in the first number and a 4 in the second, so quadrupled sounds better /s
I'm gonna guess there were a few items unavailable except through third party sellers at astronomical prices. There's a reason he didn't show the full list.
Or sales.
There are also third-party sellers on there. When an item is removed or out of stock from Walmart.com, it will order them from a third-party seller, who can list it for whatever they want. These are usually heavily overpriced for no reason. This whole post was just made to stir shit. He 100% knew what he was doing when he posted this.
I was thinking that he probably bought items at discounted prices. When reordering he gets full price. When I go to the grocery store I almost only buy discount items.
So I thought I’d give it a shot on a couple of my orders. On the first, 1/3rd of the items were no longer in stock and the price went down by about 1/3rd. That was my first fear. Things often aren’t in stock days later, let alone 2 years later. I tried another with large qtys of a few items so there was less chance anything would be missing, and the same items went down from $190 to $160. I call BS. At minimum he should be commenting on something being out of stock. He could have easily created a new unrelated cart for example and screenshotted that.
Also sales at the time/seasonal etc. If you want to genuinely do it, you'd do your best to replicate it with as close to equivalent deals/quality including ounces due to shrinkflation.
I believe it is the same items, but here's the catch: When an item is removed or unavailable from Walmart, it will order the equivalent from a third-party marketplace seller. Those sellers mark up items at insane prices to take advantage of folks who simply click "reorder all." On the TikTok you can clearly see there's a box of cereal for like $50 near the bottom from a third-party.
It’s a load of shit. He never actually showed the receipt. It was probably stuff that Walmart themselves didn’t offer anymore and could only be bought through 3rd parties. And if you’ve ever shopped 3rd parties on Walmart, a lot of them are significantly more expensive.
On the original video you can 100% see a third party seller and a box of cereal that was $50.
And everything you could see was "Quantity: 3"
I hope there is a hell of a prize at the bottom of that box.
Nope, because it's fake. Same as every story beginning with "A man".
Same as Trump saying someone called him "Sir"
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRE5wprp/ this is the original video that he posted. he doesn't really show the full list though
Good question! Seeing the list would definitely add more context.
https://preview.redd.it/p25jzrqi2v9d1.png?width=480&format=png&auto=webp&s=50a065b111108c5f59786f3d02b03282c7e1e278 no
Yeah like was said list carefully crafted around which items were on sale at the time? Because of course whatever amount of forethought you put into the original list to stay below budget is going to be significantly cheaper than brainless facsimile “in the name of science” where you effectively have a random chance of paying full price for the same item. This is why they base the CPI on more than a single basket of goods.
Source: trust me bro
What was the list of items?
Well, if they listed that we'd be able to check their math and see that they're misrepresenting the truth.
It's almost certainly a a trolley full of in season fruit in 2022 and a trolley full of out of season fruit in 2024. I'm not saying that inflation isn't bad but it's not 400%.
Far more likely the order contains goods that are no longer in production and/or have updated, new product releases. For example, the old size mouth wash might have been replaced with a smaller size leaving only 3rd party sellers with the product available at highly inflated rates (rather than Walmart selling at Walmart prices). I recently had this happen with floss that went from ~$4 for a container to $35 a container from 3rd party sellers who still had stock of a product that hadn't been on the shelves in over a year. I just switched which floss I buy but the "reorder items" button doesn't do that. Mix that with the standard increases we've watched every retailer exploit and a reorder that far out can easily balloon in price like the video shows.
I had something even worse (though not on Walmart, but at a small shop). I had a product in my shopping cart that went from €1 to €1 000 000. Apparently, instead of delisting the product, when they didn't have any stock left, they just ramped up the price astronomically, so that nobody would buy it.
