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I've had to stop buying tofu, it's too expensive. I also used to buy myself a cake from the local fancy bakery once or twice a month but had to jib that

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Anything made in the USA (though that is not primarily because of cost of living, only partially). I used to stop off at various street food vendors for a snack on the way home every second day or so, but now I maybe do that once a month. And that is cost of living related entirely.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

This is a good point, a lot of the small items people are cutting down on are from small businesses. They must really be suffering

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, small businesses were already suffering at the hands of big box stores, stagnant wages, and online purchasing.

And now there's a downturn.

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