Yup. Feels like a real 10-16% inflation… my expenses are up $1K a month compared to pre-Covid and it’s nearly all going into food expenses.

"For a whole host of reasons" is just another way of saying there's one obvious reason that is the main reason abd we don't want to name it directly. The main reasons for price increases are mismanagement and lock downs

"for a whole host of reasons" not least of all, because if they can screw us a little more, and blame it on the coof, that is exactly what they will do..

Exactly, the coof is the cause of everything ( lockdowns is the very real issue). Penalise the masses and enrich their billionaire buddies.😒

The "host of reasons" is the Cocid-recession. It's a global phenomenon. In China for instance there is currently a coal crisis with electricity expected to remain scarce during the winter.

Yes this is the worst response ever to a pandemic it was self-inflicted this recession

A lot of folks are going to go to the food banks a for Thanksgiving dinner