Search all posts
-
Most Recent Posts
Sites of Interest
Tag Archives: Quaker Oats
I bought some eggs. Here’s what I learned
Over the past few years, I’ve paid only sporadic attention to the prices of stuff I regularly buy. Yes, when COVID caused prices to soar, I switched from Quaker Oats to no-name oat bran found in a bin at Fairway, … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Consumer boycott, Corruption, The Facts of Life
Tagged avian virus, egg price-fixing, Fairway Market, Porsche, price of eggs, Quaker Oats, TAFKAT, Twitter, V-8
Comments Off on I bought some eggs. Here’s what I learned
I’ve got my oats!
As I prepared to write this (while eating oatmeal), I was thinking about how miniscule my immediate world concerns have become. Oatmeal, and the price-gouging thereof. Well, I’ve found my de-gouged oatmeal. But first I went through a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged Fairway, oatmeal, paper products, Pioneer supermarket, price gouging, Quaker Oats
Comments Off on I’ve got my oats!
I want to report some price gouging…oatmeal
Oatmeal is in my blood. My mom introduced it as our daily breakfast in winter weather. She made it in a double boiler and put raisins in the top section so that they’d steam soft while the oatmeal cooked. In … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged Cedar Rapids Iowa, indictments, Irish oatmeal, pangolins, Pioneer supermarket, Quaker Oats, Russia v Ukraine, South Dakota, steel-cut oatmeal, Ukraine, Wikipedia
Comments Off on I want to report some price gouging…oatmeal