Why arent grocery prices lower right now?

[joelbc1]

https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/bird-flu-outbreak-more-than-90-million-chickens-killed/https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/19/farmers-hit-by-record-high-fertiliser-costs-since-ukraine-war-can-nature-based-solutions-h#:~:text=Why%20are%20fertiliser%20prices%20so,to%20the%20average%20in%https://www.drought.gov/historical-information?dataset=0&selectedDateUSDM=20241112

Wonder if drill baby drill can fix all this?

There was a video I saw somewhere last month where a leading foot economist was talking about soaring food prices (worldwide) and he, with facts and data, made a very strong argument that world weather conditions and animal diseases were the chief culprit for soaring prices….Draught has taken much of the grazing land for animals out of production over the past 10 years or so, asa result, producers have had to REDUCE the size of their herds to stay in business, animal diseases (avian flu) have also been a major contributor to meat and poultry shrinkage that results in HIGHER retail prices….this shrinkage also adversely affects the supply of slaughter houses for beef, pork and poultry that in turn creates a reduction in “supply” at the retail level…that causes prices to RISE! So, it’s not so much “politics” as it is simple “supply and demand economics” that have sweated these higher prices…..disease (Covid, avian flu), weather conditions and simple business decisions made by producers are the culprits here…..for those who want a dose of truth.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Ah yes. Huey and chis said our inflation was due to Trump so he is to credit for the fact ours was better than most of the world.

You and northern do like your knots.

 

[Fan In Black]

So you're a legal to drink 8 year old?

so you are one of them socialism's that tries to tell mericans what to eat? freedom of speech libtard.

 

[ButtersHawk]

so you are one of them socialism's that tries to tell mericans what to eat? freedom of speech libtard.

 

[Hans81]

Great thread, never been discussed on here before. Can't wait to get this figured out!

Buy less junk food & your overall grocery bill will be lower. 😉

 

[ThorneStockton]

I do think Doobi deserves credit for honesty. Most everyone would have just figured he's especially stupid, a dullard. But he admitted that he fried his brain through methamphetamines and now posters - myself included - will often rub his nose in it.

Yeah, I realize he comes off as a child who thinks he's clever, but the response should be to treat him with kid gloves, not the addiction angle.

 

[fakenewsking]

Not sure I have been to a grocery store or market in years. I think they will 100% drop so fast once Trump is back in office. Wife said broccoli is $17 a kilo and lettuce is almost $12. Salmon, tuna, and other seafood is still around $3 a kilo. Typhoons blow as they destroy most of the fruits and veggies, making them all expensive. But once Trump is back in office the typhoons stop and cheap fruits and veggies again. This would also happen if anyone is in office.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

 

[ericram]

She's dodging her creditors she owes about 20 million on her failed campaign after she blew through a billion dollars.

Like your leader pays his bills.

 

[DooBi]

I do think Doobi deserves credit for honesty. Most everyone would have just figured he's especially stupid, a dullard. But he admitted that he fried his brain through methamphetamines and now posters - myself included - will often rub his nose in it.

Yeah, I realize he comes off as a child who thinks he's clever, but the response should be to treat him with kid gloves, not the addiction angle.

Yes because that is so much easier than actually using your brain and having a conversation. Good on ya.

 

[noleclone2]

 

[FranklinHawk]

America needs to open up their damn eyes…and sharpen their math skills… food prices are on the whole trending lower over the past several months. Too many Americans have chosen the “ woe is me” pity card and decided to feel sorry for themselves as opposed to figuring this shit out for themselves. Good phuquin’ luck America… tell me what to think when shit really gets bad…those days are coming!

You can say that again!

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

Ummm, this is still HBOT/HORT/HROT right??

C'mon...be honest. None of you debase yourselves to the point of wandering down to the servants' quarters and quizzing them about the cost of groceries.

 

[Tenacious E]

I see multiple threads asking how Trump is going to lower prices. Harris promised to do the same. She's in the Whitehouse right now. What aren't prices lower now?

Don’t you work for HyVee? You tell us. If you sense unfairness in the question, explore that feeling and apply it to your own question.

 

[Flie]

I see multiple threads asking how Trump is going to lower prices. Harris promised to do the same. She's in the Whitehouse right now. What aren't prices lower now?

Harris wasn't going to suddenly lower prices. Neither will Trump. That's why you see democrats asking how Trump will lower prices. That issue is what got him elected and we know it is BS.

Hope that helps. The actual solution is what's been happening. Feds raised the interest rates to kill inflation, inflation dropped, and we now need sustained low inflation with steady wage growth to get to the point where income vs groceries doesn't feel as painful.

This is basically the "she says she's gonna do all these things; why aint she doin em now?!?" talking point I saw before the election.

 

[Flie]

Ah yes. Huey and chis said our inflation was due to Trump so he is to credit for the fact ours was better than most of the world.

Trump is partly responsible for the inflation that we had. Funny how it gets blamed on Biden when rising inflation was under way when he took office. Reminds me of when Obama was blamed for the stock market crash that started under Bush.

 

[ThorneStockton]

Yes because that is so much easier than actually using your brain and having a conversation. Good on ya.

Fittingly you've missed the point. The having a conversation part with you is like one with a child. Comprehension is difficult to achieve, it requires patience.

A lot of posters don't have that patience and would rather just insult you.

I think you deserve credit for being honest and taking the abuse with grace. I know some posters - Bleeder? Whoever it was that left - was particularly nasty.