Why Are Grocery Bills So High?
The Food Industry Association last month found that 69 percent of Americans feel their income hasn’t kept up with food inflation. But who’s to blame? (Photo by J. L. Anderson/ClassicStock/Getty Images)
Avian influenza, higher shipping costs, and a drought in the Midwest are real factors. Price gouging? Not so much.
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At last night’s presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris told the American public she has “a plan” to alleviate America’s housing shortage, help small businesses, and “address the price of groceries.” That plan, like the rest of her policies, is elusive, but in a recently released “issues page” on her campaign site, she listed cracking down on …
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