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Whatever the reason, grocery prices are higher than last year.
1 posted on 03/23/2024 5:58:54 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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“Greedflation”, huh? We all know who has a $34T “greedflation” problem.


27 posted on 03/23/2024 7:11:00 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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There are a lot of stupid people out there ... they believed the FDA, CDC, Labor Department, FBI, etc. so it is highly possible they will believe the FTC fools.


29 posted on 03/23/2024 7:47:24 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy.)
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This is a load of cr@p.

Here is the financial statement of Kroger, in the the largest publicly-traded grocery chains.

https://ir.kroger.com/files/doc_financials/2023/q4/FINAL-KR-Q4-FY23-Earnings-Presentation-with-tables.pdf

Look at page 23. Kroger’s operating margin (the ratio of operating income to total sales, ie the profit left after covering the expenses of operations) was down in 2023 (2.1%) vs 2022.= (2.8%).

That means the inflationary impact on revenue was more than exceeded by the inflationary impact of operating expenses.

Whenever the government publishes a report, a flower dies.


30 posted on 03/23/2024 7:52:55 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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Grocery Stores work on about a 2% profit margin and it’s highly competitive.


32 posted on 03/23/2024 8:01:02 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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I think a lot of it is price gouging greed. Just like every other inflation cycle. If the price of one item in the production chain goes up 10%, as an example, they raise prices 20% and pocket the difference. It surely will not be the first or last time.

Just no way soda needed to go up as much as it has for example. NO way. It is sugar and water for crying out loud. Another one is PVC. That was something you hardly gave notice to in price. Now it is a major purchase. Natural gas is the primary component and it has gone way down to historically low levels. Did PVC pipe and fittings follow? HELL NO.

33 posted on 03/23/2024 8:19:30 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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A new report from the Federal Trade Commission suggests grocery giants used inflation and supply chain disruptions during the pandemic to drive their profits and keep raising prices.

That first sentence tells you the author is either dumber than a bag of rocks or a liar. I'm going with liar.

First of all food prices didn't rise much until the fall of '22 so Democrat created supply chain disruptions during the plandemic aren't the issue or price rises would have started two years earlier in late 2020.

Secondly, duh, inflation caused food prices to rise. Are the "grocery giants" somehow immune to inflation and just being greedy to raise them?

Someone please take the author down to the dumpsters and dispose of him/her/zer/ze/zit.

34 posted on 03/23/2024 8:41:26 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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When there are no rich people, no greedy corporations, no
food, no energy supplies, no personal property, who and what
are they going to destroy next?

You can really see why tens of millions of people die each
time Communism is reborn.

When the US craters, 100s of millkions will die.


37 posted on 03/23/2024 9:12:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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I miss Trump’s ability to stop corporate greed


38 posted on 03/23/2024 10:47:02 PM PDT by NoLibZone (We have the nation we deserve The bad guys are willing to protest & riot while, we post in all caps)
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They have nothing but finger pointing and blame for the numb nuts who believe as the deliberately murder America


41 posted on 03/24/2024 4:03:59 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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Inflation was low during the pandemic, because demand was down and fuel prices were down. They can’t even concoct fake news right.


44 posted on 03/24/2024 6:55:57 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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Grocery prices are higher due to one thing Biden’s inflation along with everything else.

His bonus round massive spending that will be costly for years to come.


46 posted on 03/24/2024 7:08:12 AM PDT by Vaduz
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In 2020, what cost a $1 now costs $1.20. Some things are even higher. I saw a product that in 2020 cost $1. It is now $2.50. Other items have shrunk in size but still cost the same as in 2020.

Bidenomics in action.


48 posted on 03/24/2024 7:31:13 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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I think any legitimate investigation will find it’s not the producers or the retailers, it’s the middlemen, the wholesalers and distributors.


49 posted on 03/24/2024 9:44:38 AM PDT by Wuli (ena)
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