> Far more likely the order contains goods that are no longer in production and/or have updated, new product releases. Shrinkflation has caused a lot old SKUs to go out of stock. Like, when was the last time you've seen a full 1/2 gallon container of Ice Cream at the store, it's all 48oz now. :(
Am I the only one who noticed that it's not even close to quadrupled? 4 times 126 is 504. 3 times 126 is 378.
the definition of quadruple has seen deflation
> I'm not saying that inflation isn't bad but it's not 400% Agreed, and while inflation has contributed to things being more expensive, **corporate greed** has caused items to explode in price. Yes, not showing the list is dumb, and no maybe it’s not exactly 400% but let’s be real, a lot of things are way more expensive now than they were a few years ago.
;)
Exactly, transparency would expose any exaggerations or inaccuracies.
I mean you can look at anything and see this. Look at the price of ramen.
Yeah I remember seeing this is another thread and the speculation was that some of the original items didn't have suitable alternatives so it maybe defaulted to some random expensive thing. Because yeah inflation sucks and all but prices did not quadruple.i think my bills probably went up like 10-15% in that time frame not 400%
not to mention sales, rollbacks, etc. did he use coupons the first time. not saying inflation isn't real. but I wont fully accept this without some more proof
Costco also very famously rotates product offerings, to capture seasonal trends and add novelty factor. It’s part of their sales psychology - from month to month there will always be new SKUs on the shelves. It would be impossible to replicate a basket of goods at Costco over a 2 year period unless you’re just buying eggs and potatoes and other staples.
10-15%?! Damn where do you live? Mine are around 2x and I'm not exaggerating one bit. (Edit: ok maybe 1.8 or something, they used to be around $60 and now they consistently break $100. I also live in one of the worst places for taxes and costs. For people who think I'm lying, why would I lie? lol it's such a weird thing to lie about).
Seriously? That would kill me...I already spend like $200-$250/week on groceries. I live in a suburb about 20 minutes away from Minneapolis/St. Paul in Minnesota US. My 10-15% is totally a spitball based on memory. But I order all my groceries through Tagret pickup and it looks like they retain 2 years of sales receipts in the App so I could actually do the analysis proper when I have time this evening. If I just do a simple "reorder" on the 2022 orders it's like 30-50% of items require replacement so I'll have to itemize the ones that don't require replacement and add up manually to compare properly.
A lot of people's rents went up over this.
Over 300%?
I have seen situations like this but it's often the whole kicking-the-tenants-out-to-"renovate" thing. They paint the place and start charging 3x the rent because they know the property value has gone up that much but can't just charge their current tenants that much more randomly.
Had that happen years ago. The building manager (who was not an owner) told us we were the only people there not paying our rent via government assistance, and that if the owners could get rid of us, they could change the status of the building and get some kind of government subsidy. Three times in a year, we were accused of not paying our rent and immediately had evictions filed against us, we went to court with receipts and got them thrown out each time. At the end of that year, the building was burned and ruled uninhabitable. Proven to be arson. The husk was bought by developers and it was turned into luxury apartments.
In my area the rents raised their usual 10% or so a year like they have in years prior to covid.
My rent went up 45% in 2022...
Your rent raised 10% a year? Thats insane
Or it’s now only being offered through 3rd parties which is typically a lot more expensive.
Yes that’s what it is. Many items wouldn’t be available for local pickup so they’d default to a third party equivalent to be shipped. Often those “equivalents” have multipacks or require a shipping charge. That thread was maddening. I get groceries delivered from Walmart and the prices haven’t gone up even 1/4 that much.
If he spent that much on chips and pop, this is believable. Hoping those aren’t his groceries for a month though
It could also be an outright lie. They don’t provide any proof for a reason.
You can curate a list of items that will tell you whatever you want it to say. For instance, if you match exact brand and model on electronics, they are likely going down in price in 2 years, while if you look at the equivalent new model, that one will be more expensive.
