Weekly, What recent changes are going on at your work / local businesses?

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Rheila@reddit

The same bag or rice I bought for $12.99 a month or so ago (that was on sale for $10 in the city but I wasn’t planning a trip to the city) is now $19.99 at our local grocery store. Glad I re-stocked when I did.

Pierogi that were $2.79 are now $4.50 also.

Northern Alberta, Canada

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MoonAndStarsTarot@reddit

BC, Canada and I buy frozen fruit for my Husband and I to have for smoothies, breakfasts, snacking, and desserts. I buy 2x2kg bags from No Frills per week and within a single week they went up $2! On March 22, I paid $15.99 for the PC frozen fruit and on March 29 it was $17.99. I was appalled and bough No Name because it was $14.99 but often does not taste as good. Now the No Name bag is $15.99 and that price increase happened either the week of March 30-April 5 or April 6-12.

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ManufacturerOk7236@reddit

Seeing much the same in Eastern Ontario, about 2 weeks ago there were some big discounts on fresh berries, now same items are 2.5X the sale price. Other products much the same. Even No Frills is getting $$.

BTW does your community have a K shaped economy also?

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keinezeit44@reddit

NY, US. I also noticed an increase in rice. The 10 lb bag of jasmine rice I usually buy is now about $5 more

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SpiritTalker@reddit

I haven't been able to go shopping in about a year and a half due to recently developed mobility issues. Husband's been stopping and getting what we need this whole time. The other day I managed to finally drag my sorry behind into the grocery store to pick up a few things and I had sticker shock! Everything is so much more expensive, yikes. I know I've been "out of circulation" for a bit, but jeebus. A box of Crackers that used to be but a couple bucks? Over $4 now. Chips, $5+ a bag? Good thing we don't usually buy chips. Even friggin hummus went up ffs. Didn't even look at produce or soda or anything. Cheese & sour cream didn't seem too bad though.

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DeltaFlyer0525@reddit

My partner did all our shopping during Covid till we got vaxxed because I have health issues and when I finally got back in stores I could not believe what the prices were. I still have not gotten over it and everything is so much worse now. I hate buying food. It makes me angry.

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No_Possible_7108@reddit

Where I am, a 12-pack of soda is $12

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Inevitable-Ad-6650@reddit

I am getting hard seltzers for 16 bucks a 12 pack, but at least those have alcohol in them

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IncomingAxofKindness@reddit

True but the boss complains when I pull those out of my lunch bag.

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Inevitable-Ad-6650@reddit

Im self employed so my boss encourages it on Fridays

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SpiritTalker@reddit

Yikes

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povertyandpinetrees@reddit

I work at a MART with four WALls and we're having trouble getting enough plastic grocery bags. Also, Roma tomatoes have gone up in price by roughly 25% and we don't get as many per shipment.

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Salekdarling@reddit

Multiple pizza shops in my area in SW Pennsylvania have said they stopped using fresh tomatoes because the price went up by 450%.

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lousuewho2@reddit

Well I’m feeling better and better about going overboard and starting 30 tomato plants for my garden this year.

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Tlr321@reddit

I was just talking to my wife about planting some tomato plants. We are in an apartment with a south facing balcony, so it gets a TON of afternoon sun. We’ve also just recently gotten “into” making our own salsa. Seems like a perfect time to get started on some tomato plants hahaha.

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missbwith2boys@reddit

There are lots of dwarf varieties developed by the Dwarf Tomato Project. I grow two specific varieties from seed each year.

The plants only get about 3 feet tall but they can produce large varieties (so size of plant is not tied to size of fruit). My two favs produce those huge heirloom sized tomatoes, and tons of them.

They’re perfect for large pots. If you aren’t growing from seed, a local nursery is more likely to carry a dwarf variety.

Photo of some of my tomatoes- the

Yellow-green and slightly wine red ones on the right are from dwarf plants.

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2quickdraw@reddit

If you can trellis look for indeterminants that will keep growing.

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Academic_Win6060@reddit

I've grown tomato plants in my 3rd floor deck railing planters and just supported them with twine tied to hooks in the ceiling. Tomatoes loved it and they provided nice shade through the hot summer which kept the deck a very pleasant temp for hanging out on. Good luck with your crop this year

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JicamaAppropriate920@reddit

I took care of my tomato needs by developing an allergy to them 😭

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missbwith2boys@reddit

On nooooo

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No_Possible_7108@reddit

Carrots and bananas and tree nuts here. Thanks covid 👍

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JicamaAppropriate920@reddit

now you've got me wondering if my allergy is related, I've had COVID twice. First time mild, second time I was pretty sick. I also have oral allergy syndrome which is annoying AF because it's always a surprise what I'm going to react to.

