Anonymous wrote:Why are people looking at government stats instead of the prices they are paying. I've been buying specialty eggs and milk so I haven't noticed those prices.
But other grocery prices are up.
Restaurant prices are way up. Cheesecake Factory, Five Guys is over $20 now.
McDonalds $1 soda for years is $1.39.
I don't know how Subway survives with sandwiches over $10, some around $15.
Basic energy prices have gone up, and this has added to costs in multiple phases as contracts get renewed. Transportation surcharges become regular price increases. The energy costs for producers raise the prices for wholesalers. Wholesalers then raise their prices. Then there is the transportation costs for wholesalers to retailers. The more processing, the more the price increase. Restaurants that do more cooking in-house, will have a lower price increase. French fries purchased in bags vs making from potatoes in store, for example.

The grocery price inflation will be lower than the restaurant inflation.

Absolute lie. Just checked Five Guys web site - Bacon Cheeseburger (which is two patties) is $12.89.

Cheesecake Factory has always been overpriced - nothing new there.

Then there is the additional price increases that the global warmings are pushing with their war on agriculture. Europe is facing lots of protests, with the crackdown on fertilizer, and meat production.

Why are people looking at government stats instead of the prices they are paying. I've been buying specialty eggs and milk so I haven't noticed those prices.
But other grocery prices are up.
Restaurant prices are way up. Cheesecake Factory, Five Guys is over $20 now.
McDonalds $1 soda for years is $1.39.
I don't know how Subway survives with sandwiches over $10, some around $15.
Basic energy prices have gone up, and this has added to costs in multiple phases as contracts get renewed. Transportation surcharges become regular price increases. The energy costs for producers raise the prices for wholesalers. Wholesalers then raise their prices. Then there is the transportation costs for wholesalers to retailers. The more processing, the more the price increase. Restaurants that do more cooking in-house, will have a lower price increase. French fries purchased in bags vs making from potatoes in store, for example.

The grocery price inflation will be lower than the restaurant inflation.

Set prices would be awesome. Then there is rationing and people will want to punish the socialists.

Inflation definition is inflating money supply. Higher prices are just a symptom of inflation.

Anonymous wrote:Does OP want "socialism" where the president sets food prices?

If not, then the ire is directed at the companies raking in record profits under the banner of "inflation"

THIS X 10000000000

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Anonymous wrote:Baby formula is plentiful. Remember when Republicans were helpless and afraid about our formula supply? They wailed impotently.

But, Joe Biden was undaunted. Our beautiful babies have so much formula now.

Look, having formula— my uncle was a formula manufacturer, good genes, very good genes, okay, very smart, the Wharton School of Farming, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, okay, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off, formula, so much formula, only the best formula. People say to me "you know, there was no formula until 2016, then it was the best formula - the smartest babies, we had the smartest, now fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the farners are great negotiators, the formula companies are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.

There was a man who needed formula; very large man, a General, crying - so many tears in his eyes, he said, "sir, my babies didn't have formula; and you fed them so much. Thank you sir."

Anonymous wrote:Baby formula is plentiful. Remember when Republicans were helpless and afraid about our formula supply? They wailed impotently.

But, Joe Biden was undaunted. Our beautiful babies have so much formula now.

Look, having formula— my uncle was a formula manufacturer, good genes, very good genes, okay, very smart, the Wharton School of Farming, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, okay, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off, formula, so much formula, only the best formula. People say to me "you know, there was no formula until 2016, then it was the best formula - the smartest babies, we had the smartest, now fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the farners are great negotiators, the formula companies are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.

Anonymous wrote:I paid $1.19 for a dozen eggs and $1.15 for a gallon of milk at the grocery store this afternoon. Grocery prices have never been lower any time in my life, and I’m 37 years old! I credit President Biden 100% for this! Thanks Joe!!!

Where? I want to shop there.

Actually, the farmer I buy from have only raised prices like 50 cents per dozen eggs in the past 5 years, to cover their extra costs. I've found the famer costs are fairly stable.

Anonymous wrote:This is from letting companies merge left and right. Eventually food is down to three or four companies, no more competition so why not?

The farmer that I am buying from did not consolidate with anyone, but the cost of growing produce went up for him, and therefore for his buyers.

Anonymous wrote:This is from letting companies merge left and right. Eventually food is down to three or four companies, no more competition so why not?

This.

The consolidation of so many industries causes monopolies and cartels.

This is from letting companies merge left and right. Eventually food is down to three or four companies, no more competition so why not?

Baby formula is plentiful. Remember when Republicans were helpless and afraid about our formula supply? They wailed impotently.

But, Joe Biden was undaunted. Our beautiful babies have so much formula now.

I paid $1.19 for a dozen eggs and $1.15 for a gallon of milk at the grocery store this afternoon. Grocery prices have never been lower any time in my life, and I’m 37 years old! I credit President Biden 100% for this! Thanks Joe!!!