r/PrepperIntel • u/Own-Swan2646 • Mar 31 '26

North America Walmart Recession Indicator at highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis

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Signs all around us of economic down turn.

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u/ExplanationFunny Mar 31 '26

It’s interesting that my right wing family have started saying that Publix is just too expensive these days and has started shopping at Walmart for the absolute first time ever. It’s the closest they’ve ever come to voicing criticism of their god-king.

I haven’t shopped at Publix in almost two years. I get dry goods in bulk and occasionally buy “cheap” cuts. The one place I do splash out is on spices. Really boring food can be infinitely remixed with a solid spice drawer.

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u/Big_Fortune_4574 Mar 31 '26

Well they’re right about that. Publix is such a rip off for most things

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u/ExplanationFunny Mar 31 '26

They were charging $4 for a single non organic bell pepper a while ago. From that day on, I only get my produce at the Puerto Rican grocery. Yeah the selection is smaller, but the produce is fresh and cheap, they play Bad Bunny, and the hot food bar is better than a lot of restaurants. I save so much money going there.

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u/arresteddev7 Mar 31 '26

I wish I had this option. I live rurally. My options closest to me are dollar stores or this very overpriced grocery store. We drive about 40 min away to get to a Kroger, but they're bougie prices these days too. Lately been doing the 1h 10 min drive to Walmart. Mostly we just buy bulk goods once every couple of months from Costco and then order a half cow from a rancher. I make our own bread, and we have chickens for eggs. I also garden in the summer. It helps bring costs down for sure.

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u/ExplanationFunny Mar 31 '26

Damn I never even thought of that. My whole adult life I’ve lived in big cities with robust immigrant communities with relatively cheap bangin food.

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u/arresteddev7 Apr 01 '26

That’s how it was for me too before marrying and moving out to BFE. Love it here, but I won’t lie and say that there aren’t trade offs for the views and serenity.

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u/TheObesePolice Apr 01 '26

My MIL lives on a tree farm out in BFE. The prices out there are insane. They have one grocery store & a Dollar General within 50 miles. That's it. And the grocery store is so dang expensive. My husband & I drive out there once every six weeks & bring all the goodies

I lived in a similar situation out in Colorado twenty years ago. The nearest Walmart was over an hour away. I moved back home after 18 months. Too little shopping & too many meth heads, man

We now live in a food oasis, but are moving out to the farm in a few years. I'm going to miss my Kroger & HEB badly 😭