01-17-2026, 12:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-17-2026, 12:53 AM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
is "right" but essentially wrong.
As a grocery shopper in Puna, watching prices over the last year, I would say tariffs have driven up food prices far more than .08% from SNAP. As far as I can tell, those huge increases in coffee prices haven’t resulted in an increase in Hawaii coffee production. Oh yeah, the Friday brain doesn’t remember what the Tuesday brain did, so now there are no workers, American or otherwise to pick the coffee.
The coffee I used to buy at Costco last year for $14 was $24 on Monday. Would I have liked to have pulled over in Kona and bought local? Sure, but does anyone think that will happen?
But instead of discussing the real problem, let’s grumble about our $100.00 of groceries at the checkout costing $100.08. Because of SNAP.
As a grocery shopper in Puna, watching prices over the last year, I would say tariffs have driven up food prices far more than .08% from SNAP. As far as I can tell, those huge increases in coffee prices haven’t resulted in an increase in Hawaii coffee production. Oh yeah, the Friday brain doesn’t remember what the Tuesday brain did, so now there are no workers, American or otherwise to pick the coffee.
The coffee I used to buy at Costco last year for $14 was $24 on Monday. Would I have liked to have pulled over in Kona and bought local? Sure, but does anyone think that will happen?
But instead of discussing the real problem, let’s grumble about our $100.00 of groceries at the checkout costing $100.08. Because of SNAP.