I don’t know if this is going to reverse. If people get used to the higher prices and continue buying as before, stores will see no reason to lower prices after inflation comes down. If that ever happens.
I agree. In this case what goes up is unlikely to ever come down. Just like their handouts never end once something instituted essentially permanent. I could have 15 years left on this earth- I have no idea how I’ll manage financially at this point. So much lost since this crap has been happening in earnest since Covid