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That's because the farmers only experience the higher costs while the middlemen between the farmer and consumer reap the higher profits and will never let go of them.

Shock to the tummy And you're to blame You give food a bad name.

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OR, "... once greed gets fed, it only belches."

Remember this when you see someone snatch some food, because you didn't see that.

Absolutely

National minimum wage will be lowered to $4.70/hr. to help the corporations deal with these difficult but profitable times.

Just wait til Climate Change and this year's Godzilla El Nino slaughters crops world wide... already we are seeing reduced yield potential from the Heat and droughts... even here in Northern Minnesota...

this surprises anyone? price dont come down and wages dont go up

Once the wholesale and retail suppliers get us inured to the shock of the increases, they aren't going to then back down and reduce them.

And anyone who believes Trump can do it is as delusional as he is.

"Food prices won’t come back down .. " - Duh! The definition of inflation. Problem is when the inflation is created by manufacturers & producers who take advantage of events to squeeze, & as long as US keeps buying their products, keep on squeezing every dime out of US. Our option, boycott them.

I believe you mean food prices have gone up permanently then.

Time to start stealing.. (Also- #EatTheRich)

This will require sacrifice and inconveniences were not use to making. Meanwhile, we vote for candidates that vow and have the track record to tackle corporations. This is war, and has been for awhile, so we need to start acting like it. The only minority destroying our country is US oligarchs.

Well…..when you have a global food oligopoly then they don’t have to compete for the consumer’s dollar and can charge whatever prices they deem necessary to increase profits and please shareholders….maybe time for a new approach to food production.

This is late stage capitalism. The prices never come down, because, greed

Why?

...Always remember corporations are people too.

Read this -tax cuts did nothing but enrich the already wealthy.. 1980 GDP to debt ratio was 30% - today 120% …. www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...

Have food prices ever returned to pre-crisis levels in the past? No, the corporations have just used whatever crisis came along to increase their profits. Our unregulated, unrestrained capitalism doesn’t work. Corporations will continue to increase their price past where the market will bear.

We are routinely gouged by the retail market. If there was some way to fight back I would do it, but we are so limited in where we can buy food. I live in a condo, so can't grow it, live in community with only big box stores, and farmer's markets are in other parts of city only.

food prices will come back down if you shop at costco rib eye, bacon, eggs, cheese, milk, avacados, tomatoes, butter, coffee have all come back down to pre-covid prices

The only things that ever go down are obsolete things,

By shocks, they mean greed.

Duh...

Duh

Fuck Republicans

Let’s clarify that consumer food prices won’t come down. Raw materials and the cost of production will likely go down (reset) once the shock (war/tariffs/Trump) is over.

This is no surprise. When, honestly, have you seen prices decrease in our nation's history? They only seem to move in one direction, and aren't often compensated by a rise in income.

Prices never come down. Unless people stop buying. Then maybe.

Yes - the American way. True cost of eggs: $1.00 Eggs: $2.49 - consumer 😐 Eggs: $5.99 - consumer 😱 Then Eggs: $3.29 - consumer 😅 Then True cost of eggs: $1.00 Eggs: $4.49 - consumer 😐 Eggs: $5.99 - consumer 😱 Then Eggs $3.79 - consumer 😅 Then True cost of eggs: $1.00 repeat...

Of course It’s very hard to bring prices down In an unstable economy Could take years to stabilize

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All of you, go on the internet and find the closest co-op grocery store and become a member. It might be a bit of an adjustment, switching from what you know, but if enough people do this it can change the food industry.

It will be very interesting to see what happens to the prices at the New York city owned grocery stores that Mandami has opened. I would guess that when the costs go down that will be passed on to the customers. This is a very good opportunity for case study on corporate greed.

No surprise there, they never do unless it’s a depression.

Couple this with shrinkflation, and you're also getting less for the higher costs! Haven't seen any news about food producer CEOs taking pay cuts, getting smaller bonuses, etc., though... 🤔🤬

It seems to me it will have to at some point or the buyers will all dry up. And that's producers shooting themselves in the foot. Perhaps smaller more local producers will step in to fill the gap. With climate change, it's really more up to local producers to be our go-tos.

MAGA will continue to vote for the very people who have told them unconditionally that they will not only be shafted but have to learn to love being shafted.

This is Only applicable in trumpieland. In other jurisdiction their Electorate Elect Competent Multiple Linguistic 3rd Level or Higher Degree Holders to Public Office. No TV personality. 🇮🇪🇪🇺

Let's not forget that big corporations who control so much of the major food industries like baking, meat and produce, will take every excuse including a lunar eclipse to raise prices.

They never came back down in the 70/80’s -when inflation slows the rate of those increases slow but never go back to pre-inflation ( or pre-tariff levels )…🤷‍♀️

'new analysis'? What are you talking about, that's been a basic and accepted part of economics for a century.

They'll come down when no one can afford to pay anything.

Yep, people know this already. And there is less competition now too so that doesn't help any either.

Outrageous!!

Humans are too fuckin stupid to survive.

Breaking! Arms and Legs of Oligarchs as mobs fed up with starving... Oh, wait, that's still about a year away...

Nope will never come down always happens and who suffers everybody but the top 10%.

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Anybody who shops for groceries already knows this

Realistically, what ever comes back down? Corporate profits aren’t going to take a hit.

Fantastic!

We are f*cked. All because he’s in the files.

They never do. Prices go up and packages get smaller. The original crisis is over yet prices always remain higher.

Yes, we have learned to live with inflation always rising in Latin American countries…

Only when and if people take to the streets all the people then it stops seen it before in Indonesia dictator pushed it to where common person couldn’t buy rice they beyond reacted and it stopped

State the obvious, without saying you're stating the obvious

Guess I’m about to lose those extra pounds I’ve been putting off reducing.

Everyone who can, must grow food and share and stop buying from over priced grocery stores. When their sales slump they will have no choice but to reduce prices to get shoppers back.

Things will soon be a lot worse now that Canada won't be subsidizing the US. 'king donny' forced us to find new trade partners. New competitive pricing for oil, energy, potash, aluminum to name a few. The US is not our only trading partner now, so you no longer dictate pricing. Prices going UP.

Food being a commodity with a shelf life will go down if it sits in a warehouse spoiling. As in they have to sell it or it goes bad. Just saw eggs for $1 a dozen. Buy better and less processed to avoid corporate mark ups. What will stay up is packaging and transport costs

Now everytime we buy its rich man's fuck fest . Stop buying

Post covid prices didn't come down yet they could have. And now more increases are happening on top of that Want proof Look at corporate quarterly profit postings

New replacements from old companies that can't make major profits because newér companies seek your business inflation Donald Trump has a way of eliminating itself especially since you already took America's share

The greedy have been fully unchained to fuck the rest of us and fuck us hard

👆👆👆👆👆 Who will tell them...? For republicans, Economics is like Quantum Physics!!!

Yup! Shocks???? It is greed that drives up food prices! Greedy people see a desperate need and raise the prices! GREED by greedy bastards!

Corporate greed. Of course.

They didn’t come down after covid, did they.

ECIU supports corporate welfare and writes stories to support the people who abuse us.

Oh, man. I’m so sorry. That‘s really rough. Businesses are often exempt from usury laws, too. I remember thinking I’d never be able to afford a house when I got older.

If you pay, those prices will stay

duh...consumers haven't begun to bitch and moan yet...people need to start those container gardens...just sayn

Lovely capitalism. Never fails.