About the only increase in Walmart’s prices could only be caused by an increase in the price of oil / transporting goods from China to the US.
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I can’t remember, does it take a lot of fuel to get the US from China?
Yeah, if you drive..........
That cost is increasing as well due to CA air pollution idiots trying to regulate the diesel fuel used in ships traveling in CA waters. Ships normally burn dirt cheap "bunker" grade oil. Lots of sulfur. CA wants to force them to use low sulfur diesel. Much more expensive. That cost will be passed on if they want to unload at a port in CA.