I know that we’re all trying to desperately save money wherever we can these days.
No one expected inflation levels to get to the point where they’re sitting right now as we enter the summer yet again. While the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly morphing into endemic status, people are still getting sick and facing forced work quarantines. Between losing income to positive COVID tests and businesses constantly being short staffed, I can’t imagine the economic problems are going to improve anytime soon. We are all left to our own devices to figure out one way or another to afford our basic essentials and everyday groceries. The rise in cost of raw meat is almost as bad as the rise in cost of gasoline in particular. If you have a fixed income that didn’t increase with the rise in cost of living, you’re screwed financially. I feel really bad for the people who aren’t just hit by these high prices, but also priced out of their respective markets. For instance, I started taking CBD products daily when my local stores started carrying them in 2019. The full spectrum CBD products I use were always expensive, but in the past year the price has gone up by 25% at the least. I had to look for different sources for CBD or I wouldn’t be able to afford it at all. Thankfully there are some amazing online CBD vendors that have competitive prices on safe products that undergo lab testing. You can beat that level of value, especially if you’re buying CBD currently that doesn’t have paperwork explaining where it came from.