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Acrobatic-Jaguar-134@reddit

Getting food and environmental allergies and intolerances from covid infections isn’t uncommon, and repeat infections can make it worse, so def could be the culprit.

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No_Possible_7108@reddit

Probably would've been the second time. What I was told is that when your immune system is extremely taxed - as it would've been on your second round - your immune system can sometimes slip up and in the process, make you develop new allergies.

I was also told allergies developed this way can go away over time, but mine haven't in 5ish years so unfortunately I am not holding on to too much hope

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Vegetable-Board-5547@reddit

At my local regional supermarket only romaine lettuce was available. I asked the produce guy if they moved the lettuce. He said no, that's all they could get. I checked back a couple of days later, and they had red leaf lettuce available for $3/head! No iceberg, no green leaf.

Fortunately, I had some arugula over winter.

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mslinky@reddit

I've had trouble getting iceberg lettuce lately too. Stores that never had a problem shelving it were out of it, and other stores had yucky looking stock.

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AirborneGeek@reddit

we're having trouble getting enough plastic grocery bags.

I wondered if/when this was going to be a problem.

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

Roma was the only tomato variety available at my grocer’s my last shop. There were eight of them, so I only purchased four.

Tomatoes are among the crops that have been hit hard recently.

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TrekRider911@reddit

The tomato industry has been hit really hard lately.

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minesweep0r@reddit

I work at a hobby shop that sells sports/pokemon/magic cards. Business is absolutely booming and we are shaking our heads at the money flowing in. Don't really understand.

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50million@reddit

I hope tangible/analog stuff is coming around!

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doubtfulpickle@reddit

The kids are picking up analog hobbies

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minesweep0r@reddit

Unfortunately it hasn't been kids for quite a few years now. Its grown men with fanny packs and LLCs trying to profit 18 cents at a time.

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WallabyWanderer@reddit

Literally the only growth in the toy industry last year was from adult collectors. It is crazy.

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Strong_Web_3404@reddit

They are playing the lottery. The right rare card and it's hundreds or thousands on Ebay.

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Serious_Yard4262@reddit

This, it's basically another form of gambling. My husband casually plays Pokémon and once in a while I'll go into our local card shop with him. There's always the same handful of guys buying tons of packs, sorting through it, and trading back what they can for in store value hoping to hit it big.

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Disastrous_Crazy8049@reddit

There's some hope. My husband has gotten our older kids into magic. All the kids still like pokemon, too. There's even meetups at our local library that draw a sizable group of kids. My 13 year old just spent days going through card catalogs and tutorials to build his deck. He purposely picked cheap cards, too.

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Practical_Hippo6289@reddit

I-65 in central Alabama shutdown due to fire in the median. The second such fire in less than a week. Obviously due to the drought.

https://www.wsfa.com/2026/04/23/fire-along-median-shuts-down-interstate-clanton/

https://www.wsfa.com/2026/04/20/grassfire-slows-traffic-i-65-between-montgomery-prattville/

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Internal_Necro47@reddit

Manufacturing our helium supply has been cut in half starting in June from our supplier.

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keinezeit44@reddit

Medical equipment?

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Internal_Necro47@reddit

Machining brittle materials.

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Acrobatic-Jaguar-134@reddit

Jfc.

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Wytch78@reddit

Scholastic book fair time. School/book fair is asking little kids to pay $10-20 for junk you’d see at Five Below for a couple bucks. Lots of kids leaving empty handed because they didn’t bring enough money.

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Oldhouse42@reddit

I don’t want to sound like a “back in my day” guy, but I probably will. I am a lover of books and am also a 3rd grade teacher. I hate so much that when it’s book fair time, the kids buy up all that cheap garbage and rarely purchase books. The only thing book fairs had besides books when I was a kid was bookmarks and a few posters. Now it’s endless trash.

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Serious_Yard4262@reddit

A couple months ago we took our Pre-ker to his first book fair (our school does them with parents for lower elementary) and he said, "There isn't any actual books here can we go to the library instead?" Which means even some kids are disappointed by this change. I was disappointed too, we couldn't afford the book fair when I was a kid so I was really looking forward to giving him that

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Oldhouse42@reddit

If you’re raising a kid that age who values books that much, you are doing some fantastic parenting. Great job!

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MoonAndStarsTarot@reddit

I loved the book fair as a kid. It had so many books. The non-book items were stationary (pens, erasers, highlighters, etc), bookmarks, posters, calendars, and planners. Nothing like what they have now. I teach high school but a number of my students have siblings in elementary so they've shown me pictures of what book fairs are like now and I am appalled.

