In a post here on November 7, I complained about the rising price of…no, not gasoline. Cashews. For years now, I've been buying a certain size box of Planters Salted Cashews. Each box contains eighteen little baggies, each of which holds 1.5 oz. of said nuts.
Recently, the boxes skyrocketed in price — from $11.24 a box to, at the time I wrote that post, $27.49. That was the price on Amazon and when I looked around online, other vendors had instituted similar increases.
I didn't understand why…just as I have no idea why the same boxes of eighteen 1.5 oz. portions went down to $15.06 for a week and are now back up to $24.69. Fortunately, I bought three boxes when they were $15.06. Hopefully, that'll hold me until the next price drop.