Inflation and store brands

In continuing with the friend that said the price of sugar is so expensive.... Since I last purchased a couple bags of sugar, it was last October. I thought well, maybe the price has gone way up since then? Nope, it's exactly the same. But, then I went back one more purchase, a year ago, I bought a 10# bag and it was almost 60% less than a 10# is now! So, I guess she is spot on. A couple of her friends commented. One gave her a link to a 25# bag on Amazon - for $35.....acting like this is a great deal. I commented she can get a 25# bag of sugar at Walmart for less than $20. Inflation creep. I can't imagine how people on a tight budget, who live paycheck to paycheck, are doing trying to feed their families on most likely, the same income they had before the inflation keeps creeping in.

I was watching a podcast type show recently where one of the hosts had several food items in both name brand and store brand and had the other host try out each and say which one he liked better. For all but one, he picked the store brands. She even had him try Lays potato chips and store brand and he thought the store brand tasted better. Of course the store brand was much cheaper. I've never tried store brand chips before. It got me to thinking, when I am doing my grocery order online, I need to give more store brands a try. I do use some. So, at least on this order, I'm going to give the Great Value regular potato chips and try and see how dh likes them (or if he even notices). They are 30% cheaper.

I'm going to try a few other things in Great Value brand. DH eats Hostess cupcakes with his lunch. I will order an extra box in GV brand, just to try. If he won't eat them, I will LOL. If he does like them, well that's .50 savings per box.

I need cool whip for a banana cream pie I want to make. I have bought store brand often, and will buy that again. $1.98 vs $1.07. Almost double the price. Once we try the new store brands items, I'll update on how we liked them. 

I have no idea what is going on with my chickens. During the day the sick one seemed a bit better, but by the time I went out there again at 4:30 (I checked on her many times during the day) she seemed worse. Evening I picked her up and set her in the roosting area. Then when it got dark my white hen didn't want to go into the roosting area. We got up her in there and just set her on the floor next to the sick one. The gray hen was already up on the roosting bar.

This morning now the white hen seems sick and just laying on the ground. Now the brown (sick) hen seems a bit perkier...maybe? Every time I picked her up the past 2 days she made no sounds or movement, but this morning, when I picked her up to set her down on the ground in the coop, she started making noises and even flapped her wings a bit. I set her next to the water and food and she just stood here. I went out again just now and when I went inside the coop she started making some bawking noises at me. White hen is still just laying on the ground. I did take some bread out and she took a couple pieces I set on the ground next to her. The brown sick hen wouldn't take any from me. My half sis suggested a warm bath, so I am going to see what I can find to use as a little tub and try that.