“Food prices have effectively reset to a permanently higher level after years of supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, transportation costs, and broad inflationary pressures.”
  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    I don’t know why people are claiming it’s a bullshit story, grocery prices are up 33% compared to 2019. It includes the inflation from COVID pricing because those prices never went back down.

    If you don’t like the nypost you can find the 33% figure in several other more reputable sources. They are all working off of the same data about Consumer Price Index index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      I don’t know why people are claiming it’s a bullshit story

      Because they don’t write that it’s since 2019, that means it’s over 7 years.
      Such numbers are usually on a per year basis unless otherwise indicated.