Another product on the Walmart site that spiked in price was a left-handed fishing reel. It rose from $57.37 to $83.26 from April to May, a jump of 45 percent, with a post on Reddit showing the two price stickers. Aisle Gopher’s price history says that the price of the reel was $51.12 on March 14.
Another Reddit post showed an increase in the price of cocoa powder from $3.44 in May 2024 to $6.18 in April 2025.
HitlerPig’s primary campaign promise was to lower prices, which were already under control. Now prices are going up significantly, and the media isn’t going after him for it. I have heard him claim in multiple interviews that gas is $2 a gallon, and yet I’ve never heard a journalist challenge that easily disremovedble lie. There is not a single place in this country where gas is $2, so why aren’t they demanding answers when he says this? Where is it $2?
Every interview should be demanding how he intends to bring down prices, like he promised, and when it will happen.
Well, you see, the people who voted for him weren’t actually expecting lower prices, they were expecting racism, because they’re racists.
So far he’s delivered on schedule.
To be fair, there’s a portion of Trump voters that just believe him because they’re idiots who don’t pay attention to any news and lack even the most basic critical thinking skills. I know from firsthand experience as several of my family members are in this category.
They’re not red hat wearers but voted for him because they’re poor and he said he’d make things cheaper. They’re surprisingly not racist, but their stupidity supports racism.
And most of them are socialists. I sat my reliably republican voting aunt down and had a discussion about policy. Point for point. Healthcare. Immigration. Labor. Even stuff like gay marriage. Point by point I proved to her that she was and always has been a socialist. But the instant the big scary S word left my mouth her pavlovian conditioning kicked in. I was a fool and an idiot. Didn’t know what I was talking about. etc.
She shut down the convo.
God, the number of times I’ve painted things in Orange and Purple instead of Red and Blue and seen people ardently support the Orange argument, only to shut down in a brainwashed BSOD as soon as I replace the name tag…
I’ve actually seen them posting about eggs and only eggs now. They want to know why liberals aren’t talking about egg prices now. They’re ignoring the rest. They’re down to $3 a dozen or so, which is better, but it’s still at least double what they were not long ago.
Shitler has a nice ring to it btw.
I like Clown Prince.
Closest I’ve seen where I live is 2.50
Most places in America, it’s about $3. Where I live, it cycles between $2.90 and $3.20. it’s about $3.09 today.
Goddamn, we’re at around $4.10-4.20 per gallon here. Same as Hawaii, 33% more than NYC. Gotta love the PNW.
Thanks, universe, for not letting me spawn in the USA…
You’re just jealous of our freedoms
*fiefdoms
We have freedoms?
As a USian that just got back from world travel, the only freedom we have here that’s different from many places is the freedom from nasty-ass tobacco smoke EVERYFUCKINGWHERE. It’s the only freedom we have that’s better at home than elsewhere.
Also the weed and beer are way better here.
I do think it’s ironic that a chunk of the places that have universal healthcare still have a massive smoking problem.
I can’t help but wonder in a silver-linings-to-shit-stains kind of way if part of the reason smoking was curbed as much as it was in the states (aside from successful votes/lobbying) is because it’s too expensive to die from.
I’m betting the biggest factor in smoking falling out of favor is the taxes most places started placing on a pack.
I dont know, opiates arent cheap and you guys are nailing that shit. Your smokes did absolutely jump in price in a few years, it went from bringing loads home to bringing enough over to smoke on my trip.
hey now, at least we dehumanize and tuck our embarrassing drug addicts into the lower class neighborhoods and under bridges were they belong so we can ignore them easier! /s
US beer? As in beer in the US is better than beer somewhere else? Where did you travel to, Pakistan?
Did you miss out on the fact that you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting multiple microbreweries in the USA? I swear that one of my locals has a microbrewery inside of the microbrewery…
Yeah the microbrewery scene is where it’s at. American macrobrews blow.
Everywhere has microbreweries, anywhere someone can say the beer sucked can be replied to the same.
Lmao I guess a Muslim country would be even worse, but no the two that stood out to me as sucking compared to home were Italy and France. I fully admit that I only had what was available at grocery stores. The prices in Europe definitely beat the pants off of US prices though. (Except I guess American swill like Coors or Steel Reserve etc. but I’m not sure those could even legally qualify as beer in the EU lmao)
I’m sorry but Canada has clean air acts, great craft beer, and way better weed (on average). I say this as someone who grew up in the US
Yea I can’t disagree with any of that (although I am a wimp in the cold).
(although I am a wimp in the cold).
it’s 18°C here, and I’m frozen. No way i’d ever survive in Canadia.
Yes, you are free to work. Now get back to it if you don’t want to starve or be harassed out of society and die homeless and alone with nobody caring.
Free to shop at the company store.
You’re free to pay me for the privilege to zuck deez nutz.
Free dumbs.
Nah. They resent us because we don’t have
high quality, affordable healthcaresOcIaLiSm.
