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In reply to the discussion: Does it feel like prices of groceries are skyrocketing?? [View all]progree
(10,889 posts)43. Also, something like this should be on a logarithmic scale - that's where a constant percent
increase is a straight line for example. On a linear scale like this one, something that is roughly increasing about the same percent a year will always have an ever-increasing slope.
That said, over the past 3 years, from August 2019 (pre-pandemic) to August 2022, there has been a 22.3% increase in Food At Home -- that is a 6.93% average annual increase, which is much higher than the average over the past several decades (from August 1972 to August 2022, 50 years, it comes to 3.94% average). The big increase in the last 3 years overall can't all be blamed on comparing to a Covid low baseline. Actually none of it can, since I'm comparing to a definitely pre-Covid baseline.
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SAF11
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It is all fabricated nonsense. No need for the increases or not like this.
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2022
#1
See I don't buy those things...I am gluten free so my stuff is more. I make most of it.
Demsrule86
Sep 2022
#33
I make my own sauce too mostly or I buy something on sale...I find places like Ollies often
Demsrule86
Sep 2022
#44
But as you can see here and elsewhere, it is real easy to lie to people and tell them
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2022
#23
The percentage increases for some products are inexplicably so off-the-scale that I think these
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#7
No, Bacon is down, I buy in bulk and buy during sales. But I have not increased what I spend.
Demsrule86
Sep 2022
#20
Also, something like this should be on a logarithmic scale - that's where a constant percent
progree
Sep 2022
#43