return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months ago80% of Americans say grocery costs have notably increased since the pandemic started, survey findswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down19cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·2 months agoBacon still typically $6 a lbs. Double what it was before the pandemic.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10·2 months agoI feel like this should be a crime. Bacon should be like oxygen, or clean water, or masturbation. Things that EVERYONE should be entitled to.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down15·2 months agoNo, meat should be more expensive for the amount of environmental damage it does.
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAnd if that was the reason, sure. But it’s not. It’s due to corporate greed as seen by EVERYTHING increasing in price. I saw brussel sprouts going for $5/lb when just a couple years ago they were less than a dollar.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI’m this case, it has the positive knock on of reducing consumption.
Bacon still typically $6 a lbs. Double what it was before the pandemic.
I feel like this should be a crime. Bacon should be like oxygen, or clean water, or masturbation. Things that EVERYONE should be entitled to.
No, meat should be more expensive for the amount of environmental damage it does.
And if that was the reason, sure. But it’s not. It’s due to corporate greed as seen by EVERYTHING increasing in price. I saw brussel sprouts going for $5/lb when just a couple years ago they were less than a dollar.
I’m this case, it has the positive knock on of reducing consumption.
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