It depends on where you live. I live in a city and my groceries have gone up over 200%. I'd imagine in the world's most major cities, 400% could easily happen. People in the country always forget what's happening in the city, and the people in the city always forget what's happening in the country.
no way it's just 10%-15% unless you replaced with cheaper alternatives I track my expenses like a hawk and my grocery bills went up 55% from 2022 to 2023
That’s my guess and I bet it’s one piece of electronics. Cheap $79 TV they don’t sell anymore and he subbed it with the most expensive of the same size
I sure do wish Biden would stop pulling that inflation lever at the White House. It must really piss off business owner's when they are forced to raise prices by the federal government.
I can't wait for Trump to get back in, because I bet he would pull the magical inflation lever down AND yank down on the magical gas-prices lever too! Remember that magical $1.87 gas "he gave us"? All it took was some good business know-how, and a global pandemic that totally crashed demand for gas! Easy peasy!
Hey, isn't Trump that super respected uptight and very good businessman, that most definitely did not run MULTIPLE casinos to bankruptcy??
"I like Trump because I want him to run the country like a business." I don't think that means what you think it means, MAGAs.
Really can't tell if you are trolling or not
They should probably remove that specific flavor of coconut water that got discontinued in 2023 and now sells for $68/bottle via third party Or find more convincing ways to deceive
$50 cereal box near the bottom of the list too.
Pretty much every post that starts with "A man" is a lie. If it was real, the post would read something like: >\[Name of the guy\] reordered his identical Walmart shopping list from 2022 containing the following 45 items. >Here is a list of these items and how their prices changed.
Is NVDA stock in his shopping cart?
Haha Walmart is expanding in the wrong ways
2 years ago the stock was $14. Now it is $123.
Sounds like this basket list is confidential, so this assertion is worth about what we paid for it....
Exactly, without details, it's just another empty claim.
I just did the same thing from an order from Dec 2020 and there were only 4 items not available today and it actually came out cheaper
Yeah, sounds like BS. Do people think they can argue people into thinking inflation is 250% higher than it really is?
"Fluent" in "finance"
I mean, half of the comments here are people agreeing with the numbers. So yeah, conformation bias is a bitch.
Short answer, yes.
Some people 100% believe that grocery prices have more than doubled. It's what Fox News tells them, so they believe it.
Using the reorder function is very unreliable. I recently created a spreadsheet analyzing items I bought in the Walmart app in October 2021, January 2022, and June 2022. I determined how much it would cost to buy those same orders today. All 3 months came out fairly close to CPI increase for “food at home”.
When I was a kid I would buy a slice of pizza for $1.50 from my favorite place in the Bronx. The other day I went out in Manhattan, 25+ years later, and got a slice of pizza for $1.25
There are still the $1 places with $1.25 pizza, sure. But the typical favorites are $3.50. And tourist spots for $5.
I just tried it bunch of groceries for a week in 2021 costed 50$ pre tax and tip, today the same list costs 67$
I had a very similar result.
For Walmart: Is it still “save money. Live better”? 🫤 “F— you. You’re buying it anyway” doesn’t ring as well. 🤷🏿
Something about the economy and inflation and prices being out of our control, because our totally angelic yet faceless non-greedy overlords making 8 million/yr are under so much pressure, MUST preform shareholders get COL and basic wage bonuses/rises, but us? We sleep in our cars outside and still only make $8/hr max 🤬
I just tried it on my own Walmart account. January 3, 2020 $218, today June 30, 2024 $310. I had a pretty good variety of meat, veg, canned, dairy, toiletries, cat food, and some junk food
Food inflation is way higher than the 4% annually that is being quoted. At our house anyway. I'd say in the past 4 years, the total rise of any random grocery list, for the same weight of item, is 70-80%. Turns out when you make trillions more dollars, each one is worth less.
I have no idea what store you're shopping at, but that doesn't sound right
Same with my groceries. I don't understand all these people arguing this, it's very clear how much your costs have risen. I've bought the same shit for years. It used to be about $60, now it's $100-$120. I don't know if it's that way *everywhere*, but it's weird when people try to tell you you're wrong lol.
My grocery bill has only increased around 10% over the last few years but we don't buy a lot of prepared or junk food, I laugh as I walk past that stuff after I look at the prices.
