daylatedollarshort
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I just got back from the grocery store. Something else goes up with every trip. This time, the soup I get was up 33%. I only wish I had seen the lower 7.5% inflation projected in the CPI than what I'm seeing in real world costs
I think supermarket and processed food prices are increasing more than inflation. At least one politician has complained about grocery store chains claiming record profits during the pandemic. Canned soup prices haven't changed much at the discount stores I shop at, and the sale prices are still the same. But if I didn't buy canned soup during sales and at discount stores and did my shopping at Safeway regular prices, I'm sure I'd see much more inflation.
I usually make a big batch of home made soup every few days with a lot of veggies that cost 50 cents to $1 a pound and maybe a little chicken, tofu or rice noodles. Where we shop summer squash is 2 pounds for $1, organic carrots are $1 a pound, onions are 2 pounds for $1, and asparagus is $1.50 a bunch. The asparagus used to be $1, so that did go up, but it is still pretty cheap. Home made soup with ingredients like that doesn't cost much to make, plus I make it in a thermal cooker, which cooks mainly with retained heat and doesn't use much energy.