The Price of Rice
As I was sorting through my monstrous pile of receipts, I thought I would put aside the ones where a purchase of a 20lb. bag of Botan calrose rice was made. When I first spotted the bags stocked at my local Walmart, I was ecstatic, as going to the asian markets to get rice was out of my way and pricey, about $15 per bag.
So, when I found comparable bags of rice in Walmart, I was thrilled. And then there was the whole rice shortage thing. Watch this progression of the price of the same bag of rice over a the span of 1 year 4 months:
03/28/08 - $ 9.58
05/01/08 - $10.48
06/25/08 - $12.78
09/14/08 - $15.18
10/22/08 - $18.24
07/09/08 - $18.24
Looks like the price increase has stopped.
Just thought you folks in Hawaii would like a laugh at the price I have to pay for my rice. Yikes.
Meanwhile, I'm paying $2.78 for a gallon of 2% milk. So take THAT ;-)