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Oldhouse42@reddit

Even so many of the books come with trinkets! I have seen kids buy books for the trinkets and then abandon the books. It’s so disheartening.

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Wytch78@reddit

I know. They need to do away with it. The whole setup has thrown our campus for a loop.

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Tlr321@reddit

Several garden stores that I’ve been to are either out of garden vegetable plants or running very low. I talked to someone at Lowe’s this week & he said that they get bought very quickly after being stocked. Starts especially.

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missbwith2boys@reddit

zero shock there. I expect to easily give away my extra plant starts this spring! I bought my seeds in January.

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LadyDenofMeade@reddit

Been laid off from my healthcare job since November. They're currently turning patients away because there's not enough providers to manage them, but still don't think I'll be back off my layoff for 2-3 years.

Nurse practitioner, Midwest.

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AdoraNadora@reddit

I’m aware of a major hospital system that’s actively cutting but also saying, “we need to increase patient volume”. It makes no sense!

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MontrealChickenSpice@reddit

Do more with less, until there's nothing left to give.

Then do more.

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AdoraNadora@reddit

All the while, patients suffer. 😔

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mmsh221@reddit

My husbands hospital is doing this. They’ve added patients during his lunch break. Everyone is interviewing elsewhere

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mmsh221@reddit

Coasts and Hawaii are begging for NPs

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bccruiser@reddit

I have a NP friend in rural NW that they are getting signs of an imminent layoff or even clinic closure.

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LadyDenofMeade@reddit

The dominoes from cutting CMS reimbursement are starting to tumble...

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V1ld0r_@reddit

IT COnsultant at a large consultancy.
AI expansion and headcount reduction continues.
Most recent example: team of 4 developers (1 junior, 2 intermediate\advanced, 1 senior), 1 tester, 1 Scrum Master\Project Manager is being downsized to 2 junior devs, 1 tester, 1 SM\PM in part time. AI is taking up the slack and allowing to keep deliverables at the same rate.

We're also seeing a lot of engagement around inbound call centers leveraging AI voice solutions to cut down on headcount by drastic amounts (like from 300 people to 50).

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ruaraid@reddit

Tire distributor in Spain. Nankang tires went up 20% since last week. In fact, we lost a sale because of this. The customer asked for the last price he had paid (April 7) and he immediately chose not to buy. I think we're going to see astounding inflation numbers in the coming months.

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screech_owl_kachina@reddit

When the war started I knew I had to replace my tires ASAP, I guess the effects are starting to be felt

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Silly_Lecture8917@reddit

We’re jacking up prices almost every 2 weeks from manufacturers of electronics. Which you ask? All of them.

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CannyGardener@reddit

I'm in foodservice distribution. I just got approval to run the price update system in 'perpetual update' state, instead of monthly, because we are getting hosed on cost increases and fuel. First time we've done that here...

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keinezeit44@reddit

I live in a small-ish but rapidly growing town in upstate NY that has long been a K-shaped economy, owing largely to its popularity as a haven for affluent people who get tired of living in NYC. Affordable housing has been an issue for a long time here, but it's getting a LOT worse. I'm seeing daily posts from people in my local town FB group asking for just a room to rent instead of an apartment or looking for roommates. Also lots of posts asking for help feeding their kids because they're completely broke.

Dollar stores have been popping up everywhere lately. Have 4 new ones in just a matter of months.

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VariousFalcon7466@reddit

A lot of previously retired people are looking for jobs. Older nurses that decided to retire at the start of COVID are looking for floor jobs.

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

And we’re working short, especially on night shift, because our hospital system has implemented a hiring freeze.

We aren’t hiring positions that are vacated, either.

Meanwhile, we’re extremely busy during what is historically our slower season. Our patients are sicker, and larger, which is complicating matters further.

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VariousFalcon7466@reddit

They’re still hiring here but all the applicants are over 50 years old, most of them are over 60.

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StraightConfidence@reddit

Yeah, my old facility was one of the most well-supplied and equipped in the area, but we still managed to not have the right equipment for patients over 250 lb.

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Mysterious_Message_3@reddit

Boat factory dude here again. Boat sales are still sucking ass but they fired our plant manager randomly last week and brought in a “fixer” to take his place. He is supposed to turn around our company. He did the same thing at a satellite company of ours and tore the management apart, root and branch, so we expect the same thing to happen here. They already did 3 rounds of layoffs to the peons like me on the floor last year. So I’m happy to see the fucks in the air conditioning take their lumps for once.

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JicamaAppropriate920@reddit

My company just had layoffs last Friday, 4% of our workforce. Fleet industry.