The politics suck here, but there are far worse places. At least it’s not South Sudan.
There are only two places on Earth:
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Countries called the US
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Countries the US is planning to invade next
You’ve got some catching up to do then.
Pink is countries the UK has invaded. Purple is everyone else.
Wow, the labour government needs to pick a fight with Belarus.
If you think colonialism is unique to the US I have a continent to sell you.
Is it Africa?
Ooof, sorry that one’s actually only available in our combo deal.
Nah, I’m from Germany… The US would never… You know… We are friends… //throws history book out of the window//…
Honestly, the history books will make America friendlier towards you. After all, where do you think the Nazis got their inspiration?
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But the felon rapist conman traitor said he’d lower prices.
HE SAID SO.
wow. The donvict lying? SAY IT ISN’T SO!
There is a left-handed fisherman somewhere who is so pissed at him right now!
I never knew this was from something. I thought it was just something people made up. I should have known better. Nothing repeated that much could be original.
I hate to tell you this, but fiction is also something people make up.
Always have to clarify for the pedant that can’t use context clues…
I thought it was made up organically by internet users as the source, rather than repeated from some peice of media.
I used to be a department manager in the GM side and had to do a lot of price increases for my toys due to supply chain issues in 2020. this kind of price change is crazy and I am glad they fired me for being a fag. I would hate to still be working there
Walmart Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey previously told Newsweek: “As we look ahead, while operating conditions are expected to remain dynamic, our strategy is clear, our top-line momentum is strong, and we are flexing into our advantages to protect margins as we grow.”
“Look, lord knows what our fuckwit President will do next, but our plan is clear. While our profits continue to be strong, we’ll use our heft to squeeze suppliers and our near monopoly in rural areas to squeeze customers. In any case, we’ll protect our bottom line and continue to grow.”
They’re the only store in many places so they are in a good position to raise prices. The big question is if their customers can afford to buy anything anymore.
They could barely afford it before. The scary question is what they’ll do when they realize how screwed they are.
Lemmy is big on making fun of “forever growth”. But that’s how the world has always worked, there is no ideal steady state. We Americans are within a couple of years of slamming into the brick wall of “can’t buy shit”.
Nothing will save us but straight raping the rich for what they’ve done to us. And since they’ve bought and paid for all the mechanisms to claw back even a morsel, too late. There will quickly come a time when they can no longer be their own best customers. We provide the labor, value and purchasing power.
Newsweek has reached out to Walmart outside of regular working hours via an online contact form.
Lol gotta love how Newsweek doesn’t even have someone they can reach out to at Walmart. At this point Walmart’s PR department is probably an intern with a microsoft copilot account since no matter what shitty thing they do nothing happens to them and people still shop there.
To be fair, it’s also because Newsweek is a joke of a magazine now that doesn’t have real journalists with those sorts of contacts anymore.
Most people/towns have no other option, All the big corps have taken down anything local, over the last 20-30 years.
That’s true, I should have specified that for those with a choice on where they shop. But even in towns and cities where there are major retail/grocery alternatives, Walmarts tend to thrive.
Even if it was a local small business, they would be increasing price. Did you think they can absorb 30% tariff when their margin is single digits?
People in America care more about money than anything else. There could be a brand that kills children and as long as it’s cheaper it will be bought. Cough nestle cough
That’s true nearly everywhere capitalism exists though, not just America. Nestle sales in Europe aren’t far behind their North America sales
I commend these employees for posting the price increases.
Despite TACO Don’s lies, really, we all knew this was coming. It’s good to have validation, regardless.
Tacoflation is going to hurt US consumers.
TBF there is a cocoa shortage so the powder increase is expected. But there isn’t a Chinese fishing reel shortage, just dumb taxes.
There’s actually been a huge increase in lefties, and they demand fishing reels.
The lefties yearn for the reel
More specifically, there’s now a generation of people who didn’t get their ass beat for using their left hand (this was surprisingly common up through the fucking 90s in some places) and now they want leisure goods that are left-hand-capable.
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You know where you notice this? As an American buying appliances in Europe. You can buy a front loading washing machine for 300€, including VAT. A refrigerator? 400€. Three years ago I paid 1800 for a fridge in the us, and last year bought a scratch and dent special washing machine for $600
Edit: and US prices are not including Tax.
I just bought a whole suite of new appliances over here. I didnt realise I ws doing so well. Most wasshers and dryers here are front load, thats standard. Something else that came up on my travels is that you guys dont often have fans in your ovens, which would be very standard here.
The ones with fans would be “convection” ovens, which cost more this side of the pond
The oven fan drives me nuts. It allows them to sell stupid shit like air fryers. Put convection in my fucking oven and stop charging up to $1000 extra for the option.
Also the combo washer dryer. I stayed with friends in Belgium for a month over 25 years ago. They had a front load washer/dryer. One appliance. We are now finally seeing these in North America but they suck balls and are really expensive.
