Are you worried about rising food prices?

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A BBC study finds many people are eating less because of high prices. What is the situation where you live?

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[BraneMatter]

Prices are way up on everything, and quality and quantity are way down.

[Hit The North]

I intend to binge-eat my way through this depression. Bit of binge drinking wouldn't go amiss either.

But yeah, I'm worried about rising food prices, rising gas and electricity prices and fucking rising unemployment. When capitalism catches a cold, the workers get pneumonia.

[jake williams]

Yeah, I can barely afford food, and so now I can afford food less. That sucks.

[Followthewhiterabbit]

Food prices are way up.
I already live in a poor area near Glasgow, alot of people do not realize that the poverty in the poor areas of Glasgow is very very bad, probably the worst in the UK.
Heres a scary stat:

Average Life expectancy in UK : 78.7 males and Females
Average Life expectancy in Iraq : 67
Average Life expectancy in Calton (Poorer area of Glasgow) : 54

Oil prices are way down, petrol prices are beginning to fall, although I suspect they will not be lowered to the same degree as oil. Energy prices will not drop, lol even GMTV was able to show the energy companies as the robbing goons they are. They raise prices with great speed with the rises in oil but take as long as possible to lower when oil is reduced. It sickens me that they make money from other peoples suffering.


"...as British Gas owner Centrica said it was raising gas prices by a record 35% and electricity by 9%."

The problem is worsening by the day.

[Pawn Power]

It is becoming ridiculous. Some grains have nearly doubled in price within the last year. I remember a NPR program a few months ago one the subject when they were interviewing people about food costs. They talked mainly to "middle class" people who complained of no longer being able to afford shopping at "organic" at stores like Whole Foods. :lol:

But in fact, this crisis is relevant to both the "middle class" and the working poor. While one group has to cut back on specialty and luxury food items (a sign that they are indeed working class) the other must start make cuts in their actual diet and consumption.

[ashaman1324]

the food situation is completely avoidable, i live near a farming community and if you drive through the country some nights, you can see farmers burning surplus crops. it follows reason that this is simply to keep prices up. farmers can fix this problem pretty easily. STOP BURNING OUR FOOD!

[Incendiarism]

I sometimes don't have enough to eat for an entire month, so I expect to be subsisting on oatmeal and coffee for a while :cool: