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It depends on how you eat. In my efforts to lose weight and get more healthy in general, I shop mostly along the outer edges of the store (produce/meats). In t
by Duff 16y ago
It depends on how you eat. In my efforts to lose weight and get more healthy in general, I shop mostly along the outer edges of the store (produce/meats).
In these areas, prices have shot up way beyond 6.7%. Onions and potatoes are easily up 100% or more since 2006/7. "Cheap" cuts of meat like chicken, roasts, pork chops, skirt/flank steaks and beef briskets are easily up 15-20%. Milk is up. Butter up 150% of more since 2006/7. Beer is up 10%.
If you eat processed stuff, those manufacturers can blunt price increases by using lots of subsidized commodities like corn and soy products.
- michaelchisari 16y agoIf you eat processed stuff, those manufacturers can blunt price increases by using lots of subsidized commodities like corn and soy products. I think this is an important factor to consider. In many ways, this stratification simply offsets the costs into health issues later in life.