Originally Posted by
E. Cosgrove
We have just been to the US and didn't really notice any change in prices. We have felt that grocery shopping is the same as back home, or even dearer, for a long time now.
The problem is when you compare it to sterling prices people expect things to be far less expensive and they are not. Dollar prices are very similar to our last few trips, the exchange rate is not.
you have to think in dollars and can only compare prices to previous dollar prices, not pounds sterling.
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