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Man claims people 'can't live any more' after sharing groceries he bought for $100

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Published 13:27 11 Aug 2023 GMT+1

Man claims people 'can't live any more' after sharing groceries he bought for $100

The TikTok user was in shock by how much his 'very basic' items cost

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

A man has claimed people simply ‘can’t live any more’ after sharing the groceries he managed to buy for $100.

We’ve all got to the checkout with a haul of snacks and been shocked by the price. It’s a sinking feeling when you have to sacrifice one of your favorite bags of chips to save a couple of dollars.

But when your simple grocery shop takes a hit too it’s even worse than your midnight snacks being cut down.

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And issues with the economy are making shopping for our essentials at the store a little tighter.

So to show just how bad it’s getting, a TikTok user by the name of Carenstino decided to create a clip showing what $100 worth of groceries works out as for him.

Highlighting the struggle, he captioned the clip: “I’m literally shaking from shock… something needs to change.”

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After going grocery shopping for ‘very basic’ items, he says: “This is getting out of hand. It’s to a point where people can’t live.”

Carenstino shows his grocery shop, taking up a very small space on the large kitchen island, explaining it totalled up to $100.

“You’re telling me this is $100? This isn’t even barely anything to feed me for a couple of days," he adds.

He shows the items, including: a small pack of chicken, a dozen eggs, rice, juices, body wash, deodorant, English muffins, stationery and canned energy drinks.

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“$100 for this? Excuse me?” he says to the camera, understandably, in disbelief.

His small selection of items cost him $100.
TikTok/@carenstino

Even if you try to imagine the price for this shop at your local grocery store, it’s unlikely to be so high.

Yes, there’s a chance he did picked up the items from a more high-end store where it’s likely to be a little pricier but a whole one hundred dollars still seems crazy.

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In the comments of the video, TikTok users also shared their shock, with one writing: “I used to make family dinner 6 years ago for $40. The same exact dinner cost $90 now.”

Another added: “Grocery prices have become absurdly high.”

And one user even claimed: “We’ve literally hit the point where it’s now cheaper to eat out.”

Others also recommended shopping at Aldi or Trader Joe’s to save some cash.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index previously showed that grocery prices were 5.8 percent more expensive in May than they were a year ago. Although, more recent figures show the them starting to cool off, finally.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@carenstino

Topics: TikTok, Money, US News, Food and Drink

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is an Entertainment Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include keeping up with the Twitter girlies, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021 and has previously worked at MyLondon.

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