It's getting comical now. How on earth could it go up that much and they are made in Canada so there shouldn't be tariffs.
by Previous_Wedding_577
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pickledeggmanwalrus
Never even heard of them. No Ball available?
missbwith2boys
Absolutely ridiculous!
I see prices like that at some grocery stores. I avoid them.
Wilco often has a 40% off one item, and I’m always using that for jars or lids.
PaintedLemonz
Grocery store prices for canning jars are ridiculous. Home Hardware has them for $16. Walmart is usually a little cheaper, and they regularly put Golden Harvest on sale.
They might have a mole leaf on them but they’re not made in Canada. They’re made in the US.
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Bethw2112
Greed, that’s the reason.
PoachedFig
I get mine from Costco in bulk for a lot cheaper, that price is crazy.
EducatedRat
I just had ti buy lids and was shocked this year.
djgibblets
Sad to think prices will probably never come down on anything. The new reality is grim. Never been a better time to put your own food up.
RagTagTech
They are like $13 at my local hardware store.
TooGouda22
Huh… those are like $12 for me in the U.S.
nineteen_eightyfour
I’ve had good luck trolling ace hardware of all places for sales
Hardworkinwoman
Because people are willing to pay it
AffectionateLeave9
The falling rate of profit pushes monopolies to act as cartels and do anything in their power to increase the value they extract from production and sale.
Bourgeois governments do not enact any price controls to protect consumers; the agencies meant to regulate capital are staffed by a revolving door of capitalist insiders, or are corrupt.
Capitalism baby, anarchy of the market, all power to private property.
“If you dont like it, why dont you move to Chiiiinaaa”
Canada desperately needs a publicly owned and operated, non profit grocery chain. Long term stable employment opportunities with benefits, low prices, encouraging local growers and producers, etc the benefits are obvious but the Liberal and Conservative duopoly have no political will for this (because they are corrupt capitalists of course, and Mark Carney is a straight up warmongering banker)
NotYetGroot
It’s just marketing/branding. Buy cheaper if you’re smart and don’t want the “cool” brand. Or buy 1 pack of the cool brands for your boss, your mother-in-law, and other people you want to impress.
Background_Basket630
“Inflation” is just the ultra rich raising their tax on us. The call it “profit”
Wtfjushappen
Because now we are paying “livable wages”.
UsedandAbused87
Because people keep paying what they are charging.
bbtom78
Can you check to confirm that they’re still made in Canada? Is there a statement on the packaging? I found online that they’re made in the US for the Canadian market (same plant that the Ball jars are also manufactured at) and the actual company does not address it, however, their website legalese has a lot of US and state of Georgia remarks.
Well it’s economics, you have government giving out Covid checks and ppp to businesses. That starts inflation which the best definition is too much money chasing too few goods. That inflated the price. The money given out didn’t create and new goods. Handouts created people with flush cash. But didn’t increase production so the prices go up.
LiterColaFarva
Precovid? Like 2019? Show me ANYTHING the same price as 5 years ago.
dogmeat12358
Gotta love those tariffs.
Silver_Scallion
I saw some in Winn Dixie (Florida) today for $12
wickywickyremix
The end is nigh!
Appropriate-Metal167
Could there be a prepper element: wars, the current US malarkey, a few more canners get into stock-up mode, store shelves emptied, and it snowballs? Like toilet paper in COVID.
3_Pedal_z28
Making it harder to be prepared for when IT happens
GrayDawg23
Just look for places like hardware stores that are selling them at discount because they don’t need damn mason jars in a hardware store. Hardware stores always have seasonal inventory that goes on sale months after. The cheapest I got a pack of mason jars was $4 because they were out of season, and bigger ticket items needed to be in store instead.
nlamber5
Well you see, companies have figured out that the price you’re willing to pay has nothing to do with the value of the object or the cost to make the item.
hanimal16
I paid $20 for a case of pint jars back in August. I’m scared to look at the prices now lol
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Never even heard of them. No Ball available?
Absolutely ridiculous!
I see prices like that at some grocery stores. I avoid them.
Wilco often has a 40% off one item, and I’m always using that for jars or lids.
Grocery store prices for canning jars are ridiculous. Home Hardware has them for $16. Walmart is usually a little cheaper, and they regularly put Golden Harvest on sale.
https://preview.redd.it/n6m4cgt5n5xf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=3c183dfcfbcd5e72844aafc39f734a5795669663
They might have a mole leaf on them but they’re not made in Canada. They’re made in the US.
[deleted]
Greed, that’s the reason.
I get mine from Costco in bulk for a lot cheaper, that price is crazy.
I just had ti buy lids and was shocked this year.
Sad to think prices will probably never come down on anything. The new reality is grim. Never been a better time to put your own food up.
They are like $13 at my local hardware store.
Huh… those are like $12 for me in the U.S.
I’ve had good luck trolling ace hardware of all places for sales
Because people are willing to pay it
The falling rate of profit pushes monopolies to act as cartels and do anything in their power to increase the value they extract from production and sale.
Bourgeois governments do not enact any price controls to protect consumers; the agencies meant to regulate capital are staffed by a revolving door of capitalist insiders, or are corrupt.
Capitalism baby, anarchy of the market, all power to private property.
“If you dont like it, why dont you move to Chiiiinaaa”
Canada desperately needs a publicly owned and operated, non profit grocery chain. Long term stable employment opportunities with benefits, low prices, encouraging local growers and producers, etc the benefits are obvious but the Liberal and Conservative duopoly have no political will for this (because they are corrupt capitalists of course, and Mark Carney is a straight up warmongering banker)
It’s just marketing/branding. Buy cheaper if you’re smart and don’t want the “cool” brand. Or buy 1 pack of the cool brands for your boss, your mother-in-law, and other people you want to impress.
“Inflation” is just the ultra rich raising their tax on us. The call it “profit”
Because now we are paying “livable wages”.
Because people keep paying what they are charging.
Can you check to confirm that they’re still made in Canada? Is there a statement on the packaging? I found online that they’re made in the US for the Canadian market (same plant that the Ball jars are also manufactured at) and the actual company does not address it, however, their website legalese has a lot of US and state of Georgia remarks.
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“and they are made in Canada so there shouldn’t be tariffs.”
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greed.
Well it’s economics, you have government giving out Covid checks and ppp to businesses. That starts inflation which the best definition is too much money chasing too few goods. That inflated the price. The money given out didn’t create and new goods. Handouts created people with flush cash. But didn’t increase production so the prices go up.
Precovid? Like 2019? Show me ANYTHING the same price as 5 years ago.
Gotta love those tariffs.
I saw some in Winn Dixie (Florida) today for $12
The end is nigh!
Could there be a prepper element: wars, the current US malarkey, a few more canners get into stock-up mode, store shelves emptied, and it snowballs? Like toilet paper in COVID.
Making it harder to be prepared for when IT happens
Just look for places like hardware stores that are selling them at discount because they don’t need damn mason jars in a hardware store. Hardware stores always have seasonal inventory that goes on sale months after. The cheapest I got a pack of mason jars was $4 because they were out of season, and bigger ticket items needed to be in store instead.
Well you see, companies have figured out that the price you’re willing to pay has nothing to do with the value of the object or the cost to make the item.
I paid $20 for a case of pint jars back in August. I’m scared to look at the prices now lol