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    Donut sticker shock

    Yesterday I picked up my 4 year old grandson to spend a few days with Grammy and me. On the way home (150 mile ride) I stopped at a truck stop with a Dari Queen and was going to get us a ice cream cone. He wanted a donut. What kind of kid wants a donut over ice cream?? Anyhow I get him his donut and go to pay for it. $1.72!!

    Before I retired 7 years ago I about lived on my morning breakfast of 50 cent donuts. I doubt I've had more than a couple since. When did they more than triple in price??

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    Seems like yesterday to me. Things that I paid $1.79 for seemingly three years ago now cost something like $3.79 to $4.79

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    I understand your position. My wife shops for us because I refuse to pay these prices.
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    If more people refused to pay those prices, guess what will happen; short run they raise prices even highter, but long run they go out of business. I'm going to help them go out of business cause I WILL NOT PAY THOSE PRICES!!

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    I used to go to the Safeway before they opened. My dad was a baker, I would buy hot donuts right out of the fryer for $0.07 each.

    Side story, dad got his bakery when they opened the new Safeway in Nampa. This was one of the stores with that swooping roof that some of us know so well. I still see those being repurposed for something else but they are very recognizable.
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    People will always buy things, that is human nature. We complain but still do it. Sad thing is we haven't seen anything yet on the inflation front, it is about to get a lot worse.

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    There are two donut shops in my town. Occasionally I stop in to grab my three kids donuts and kolaches before school. Three chocolate milks, one dozen donut holes and four sausage and cheese kolaches runs me right at $14.
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    I think it was about the same time a $1.00 cup of coffee went to $8.00.
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    The problem is you guys don't use a card. If you use a card you don't have to pay for the stuff. You just make the minimum payment until you have waited long enough to declare bankruptcy. One of my wife's friends does it like clockwork every 7 years. She just ditched over 70k worth of credit card debt. I said to her "Oh, so you just stole 70k?" I got the SWMBO look for that one.
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    $.75 ea. for fresh donuts at the Meier's store here...or $3.00 for a six-pak of 'day-old'.

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    Truck stop, side of highway. Limited options, IE increased prices!

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    The proper politically correct term is no longer "doughnuts" . . . they are to be called "Biden Bites" . . . just another reminder of the inflation we will all be suffering under the new Democratic Socialist Party - .

    The cost of everything is going up . . . and UP. I say the above with tongue in cheek but unfortunately, it is the truth. Tpday, my wife and I stopped and ordered and paid for our headstone - one of the things I have on my bucket list to take care of this summer. We stopped and got a price in 2018 - didn't get to it and last summer we ended up staying in Arizona due to Covid. Since 2018, the price of the headstone had increased $200 - so even preparing for death isn't getting any cheaper. I don't blame the company we purchased it from - the cost of everything has gone up from probably the wages in the quarry where the stone is taken from, the cost of transporting (trucking costs), increases in overhead, etc. But, I agree with you on the price of a doughnut . . . it would be a cold day in Hades before I forked over a $1.72 for a doughnut! It might be a high price, but your grandson was happy and I'm guessing that it is very likely that the memory of you picking him up, stopping and buying him a doughnut and the time he spends with you and your wife just might be one of those things he will never forget . . . and I guess you can't put a price on that sort of thing. Funny . . . I still remember staying with my favorite grandmother - her fixing tea in the afternoon and having her friend from across the street come over - the tow of them allowed me to sit at the table with them and she gave me a cup of tea and two of her great big homemade molasses cookies. One of my fondest memories and that was at least 65 years ago.

    Enjoy the time you folks are a blessing to spend with him - in times to come, he will cherish those times just as much as you do.

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    When you really need to worry is when people start buying houses just cause they are going up in price so fast. Wait a second...
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    I will trade you an unopened pound of Varget for a dozen Krispy Cremes, but only recent production (fresh out of the icing conveyer).

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    I've been in a whole lot of truckstops and never knew Dairy Queen had donuts. Most I've seen have Dunkin or something. It's a truckstop, your going to pay a premium for anything in there
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    About 55 yrs ago, my dad had a cousin that managed Krispy Kreme bakery, in Daytona, FL. Being the manager, he kept some of the leftover donuts and brought them home. Loved going to visit him, cuz I could easily eat 6-8 donuts without reprimand, and take 2, 3 or 4 dozen home.the plain glanced donuts were my favorite

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonp View Post
    I've been in a whole lot of truckstops and never knew Dairy Queen had donuts. Most I've seen have Dunkin or something. It's a truckstop, your going to pay a premium for anything in there
    I got the donut on the truck stop side, and my ice cream fix in the DQ.
    I may have grumbled a bit to myself about the price, but I’m sure he’ll get another on the way home.

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    We only have like 20 donut shops here. Kolaches are 1.00, donuts $0.40, Apple Fritters at 1.20. good to go here. Krispy Kreme? Over rated, over hyped and yuck. Had 'em, find them junk.)
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