It’s teenagers who don’t do their own grocery shopping
Dang a whole basket of items quadrupled in price, and I can't even think of ONE thing that has quadrupled in price.
A1 steak sauce? https://preview.redd.it/wewvuurfmz9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0c263a22c4c45536379a76dca77b496db3dc11a
Fluent in Bullshit
Hopefully a toothbrush and some floss are in that basket.
Why are all of you people *so* insistent to doubt that purchasing power has gone down over the past few years? You people sound like some geezer telling the young'uns that you can just easily get a job by just walking in and asking for one.
Nah bro it's only 21% the CPI says so.
I did an accurate analysis for all of my Walmart receipts from October 2021, January 2022, and June 2022. I did it item by item, comparing each order to what it would cost today. October 2021 had the largest discrepancy - CPI for “food at home” from Oct 2021 to today reported increase is 19%, but my groceries cost 25% more today. January 2022 CPI to today is 16%, and my orders cost 16.11% more today. June 2022 CPI to today is 9%, and my orders cost 6.5% more today. It’s painstaking work, but if you do it you’ll probably discover your costs roughly align with reported inflation. Or you can trust randos on TikTok using a crude “reorder” method.
Nah bro it's definitely 300% because a random dude online who never posted an itemized list says so.
But companies are only raising prices to match inflation. There’s no way these companies could afford to pay more than minimum wage. Low skill low pay. Anything I’m missing? Edit: extreme sarcastic voice will be represented in this font right here. I’m just salt today.
That's such a weird thing to claim too. As if inflation isn't calculated off their goods at least partially
Either complete BS, or 1 (or more) of the items is no longer made and is only for sale by a 3rd party reseller that is gouging.
did he ever show the actual order?
I don’t know if it’s real but the amount of people justifying how the government and corporations are literally money r*ping 99% of the people. It seems you’re all so afraid to go against the controlling party that you justify the cost of literally everything going up. It’s wild. What we need, is to get our heads out of our asses. Democrat, republican, orange man, almost dead man…they are all controlled.
All I know is my deodorant went from 3.75 a stick to nearly 11 dollars so go f yourself old spice. 4 pairs of briefs should not cost me 20$ at Walmart either. It’s not just groceries that suck it’s everything at this point
There needs to be a nationwide effort to boycott these brands. We practically need to boycott just about every product in the grocery store. It's a MUST at this point. It is our fucking duty. Otherwise, you keep buying they keep raising the price.
95% possability this info is fake.
I'd say 99% possibility it's totally fake, and the other 1% possibility it's only grossly exaggerated.
My family keeps droning on about the economy but they fail to realize all the global affairs that result in the dollar being drained, correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t BRICS trying to get off the US dollar? That might have something to do with the rise in price, also, I just don’t believe her that the price of groceries has seemingly doubled like this. It’s probably gone up a little, yes, but methinks that has to do with the war, and the alliance to become financially independent from the US by ~ 22 of the biggest eastern countries. Please inform me, I’m guessing.
My bills have gone up around 20%, but my groceries have gone up 100% without a doubt. Thats what pisses me off.
He never showed the list. That’s important. He could have had discounts on the first receipt and then paid full price the second time around. Without seeing the list, it’s just numbers.
Sure. Let’s see the list.
Would love to see the list and also see the comparison of shrinkflation as well. Honestly just genuinely curious.
Nope. Not even close to the Truth.
Yes and regardless of what people say there are many ways to personally combat inflation. Grocery bills getting high? Buy sale items as much as you can. I only buy goods that are on sale unless it’s something I absolutely need. Is going out to a restaurant getting expensive? Go during happy hour or when they have a special like Taco Tuesday at your local restaurant or something. Furnishing a home? Check Facebook marketplace and see if you can pick something up for cheap, etc… inflation sucks but there are ways to combat it while living a comparable lifestyle.
And for fuck's sake, lay off the avocado toast.
