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Hoo TV

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It's the cost of food. Everybody's gotta eat (link)


Food price increases have outpaced general inflation and food represents a huge portion of many people's "budgets".

I shop a lot at Aldi, and even though prices there are still better than most grocery stores with perhaps the exception or maybe Walmart, the increases have been startling, like a 12 oz package of garden salad (basically iceberg lettuce, shaved carrots, and red cabbage) that was $0.89 pre-pandemic, but the last time I was there, was now up to $1.89 (212%). It's just kept going up, too, after initially jumping up to $1.39 (56%).


[Post edited by Hoo TV at 01/25/2024 1:29PM]

(In response to this post by Lazarus)

Link: Food companies reap record profits amid hunger crisis


Posted: 01/25/2024 at 12:50PM


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