With supply chain issues and food prices increasing, I thought I’d re-visit this thread to see how much Doritos are costing where you live. Size of bags have somewhat changed the last decade(!) here, but here is where I am at in terms of non-sale prices. All prices are USD.
Doritos - Party Size bag(14.5 oz, 411 grams) is now $4.48
Doritos - 9.5 oz(262 grams) is now $3.48
These are the non-sale prices. I only have Doritos at parties now and don’t sale shop, but my local Meijer has them for "buy 2, get 1 free) and that is something.
There was a huge increase in pricing happening between the mid 2000’s and 2011, but it really seems to have leveled off. I’m not sure what could have been the contributing factors to this, but that is how it is.
How much are they where you live and perhaps we can meet again in 2031?
Edit: Ah, we did revisit this three years ago. I failed to re-read my whole thread. Anyway, how is in in 2021?
The bag of Doritos I bought yesterday was produced by PepsiCo Belgium/Portugal/GB for PepsiCo Germany.
Bag is 125 grams and cost me 2.95 CHF, so 250 grams would be 5.90 CHF. And google says that’s 6.45 USD.
One of the online shops which sells Doritos is out of stock. The other one has a 198 gram bag for 5.70 USD, and I think those are imported from the U.S.
There’s a reason Switzerland has a reputation for being expensive.
Your old [2005] 11.5oz bag @ $2.75has shrunk to 9.25oz and the price at a random Meijer I chose is coincidentally $4.29, the price of the 11.5oz bag in 2011. So from 2011 to 2021 the price has not changed but the size has shrunk so on a per oz basis has increased by ~25%. The 14.5oz size is $5.79, and if we use that size to compare to the old 11.5oz the increase is 7%
Over the entire period 2005 to 2021 the price of Doritos by the oz is up by 94% or 67%, depending on which current size you consider the equivalent or the old 11.5oz bag.
Since cumulative inflation since 2005 on the CPI is “only” ~40%, the price of Doritos does seem to have outpaced general inflation by quite a bit, and food-at-home inflation (+35%) by even more.
In 1990 (when I was a starving student) to now, the price of store brand 24 oz white bread was $0.55 (and was often on sale 3/$1), and in that exact same store the price is now $1.89 for a 22 oz size. So it seems like at the low end packaged food has experienced a huge price increase (almost 4X) compared to general food at home inflation (almost 2X)
The stamped price on the package for me (Smith’s, Kroger affiliate or whatever you would call it, in NE Wyoming) is $4.79; Of course, I only bought them because they were on sale for $1.88 bag.
At my local SE Texas Kroger the regular price for 14.5 oz. Doritos is $4.99 and the 9.25 oz. is $3.99. This week, with a coupon, I can buy up to five of the 9.25 oz. size for $1.99 each.
Reading through this thread now that it has been bumped, we should not ignore how much the price we pay has diverged from the “list price” over the last 15 years.
Used to be that you had the regular price and then weekly specials. Now different buyers will pay different prices with all kinds of personalized offers loyalty programs.
As more items are sold at a discount, shoppers with less mobility (no car) will pay higher prices on average than those who can get to 3 or even more grocery stores to take advantage of weekly specials or “personalized” offers.
In fast food, I see people complaining about how high menu prices are, but at McDonald’s and Wendy’s I rarely pay the list price. I just had a Deluxe Crispy Chicken meal for $6.49 which is about the same as it was five years ago. That deal is sitting in my app every day. The meals it applies to are $9.19 to $10.49 on the menu board.
I can’t remember the last time I paid full price for an actual meal except at an airport or a highway rest area where the app offers are not valid. I’ve gotten just a soda ($1.29) or a hash brown ($2.39).
My wife who does not eat fast food was horrified that I paid $2.60 for a hash brown that the dog scarfed down in ten seconds! The last time she was in McDonald’s (c1991) hash browns were 2/$1 apparently.
That’s the current large size. It’s $5.99 at my store, but I presume they have sales.
I don’t even think they make the 11.5 oz bag I started this thread with, by the way, everyone.
It is fascinating to see how quickly Doritos price went up, long before the past few years inflation.
I was paying $1.75 - $2.00 a bag when this started. I never see sales that good, now. I mean, even $3 per bag would be a great deal now. I’m not kidding when I say I buy Doritos less now than I did when my wife and I were just starting our careers.
We simply don’t get bags of Doritos that big here (South Africa). The absolute biggest we get is 240g (8½ oz)
Which cost ~$1.73 (R30.99). Proportionally, that’s $2.30 for 11½ oz.