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.
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 ;)