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Food spending as a percent of income[1] has trended down drastically since the 1890s, though. It would be reasonable to look at the price of food in general, bu
by TheCoelacanth 3y ago
Food spending as a percent of income[1] has trended down drastically since the 1890s, though. It would be reasonable to look at the price of food in general, but cherry-picking one specific brand of one specific food item is absurd. It has as much to do with Campbell's marketing strategy as it does with food prices in general.
[1] https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=76967 https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery...
- barbazoo 3y agoDrastically down until 2000 and then drastically up since 2020.
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoDriven primarily by eating out rather than spending on food eaten at home. It's not the food that's more expensive; it's the waiter and the cook that are more expensive.