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Did grocery chains take advantage of COVID shortages to raise prices? FTC says yes in new report (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is just capitalism working as intended. The fact that these price increases are being sold as some kind of abnormality is some real neolib brain in action. It isn't "greedflation," it's literally the same capitalism we've lived with for centuries.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

It was on a bit of a speed run for a while there. Things don't normally jump $1-4 in a single leap.