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AverageOldGuy

(3,878 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:58 PM Wednesday

$4.09/gal for regular gas is one thing . . .

. . . however, today after filling up I did grocery shopping.

Once a week I buy three 750ml bottles of the cheapest white wine I can find -- Pinot Grigio, Chardonay, whatever -- usually pay $10.99 a bottle.

Today every bottle of my usual was $14.65 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

$4.09/gal for regular gas is one thing but wine is something else entirely!!! I'm ready to take to the streets -- the National Mall in DC sounds like a good place --I'll go unarmed this time -- who's with me? Look for the old, white-haired almost-bald guy on the Mall across from the White House, sipping cheap wine. (NO BOONE'S FARM -- I do have a little pride,)

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$4.09/gal for regular gas is one thing . . . (Original Post) AverageOldGuy Wednesday OP
May I suggest Ripple...or Mad Dog 20/20? sop Wednesday #1
Same here, we're getting fucked all over FoxNewsSucks Wednesday #2
Dang! snowybirdie Wednesday #3
Try Fred Sanford's Champipple. Norrrm Wednesday #4
google 2 buck Chuck mercuryblues Wednesday #5
Cheapest gas here is Costco for $4.59 Hassler Wednesday #6
I'd plotz if regular was 4.10 maxsolomon Wednesday #7
Not Seeing That Here ProfessorGAC Wednesday #8
Gas in CA is $6 BigmanPigman Wednesday #9
According to Krugman, the real pain hasn't arrived yet. Ilsa Thursday #10

FoxNewsSucks

(11,729 posts)
2. Same here, we're getting fucked all over
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:13 PM
Wednesday

I travel a lot for work so I'm fucked by gas.

I love wine, fresh fruit/veg and coffee.

Between tariffs, ICE deporting workers, and corporate greed, they fuck me all day every day.

I couldn't hate him, his corrupt family, his greedy backers and every fucker who still voted for him more.

Norrrm

(5,093 posts)
4. Try Fred Sanford's Champipple.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:06 PM
Wednesday

Jeanine Pirro, nicknamed Judge Box of Wine, probably knows where to buy it cheap, in bulk.

Hassler

(4,925 posts)
6. Cheapest gas here is Costco for $4.59
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:38 PM
Wednesday

But cheap wine can be found for less than that. TJ's and a few others like Gallo...you can't spell gallon without Gallo.

maxsolomon

(38,749 posts)
7. I'd plotz if regular was 4.10
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:44 PM
Wednesday

I paid 5.70 for premium at Costco yesterday.

Sorry about the vin de table. If you're paying $14/bottle, go to Costco or Total Wine and get something good at the same price.

ProfessorGAC

(76,760 posts)
8. Not Seeing That Here
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 04:47 PM
Wednesday

I buy wine for cooking.
I'd estimate 35 or 40 cents more for the size bottles I get.
You're seeing 30 percent, while we're seeing 35 cents!
We're not in wine country so I should be seeing what you are.
I wonder why not.

BigmanPigman

(55,186 posts)
9. Gas in CA is $6
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:49 PM
Wednesday

ALL products are increasing in cost, CA beats all of them, I am sorry to say, since I live here and have to pay a lot more for everything than 90% of the other states.

Ilsa

(64,387 posts)
10. According to Krugman, the real pain hasn't arrived yet.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:01 AM
Thursday

Possibly next week, we'll see the financial inflationary impact of the shortages across many products from groceries to fertilizer then everything else.

Trump either doesn't understand, or isn't willing to deal with the reality that oil pricing is based on worldwide economics. We won't have shortages here if we are willing to pay a premium for oil & gas, even if it is produced here. Why would ExxonMobil sell us an $80 barrel when it can get 25% more on the world market?

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