Holy smokes! Candy got expensive AF. (TikTok screencap)
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Tricks it is, then.
Prices are fine in Canada. Happy Halloween, ‘Murica.
I mean… Those look like normal Canadian prices.
However, contextually, that stuff in Canada is actually chocolate and many US versions have little to no cocoa, and oils instead of milk ingredients. So its a rip off because its not even chocolate.
Considering global coffee and chocolate prices, I’m surprised. Are sizes the same as last year?
Just go for flour/sugar based snacks instead of chocolate then. Few packs of Aldi version of hobnobs, job done.
I normally do full sized bars considering how many people we get on average. I normally buy them at Costco Business and it looks like they’re still priced the same. Prices at regular Costco are similar to what I remember of last year too.
We probably make most of our chocolate here. In the area around where I work there are at least 4 Mondelez plants. I know Mars has a few plants in or around the GTA as well.
Halloween just promotes socialism for children. If they want candy, get a job in the mine.
As a kid I yearned for the mines
The stupid shit tho is five years ago the candy would go on sale the day after and it $4 a bag. The candy is not expensive and the candy is probably somehow circulating from 5 years ago. Is all supply and demand, fucking capitalism.
Yeah that’s what’s so shocking about it, these bags would be $5 only a few years ago. And I remember how painfully impoverished large swaths of the country were then.
I cannot imagine how the average American in the Midwest is surviving at the moment.
Wife and I both work, everything is carefully calculated to have us constantly worry about bills and unexpected expenses. If one of us misses 1 day of work there is 1 bill that won’t be paid, which means multiple phone calls from bill collectors. A lot of them are super fast about sending to collections. I no longer fret about my credit score.
Have you been to a dollar tree? And everything is $3 or more
Well then the Midwest shouldn’t have voted for it lol
And the ultra-wealthy yearn for the “mine!”
Wait, you don’t just throw candy down the mine holes?
I’m a house that buys Full size Candy bars. We average 50 kids in our neighborhood, so generally 1 fundraiser box covers us.
I still have my 2024 screen shots and as you can see the price went up 31% I know it’s not an exact comparison, but the box I gave away last year appears to have been discontinued. On lower count packs its gone up nearly 45%.
I was planning on doing Roasted Chestnuts and Apple cider for parents as a fun gag, but now I’m considering doing that exclusively.
I got excited at this idea until I remembered that American cider isn’t alcoholic. Should make some proper scrumpy!
American cider isn’t alcoholic
So, it’s just apfelsaft?
I fully plan on making Adult Cider
We just call it cider here
Where do you get roasted chestnuts?
You need to find an open fire
Well first I have to pick them. I go here https://ohiochestnuts.com/#visit
And then I plan on roasting them the day of, I’ve got an antique cast iron chestnut pan and a grill.
¡Hecho en México!
Get ready to see lots of posts marveling at how expensive common things are getting in the US
Thanks Obama!
Almost as if the currency is in the toilet.
I’ll start: Ribeyes were over $20 each the other day.
Odd that products made and packaged in the US, from government subsidized corn syrup, and not the most affected by tarrifs, still jump in price. Maybe inflation will be the scariest thing this Halloween
This is not odd at all. Competitors prices are now (say) 30% higher, everyone else can raise 29%.
A majority of Hershey products have been made in Mexico for some time! It was “somehow” cheaper - possibly in part to tricklin’ down trade agreements - to ship the ingredients there and then send the finished product back. As much a “fun” fact as the “fun-sized” candy. Even the JustBorne/The Peeps peoples of Pennsylvania manufacture a bunch in Canada.
TIL, thx for insight
At that price, I think I’ll just hand out dollar bills. Kids love money, right?
We are doing stickers and glow sticks. Bought the “rave family special” online. It was still cheaper than candy.
Worst case Ontario - we now have emergency lightning, and an activity that will take hours for the kids.
Worst case Ontario
It’s water under the fridge.
Gnomewhatimsayin?
Water you saying?
It’s not rocket appliances, Ricky.
We are doing the same. No candies. My partner will give out stickers, pencils, and some organic savoury puffs that she managed to snag somewhere in bulk.
I would have to assume that if you handed out single dollar bills, kids wouldn’t really know what to do with it.
Pool it together and buy bags of candies at 70% off on November 1sr
the stripper bar is only two blocks away…
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when I was a kid, people would give out pennies when they ran out of candy
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Jesus fuck. Almost $30 for those big bags?
I am definitely going to WinCo and getting 5 pounds of peanut butter cups. They’re only ~$2 or 3/pound from the bulk bins!
They’re not Reese’s but they are just as good.
WinCo FTW. Love that place.
Winco is incredible. At first, I was annoyed at them not accepting credit cards. But after seeing the prices, and how credit card companies work, I understand it.
Things are higher quality/cheaper than Walmart, without the “Walmart tax” of cheating the manufacturer.
What the hell is up with these prices?
It’s just your typical Trump economy.
but what about the price of 3ggs!
The avian flu caused egg shortage? Also easily linked back to policies put in place by the GOP.
it’s what happens when you elect economic geniuses
it’s called ecofascism and you’re gonna love what comes next.
What kind of BS is that?
“Ecofascism is “environmentalism through genocide”, opined Klein. Political researcher Alex Amend defined ecofascist belief as “The devaluing of human life—particularly of populations seen as inferior—in order to protect the environment viewed as essential to White identity.””
Basically all the right wing nut bags that are popular now deny climate change. Trump even has his famous drill baby drill bit
it’s called ecofascism and you’re gonna love what comes next.
…did you think “eco” meant “economy?” 😂🤣😂🤣
oh no…my fragile ego! my only weakness!
ecofascism
IKEA has full size bars for a dollar each. I think 30 of those would be better than a bag of small candies for $30
You don’t want to get known as the full bar house unless you wanna spend $500 bucks a year on candy at minimum
Mini bags at Costco tend to run $0.25 or less a piece
Who else handing out cups of water this year??
Don’t let Nestlé know you have water
It would be fucking hilarious to be giving out bottled water and one of the trick or treaters comes as the Quick rabbit.
“Oh shit, here they come!”
Cups, in this economy?!?
Just have them cup their hands, pour some water in, and then send them on their way. Fortunately, eggs and toilet paper are expensive as well, so you shouldn’t have to worry about any repercussions.
Fortunately, eggs and toilet paper are expensive as well
Jesus christ, I cannot imagine being a kid in this generation of the US.
No treats or tricks under the MAGA regime. I hope they at least remember how to do a t-shirt ninja. If their parents even let them go outside, that is…
Who’s got cup money?!?
Just have them drink from a giant hamster tube thing hanging outside your door.
Oranges are a traditional treat for Christmas. I reckon with its orange hue, it’s gonna make a killing for Halloween this year!
I think everyone should collectively decide to hold Halloween 2 days after Halloween so everyone can get in on that reduced price candy.
Takes the sting out of inflation a little bit and everyone still gets their good time in.
Buy your candy at the end of August like I do and they are half price or even lower. This is what happens when you wait until what you would think the opportune time to buy your Halloween candy is.
“The most opportune time to buy halloween candy is when its 90% off november 1st of last year, the second best time is now” - Sun Tzu
American pricing be like.
This can’t be real. Someone please confirm?
-(sent from the UK)
Its real. Its price gouging as only walmart can do it.
Confirmed. Same price on my Walmart app.
