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I started eating salads in August. I eat the packaged ones from King Soopers.
They’ve gone from $2.99 to $3.69 in that time. Since August.
I don’t believe anyone who says inflation is 2.4%. I just don’t believe it.
The trick with inflation calculations is that they're tied to a specific basket of wholesale goods. So each individual ingredient in that bagged salad may not have gone up more than 2.4%. But the grocery store's corporate accountants have decided they can increase their margins with a 23% price hike.
That's not inflation, it's greedflation. And while we see wholesale prices remain low, we're watching profits soar.
This is Core Inflation in the OP. It’s actually a basket of baskets of goods.
Packaged salads have an insane markup on them, if you do them yoursef you can save more than inflation ;)
Inflation tracks the value of currency. Grocery store prices track how much corporations can charge you, imagine how bad it would be if the Krogers Albertson Merger wasn't stopped by the Biden Administration.
The value of currency is always relative to goods and services.
Prices track the value of currency.
But the prices YOU PAID don't track the value of currency when the prices the STORE PAID are much much lower. The dollar still bought those goods cheaply, and it's also still buying expensive homes, boats, and planes for some lucky shareholders and board members. It's just not buying much for YOU because you have limited options to buy from.