Keeping tabs on inflation

Just a few minutes ago I got back from grocery shopping and getting gas (not to be mistaken with getting gassed😃).

Groceries for one person for seven days came to $81.31 (75.6 Euros). The only nonfood item was a single 2-liter Diet Pepsi.

Gasoline was $3.59 per gallon or something like .94 Euros per Liter.

How does that stack up with where you are?

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MarineBob · 56-60, M

I sell beer $9.00. Per 24 oz can at a concert venue two miles down the road it is three bucks. Every tax wolf wants his cut

Ontheroad · M

@MarineBob Yeah... taxes are taxed and even at $9 a can you aren't getting rich. I don't know why, but I'm perfectly willing to pay a small business or lone vendor two or three times the going cost for an item, but it galls me when large chain outfits do the same.

MarineBob · 56-60, M

@Ontheroad nearly half the sales price goes to various taxing agencies and commissions

Ontheroad · M

@MarineBob And then you have your overhead and that takes another big chunk out of it. That's the thing a lot of people don't see... the real net for a lone operator or small business is a small percentage of gross.

MarineBob · 56-60, M

@Ontheroad average cost of a top of the. Ending machine is 10k. Hardware and software to sell booze from it another 5 grand educated secretaries are not cheap

Ontheroad · M

@MarineBob I hear you - it's why I shut down my Airbnb business. It was just too much work and too large of an investment for too damn little profit. After about six years I figured I finally broke even.