Not just that, salary refuses to go up but prices refuses to go down. From https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/business/food-prices-profits.html https://www.nyt

Not just that, salary refuses to go up but prices refuses to go down. From https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/business/food-prices-profits.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/business/food-prices-prof... archived at https://archive.ph/B1cjX https://archive.ph/B1cjX » Although food companies are prominent examples of how rapid inflation is being passed from producers to consumers, the trend is evident across a wide variety of industries. Executives from banks, airlines, hotels, consumer goods companies and other firms have said they are finding that customers have money to spend and can tolerate higher prices. [...] » Over the last year, the price of food eaten at home has soared 13 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with some items spiking even higher. Cereals and bakery goods are up 16.2 percent from a year ago, closely followed by dairy, which has risen 15.9 percent.