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OhZone

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2. Is it just me or is that headline seem alarmist?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:27 PM

Nov 2021

It sounds like 300% not 5%.

We've had almost 0% long time, maybe since the crash of 2008.

5% over a year aint that bad really.

I mean my brother's Quest bars at Shop Rite went from 2.50 to 3.68, but are still 199 at Walmart.

hmmmm.

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Expert: Food prices are going up 'three times what we're used to in the last decade' [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 OP

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