Those aren't mutually exclusive. Beef seems to be one of the things that have gone up substantially, but beef is a small fraction of most people's food budget.

Those aren't mutually exclusive. Beef seems to be one of the things that have gone up substantially, but beef is a small fraction of most people's food budget. I'm currently paying about $0.65 per bell pepper which is something like 20% cheaper than they were when prices peaked in 2011, if you trust The Fed[1] [1]: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000712406 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000712406