Okay kids, with the price of oats going through the roof we are going to have to switch from gruel to boiled cabbage.
So no more of the "Please sir, I want some more?" schtick.
From the Daily Mail (as if you couldn't tell from the hundred word headline), September 12:
- Grocery prices are headed higher later this year, according to Kroger, the largest supermarket by sales in the U.S.
- While inflation is running hot, management is anticipating prices of its groceries to rise 2 percent to 3 percent over the second half of this year
- Within the consumer price index, the component for food at home has risen five months in a row and is up 2.6 percent this year
- Beef prices have risen 14 percent this year while pork prices have jumped 12.1 percent, and poultry prices are higher by 6.6 percent compared to 2020
- The fresh fruits category has had the largest relative price increase (4.9 percent) and the fresh vegetables category the smallest (0.4 percent) compared to 2020
- The Biden administration said that increased demand and supply-chain issues are not the only reasons for inflation as he points the finger at meat processors...
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