The same carton of 🥚 I got last week went up $1.40 🥴 #FoodCosts #inflation

@Tony_Meredith Sheryl Craig’s book ‘Jane Austen & the State of the Nation’ looks good, & may well be based on her PhD thesis ‘Above Vulgar Economy: Jane Austen & Money’, free online at https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/8052/Craig_ku_0099D_11190_DATA_1.pdf
This is a superb read: maybe only a #JaneAusten scholar could write so well.

#EdmundBurke opposed a #MinimumWage & insisted that the poor could keep up with #FoodCosts if the workers substituted cheaper alternatives to bread.

Nearly 70% of Americans struggling to pay grocery bills, survey finds, December 7, 2022:"More than two-thirds of Americans are having a hard time affording groceries as food costs continue to soar, according to new data.

Retail technology platform Swiftly reported Wednesday that 69% of shoppers say they are struggling to pay their grocery bills after months of persistently sky-high inflation, and 83% currently rely on some form of coupons or loyalty program to put food on the table, according to its True Cost of a Grocery Shop survey."

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/nearly-70-percent-americans-struggling-pay-grocery-bills-survey-finds

#Groceries #Inflation #CostOfLiving #FoodShopping #FoodInflation #FoodCosts #GroceryBills #NurseUp #Economy

Brexit referendum has cost Britons £5.8bn in higher food bills | The Independent
#Brexit
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#FoodCosts
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-food-inflation-cost-living-b2236167.html

The cost of chicken and eggs is going to increase. This is why chicken dishes at restaurants are going to go up in price.

#avianflu #chicken #eggs #FoodCosts

https://www.foxnews.com/us/near-record-number-us-chickens-turkeys-dying-avian-flu

The cost of chicken and eggs is going to increase. This is why chicken dishes at restaurants are going to go up in price.

#avianflu #chicken #eggs #FoodCosts

https://www.foxnews.com/us/near-record-number-us-chickens-turkeys-dying-avian-flu

Higher #foodcosts pose a huge challenge for #foodbanks this #Thanksgiving

https://newstarget.com/2021-11-19-higher-food-costs-huge-challenge-food-banks.html

Higher #foodcosts pose a huge challenge for #foodbanks this #Thanksgiving

https://newstarget.com/2021-11-19-higher-food-costs-huge-challenge-food-banks.html

Higher #foodcosts pose a huge challenge for #foodbanks this #Thanksgiving

https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-11-19-higher-food-costs-huge-challenge-food-banks.html

Once monthly #inflation hits 5%, supermarket executives warn consumer spending habits are going to change

https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-10-22-us-food-inflation-to-reach-tipping-point.html

#FoodCosts #collapse #crisis