Do prices rise in autumn and fall?

[imagine]

Do prices tend to rise in autumn and fall?

[Russ]

Depends on if the demand is there.

Example: diesel fuel/home heating oil. Very similar products so when home heating season rolls around the price of diesel fuel rises.

[imagine]

Depends on if the demand is there.

Example: diesel fuel/home heating oil. Very similar products so when home heating season rolls around the price of diesel fuel rises.

So gas for cars goes up because of the rise in the need for home heating oil. Did I get that right?
How about food prices? People still need to eat that isn't a season thing. Is that one more about supply, like less fruit available so prices go up?

[Russ]

Correct, to a point. The supply does dwindlle on a lot of fresh foods but, in the dead of winter a lot of fresh fruits and veggies will come from Mexico. All that shipping adds to the cost as well as the lower supplies.

[Grainlady]

Egg production tends to go down when the weather gets colder. I noticed the price of a dozen eggs nearly doubled since last week, and then the store condescended to putting them on sale this week. We also had the second coldest October on record in our area. Thankfully Aldi still had eggs less expensive than Dillons on sale. I switch to powdered whole eggs when shell eggs are more per egg than powdered eggs, which is usually in December. The price goes back down close to Easter when pullets (young chickens) start to produce eggs.

There are also feed crops still sitting in wet fields that will cause the price of animal feed to go up, which will cause food prices to go up.

Imports also contribute to higher food prices. We used to get so much food from California (one of the largest producers of food in the world) that now has to be imported because they shut off the water for irrigation to the San Joaquin valley.

[ladytoysdream]

In our area, we had a wet summer. There is a lot of field corn still standing in the fields. Not good. Not good at all.
Corn is to feed animals. So if there is a shortage of feed this winter, then the price of available feed goes up, and the price of meat goes up.

[AspiringToBeFrugal]

I haven't paid attention to the variances of many prices other than on fruits and veggies in the fall and winter, however I know the stores generally have GREAT sales on baking/cooking staples--butter, flour, sugar, chocolate chips, spices, etc.--in the fall and winter in anticipation of holiday baking.

[monkeywrangler71]

I find groceries are cheaper in the fall. Early-mid summer is when the stuff we buy tends to be most expensive. The previous years' harvest is depleted and the current years' isn't ready yet.

[Monroe on a Budget]

Fall is the best time of year to stock up on baking supplies and replace / upgrade your kitchen gadgets.

[Luv2BeFrugal]

Fall is also a good time to stock up on spices...there's a 50% off sale right now at our local grocery...

[peanut]

I find things get expensive here when people have money to burn. When they are hard up (like after the holidays) we get a lot of good sales. January is sale month in our part of the world!

[Jellybeanz]

Time to stock up on baking supplies as some have said... things like sugar, oil, butter spices, seem to go down here in the fall right after Halloween.

I am still using oil/ sugar I bought on sale last year but have started buying more when I catch it on sale. If I had more storage room I'd be in business. lol

Summer seems to be the pricey times here in Mississippi (SE)

[Judi Dial]

Some things do, many things go down. Summer fruits, tomatoes go up, the breaks we get are on high demand seasonal stuff like food for the holidays. In my experience, food prices are lowest overall the week before Thanksgiving to Christmas..but after that? Nope!

Judi