– “We used to be able to get a basket of groceries and spend maybe $200,” said shopper Priscilla Miller. “Now, we don’t even fill up a basket and we’re almost sitting at that price, and it’s scary.”
Take eggs. One year ago, $2.82 would get you a dozen extra-large AA eggs. Now, that same amount of money will buy only six eggs. The price of eggs is up a whopping 89 percent over last year. Quaker Oats are up 58%, orange juice is 21% higher, and that cup of morning coffee is 22% more expensive compared to one year ago.Foodflation hit every aisle. Pink lady apples are up 20%, russet potatoes are up 44%, and ice cream is up, too — by 34%.
It called corporate greed and it’s the entire reason inflation exists at all
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