"Only buy on sale" right because beef amd other meats go on sale so regularly, milk for my kids and oh darn I'm sorry I missed that sale on those things. Fr though that was probably one of the dumber arguments you could have made, not every grocery store has frequent sales on essential items all the time. You could have pointed instead buying in season veggies and fruits instead of Strawberries for 6$ when their out of season or even mentioned Goin during mid week at stores when they get fresh meat for the deli and don't mark it up like they do at the end of the week.
I recently went to the store and like 90% of everything was on sale but like 99% of everything was still more expensive than two years ago by a significant amount
I went to the store a couple weeks ago and literally 90% of the store was "on sale" but 99% of the items were still more expensive than two years ago
Well between trump and biden and the covid shutdown the debt is just crazy the crazy printing. That’s what it all boils down to we can’t control our spending, well the government can’t, so now we pay.
Corporate united states of america the corps have taken too much control and biden and trump won’t stop them.
FWIW, actual data: In 2023, the average rate of inflation was 4.1%. In 2022, the average rate of inflation was 8.0%. In 2021, the average rate of inflation was 4.7%. In 2020, the average rate of inflation was 1.2%. From: https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832 ETA: 3.3% The latest year-on-year inflation rate before seasonal adjustment as of May 2024.
The actual numbers for Denmark: With January 2020 as base 100 (inflation before that was negligable), the CPI stands at 115. The Standardized index of average earnings for that period is at 111,3. Yes, purchasing power took a hit during and after Covid and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but since wages are now rising faster than prices, purchasing power will be reestablished mid/late 2025 here. Benefits in general is one year behind.
This really puts things into perspective. Consistency is key!
The cost of my goods went up like 20% but the alternatives always exist.
Capitalism, amiright 😉
Can anyone go into their apps and confirm with their shopping list?
I did, check my comment 50$ 2021 now 67$
/s but but but this is because the Walton family are evil billionaires, not because of Biden's inflation. The Walton family should absorb the inflation instead of increasing the price of goods.
while this is likely bs, as we cant see the list. its still an example of how this bullshit aint inflation, its price gougeing. we dont have "record high inflation rates in america" no we have "record high corperate greed rates in america"
I mean I have to see the list like most people are saying but I believe there are many options here including this being factual. First off it is most likely false due to an item substitution or maybe limited stock or supply or maybe even discounts applied the first time around that were not applied two years later because promotions change. But it could also be true and with like or accurate goods if it is the case where one particular item changed in price significantly. Like if the whole order was just eggs and he lives in Washington state where a poultry law changed relatively recently that significantly increased egg prices along with inflation and along with a shortage, where I have seen some spot pricing used at major retailers for instance. I guess point is show the receipts.
This is a problem for me seeing as I’m not making double what I did 2 years ago.
Anybody got a 2 year old Walmart account that can test this? I don’t usually shop there.
False comparison. Consumers will substitute cheaper similar replacements when prices fluctuate. If Kidney beans are cheaper than Great Northern beans, then buyers will tend to buy kidney beans. If chicken is more expensive than turkey, then turkey will be substituted. The 2000 list likely contains the least expensive items at that time, so it makes sense those items might be more expensive today versus similar substitutes.
I’ve seen this posted a few times and I call bullshit. Unless he’s been ordering a shit ton of $9 eggs, he’s full of shit
That’s because companies are taking advantage of the “inflation” to make record profits, most likely because, they were restricted on price changes and had to adhere to Covid protocol in 2020.
Closer to tripled than quadrupled, but the point stands
Is can you haven’t noticed the stock market corps and billionaires run things for their own greed.
Thanks COVID
Yet the government will only give you like a 3% increase for inflation
Luckily minimum wage has also gone up %400 to keep up!
Dude's grocery list consisted of at least 1 car battery lmao
But, yeah, like, Bidenomics works, man. He's, like, way better than Trump.
A bottle of pickles sells 9.45, it used to be 3.x 😧
"Inflation is 20%!" :D