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It doesn’t matter why the price went up if it’s going up on average. Inflation is inflation no matter the source of the price.
by kortilla 3y ago
It doesn’t matter why the price went up if it’s going up on average. Inflation is inflation no matter the source of the price.
- Spooky23 3y agoIf you choose a $10 commodity vs an equivalent $5 commodity, that’s not inflation. If you pay someone to fetch and deliver a commodity, that’s not commodity inflation.
- kortilla 3y agoIf all of the grocery stores collude to raise the price of milk, that’s inflation. It doesn’t matter if it was because of input costs or a desire to expand margins. The popularity of Instacart has not grown enough to account for inflation. That’s just grasping at straws to blame people and bury your head in the sand. I never use delivery services and my grocery prices have gone up 50%. There is more money chasing fewer goods. It’s simple supply and demand. Only idiots get hung up arguing if middlemen are to blame for price increases. If supply was adequate, it wouldn’t be possible for grocery stores to raise prices.