Retail Inflation and Consumer Staples Stocks

My wife is always getting sucked in by specious sales ads which advertise "ridiculously low prices!" So I made up a spread sheet for her of thge things we commonly buy so she would be able to see that nobody EVER beats Sams's Club prices.

A side benefit of this is that I periodically track what Sam's prices are.

No inflation? Wipe my ass! In the past ten months, the products we buy are up:

paper towels - 2%

bottled water - 9%

toilet paper - 22%

So I own XLP, the consumer staples sector spyder. Ditto for gasoline, UGA. Always use protection.

A tip for lushes on a budget. If you drink vodka, buy Everclear and cut it with filtered or spring water to the proof you usually drink. It's 43% of the cost of a typical vodka. The nice thing about Everclear is that you can burn it inside your body or outside.
 
Quote from Joe Doaks:
----buy Everclear.....
----It's 43% of the cost of a typical vodka.
----The nice thing about Everclear....
Do you buy the "half gallons", 1.75 liters, or the "fifths", 750ml? :confused: :D
 
Quote from nazzdack:

Do you buy the "half gallons", 1.75 liters, or the "fifths", 750ml? :confused: :D

1.75 liters. Priced to the penny the same as Tito's at GoodyGoody. If you filter your own water, that cost is near zero. But throw a few bucks of your savings in an old pickled pigs' feet jar for a liver transplant.
 
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