The price of peas

[FlyersFan]

A year ago a small package of Birdseye microwave peas was $1.09.
Today I went grocery shopping and the same package is $2.49.

The price of all the groceries is going up and up.
Doesn't matter if it's a Democrat or Republican in office ...
it's not changing the price of anything.   

What can possibly cause peas to more than double in cost in a year?
Energy hasn't gone up.   Tariffs don't affect peas.   

Insanity.

[UltraBudgie]

Did you buy them anyway?

Peas are one of the things I buy at the Indian supermarket. Big bags of frozen peas for cheap. Many different varieties too!

Just checked: 2lb bag of green peas, $6. 2lb bag of pigeon peas, $5.

Birdseye: $2.49/10oz = $0.25/oz
Green peas: $6/32oz = $0.19/oz
Pigeon peas: $5/32oz = $0.16/oz

So looks like they've gone up in price too!

Maybe it's climate change or something.

[David64]

There's a lot of factors.

Meat is so expensive, people are looking for more plant based proteins which leads to higher prices. I wanted ham and beans with cornbread the other day and noticed the price of beans has gone up a bit too.

Ham - protein.
Beans - protein and fiber.
Cornbread is just good for the soul.

[Maxmars]

The rise in price represents the profit the "owners" will not relinquish.

Every cost increase is directly and completely relegated to the consumer.
The product doesn't improve, but the price keeps rising and we ask why...

It is "their" cost increase... dumped on you because profit is sacrosanct.

Tariffs are a tax on THEM... and they sigh and pass it on to us.
Taxes they must pay are THEIRS to pay.... and they sigh and pass it on to us.
Their greed is the problem.

Their profit is no good unless it grows. Continuously...

Meanwhile nutrition across the board is falling short across the country.
As people struggle and fret.. for something as trivial as survival...

[FlyersFan]

Did you buy them anyway?

Yes I did.
6 packages for the freezer.
It was stock up time.

[UltraBudgie]

Yes I did.
6 packages for the freezer.
It was stock up time.

Weird I am seeing the 10oz Birdseye at $1.27 each at Walmart. Maybe it's just your local store that's gouging? Although that is suspiciously cheap.

[Encia22]

Unless I'm reading this wrong, it looks like the US imports more peas than it exports. So, tariffs will influence the price increases. 

https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-p...porter/usa

[FlyersFan]

Weird I am seeing the 10oz Birdseye at $1.27 each at Walmart. Maybe it's just your local store that's gouging? Although that is suspiciously cheap.

I don't have a walmart around here.   
Maybe it is just the store robbing people.
I've been going there 25 years ...
Maybe I should check around.

[FlyersFan]

Unless I'm reading this wrong, it looks like the US imports more peas than it exports. So, tariffs will influence the price increases. 

I was under the impression that Birdseye sold USA peas.
But perhaps that's incorrect.
If they are from overseas then it could be tariffs at work.
But ultrabudgie found the same package for half price at Walmart.
So it could be a case of the store jacking up prices on their own.
But I've been going there 25 years and they've not done that before.
(It's Giant Foods)

[Encia22]

Does it say on the bags what the origin is? 

In Europe product labelling always has to have the country of origin, even if from multiple sources.