Maybe they are included but are ‘hedonically obfuscated’.
I.e. The price of steak is through the roof, but it’s assumed that everyone who can’t afford steak just eats hotdogs instead. And hotdogs are much cheaper than steak so - hey! - the price of food isn’t going up much.
Crazy I know. But I bet the Government massage their statistics with such evil fictions.
Yeah, I’ve seen that done as well.
Since people cannot afford to pay more for food, they make different choices, so, magically, their food budget stays the same (maxed out, but with lower quality food) and thus no inflation in food prices.