Where are you noticing inflation the most?

[Anonymous]

Restaurants. Hotels. Sneakers. Apparel.

I’ve started Christmas shopping for my kids and EVERYTHING is more expensive. I will be getting them less gifts bc the costs are so high. Usually I spend $500 per kid and they get 10-12 gifts. This year, I’ll spend $600-$700 and give them
5-6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My favorite sushi restaurant prices are up probably by 50%.

Big Mac meal was $5 not long ago now $10.
Five Guys hamburger meal is about $20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My favorite sushi restaurant prices are up probably by 50%.

Big Mac meal was $5 not long ago now $10.
Five Guys hamburger meal is about $20.

A Big Mac is $10??! Wow

[Anonymous]

Eggs

[Anonymous]

Just ordered groceries this morning and a gallon of organic milk is up to $9. Ouch.

[Anonymous]

Food and home contractors. I needed a tree removed and the quotes went up 20% over the summer. Got some garden soil delivered and their was big fuel surcharge.

[Anonymous]

food

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we calling it inflation and not price gouging?

+1

But to answer the question, food.

Food processors have had to raise the price of chicken due to the fact that in many cases their labor costs have doubled.

Chicken processors were paying $10/hour for workers (plus health care, vacation, retirement) in the processing plants less than a 2 hour drive from DCUM the year before Covid struck. The chicken processors are now having to pay starting wages of $18 - $20 per hour to process the chicken that you eat. During Covid the chicken processors competed against the government (unemployment) for workers. They had to raise their hourly wages to compete against the double unemployment that was being paid at the time.

Fuel costs to get your food to Giant etc have doubled and tripled in some cases.

Labor costs are higher and fuel costs have doubled or tripled which drives inflationary pricing for food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we calling it inflation and not price gouging?

+1

But to answer the question, food.

Food processors have had to raise the price of chicken due to the fact that in many cases their labor costs have doubled.

Chicken processors were paying $10/hour for workers (plus health care, vacation, retirement) in the processing plants less than a 2 hour drive from DCUM the year before Covid struck. The chicken processors are now having to pay starting wages of $18 - $20 per hour to process the chicken that you eat. During Covid the chicken processors competed against the government (unemployment) for workers. They had to raise their hourly wages to compete against the double unemployment that was being paid at the time.

Fuel costs to get your food to Giant etc have doubled and tripled in some cases.

Labor costs are higher and fuel costs have doubled or tripled which drives inflationary pricing for food.

That’s why the 8% inflation is useless .

[Anonymous]

You mean Chicken processors Salary increased 100%, while mine lab way behind inflation(2% adjustment)?

[Anonymous]

Notice most in Restaurant bill
grocery expense is relatively small to really notice or impact

[Anonymous]

food, gas and rent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are we calling it inflation and not price gouging?

Because it's happening everywhere and you can call it a gouging if the whole sector is doing it.

[Anonymous]

Food, flights and hotels, and the worst is cars. We put off a car purchase when Covid hit and here we are 2.5 years later still waiting. The car we could have had for $40k in 2019 is now $56k. Not sure what we will decide to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Food, flights and hotels, and the worst is cars. We put off a car purchase when Covid hit and here we are 2.5 years later still waiting. The car we could have had for $40k in 2019 is now $56k. Not sure what we will decide to do.

I didn’t know new car prices are increasing that much.