Oh I hate them combos, great in theory often poor in practice. They are usually in rental properties here, cheap and cheerful resolution.
The ovens are crazy, no wonder the US have all these appliances. My oven steams and a dude on here would not believe me saying its not practical to have an industrial oven in my house.
To be fair though we have a higher voltage residential supply too so you guys might not be able to as effectively use this shit.
It’s corporations. My stove runs on 220V as does my dryer. Aside from gas all of them do. It does exist but it is priced out of a normal person’s budget. These ovens exist only in homes where everyone eats out as generally those are the homes that can afford the extra expense. Or as that person told you previously, unless you purchase a commercial oven. Yay capitalism!
Due ye have dual supply or step up?
To be fair I got what I paid for, I paid shy of two grand for two full size ovens that include a steam and microwave function. We use them all the time. Do you guys have down draft hobs? Best thing I ever bought for the kitchen.
I’m not a typical North American. I have a full kitchen outside my house in an outbuilding that is fully set up as a commercial kitchen on three phase power. Inside my house I have typical shitty North American appliances. The “outdoor” kitchen is all second hand bought at auction commercial restaurant appliances. Gas stove tops. Commercial electric ovens. Vent hoods. The whole thing. It’s taken years and years to build up.
We grow, forage and raise a lot of our own food and have a small galley style kitchen in our little house that just isn’t practical for large batch stuff like butchering and canning.
You’re who I think I will be everytime I try fermenting and planting food.
Are we feeling great again yet? 200% cost of goods sure feels great for the company stockholders.
Good. Let’s get my mother the cheaper groceries she wanted.
Fascist bitch.
My mother in law, a religious Walmart shopper and Qanon adherent, won’t stop bitching about her grocery bill. Fucked around, found out, still not getting a single neuron to fire across the gap. I think she’s just eating packs of crayons.
Liberal: “Haha, stupid conservatives, now we’re all going to drown together, you idiot.”
Conservative: “Fucking smug liberals, I’m going to put another big hole in this boat, just to show them.”
Leftist: “Shit! Fuck! Guys, please let’s not drown. We need to come together as working people and fight to reclaim the boat we’ve all worked so hard to build.”
Liberal/Conservative In Unison: “God damn Tankies. This is all their fault. Let’s throw’m overboard.”
Grocery shopping yesterday we really noticed it for the first time. Things have been higher and higher for a while but now there an extra 10-30% on some goods, overnight. Gonna be a brutal year. I’ve never seen stagflation in the flesh. No one my age has.
I spent more for groceries than I ever have before last week.
I’m not looking forward to the future.
What I have noticed is less and less items on sale. I mostly purchase sale stuff and I have slim pickings. I actually saved a flyer from a few months back and there’s a lot more on sale.
I’ve been buying the generic brands between Kroger and Walmart just passed on what i needed most this week. It’s always the cheapest anyway. I see zero reason to buy name brand flour, condiments, or canned foods. What killed me this week as buying kitty litter. That Was a massive increase. Fortunately i live 2 blocks away from the weekly farmer’s market, so i am gonna just start buying seasonal produce there this summer
I haven’t seen increased prices due to tariffs at all yet, but I haven’t been shopping lately for anything but groceries and other necessities. I actually bought kitty litter (Ökocat brand) last week and it was the same price as the last few times. Like you I buy almost exclusively store brands and I plan to hit up farmers markets this summer too. I’m also growing my own cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and corn.
As best I can tell from Trump administration statements, their strategy for mitigating their political damage has been to publicly demand that WalMart and other companies just take losses as he increases their input costs.
That’s not going to happen, but I suppose that it doesn’t matter, if enough people believe that it could.
What I find darkly fascinating about this “eat the cost” strategy is that if you were to dare suggest taxing Walmart more, Trump’s fans would call you a commie librul socialist who just wants handouts. But when Trump demands that they subsidize his agenda suddenly they’re all for it.
Because taxes can be traced to services that should be provided to people. No one knows where the money from tariffs are going. (The rich)
I’m no longer all that fascinated by the fact that they will follow “their guy” in circles and then straight off a cliff. It’s just gross.
It’s honestly a little poetic in a way, given how the that’s how Walmart’s treated its workers for generations. (ie, Walmart subsidizing their profits by paying workers so little they have to seek the social safety net.)
It never made any sense. Walmart famously keeps a profit margin under 3%. And Shitstain L’Orange tells them to eat a 25% tariff? How does that work? They just operate on a 22% loss???
Well the arithmetic isn’t that simple. Cost of purchasing goods is far from WMT’s only cost. So even if you assumed that particular expense increased 25% (reality being less), the impact to profit would be always less. Maybe WMT technically could eat the cost, their executives have probably ordered projections. But market forces and the will of the shareholders certainly makes it an unlikely proposition.
Prepare your Trump “I did that” stickers.
