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Chipotle order for two the other day (2 burritos, no sides but guac and queso as addons) and it came out to $50.
Plus tip, delivery fee, Uber eats surcharge, etc
That’s not inflation, that’s lack of competition. CT’s biggest competitor was TM Lewin, but they got bought out by a PE firm that significantly lowered fabric quality and raised prices. CT, has maintained quality, though style is still behind the old TM Lewin, but has followed suit with TM’s price increases.
Most of the inflation narrative is nonsense when it fact it is simple combination of supply chain, lack of competitive markets, corporate price grouging, microeconomic pricing optimisation, and finally increasing private debt leveraged business models.
Or too many dollars chasing too few goods. The devaluation of the dollar and the Inflation Production Act
I went to my local cheap Chinese takeout and an order of white rice is now $3.
It use to be a dollar each.
Chief
Subway $5 foot long
Arby's 5 for $5
D1: minimum wages not too different in most states of US
Yeah there’s usually a 3 for 99 coupon tied to a Google ad or similar you can track down.
But it did used to be 4 for 100…
It's still 3 for $99, I ordered today
You just really have to search for the right link
Chief
Thank you…where did you find your link? I’m not finding one.
McChiken used to be $1... now over $5 in Canada
Almost none of these are examples of inflation but of price gouging. Maybe let’s stop blaming the government and start blaming greedy corporations?
funny you first say blame greedy, corporations, and the greedy corporations have to pay for your amazing income bracket, and by your own theory, with price gouging
On the merits - inflation sticks because we have people accepting and paying the new Kroger prices. If it were gouging, you would find merchants trying to undercut Kroger and they’ll wipe out Kroger’s sales so that Kroger gets a lesson
Chips in Canada are 6$ a cheeto bag
Same in HHI, SC 🙃
Chief
I remember when it was $1.29
Now it’s over a $1 per Ferrero
Chief
McDonald’s dollar menu used to be…a dollar
Recently saw a 2 for $80 “intro” deal, been looking for the 3 for $99 deal but haven’t had luck yet.
Just found Howard as well - amazing!
There used to be a spaghetti sauce that was perfect...when i thought they stopped selling it, i bought all the jars i could when i found a store that sold them....now it's watered down shite.
Wendy’s 4 for 4, wow… we never knew how good we had it
KFC toonie Tuesday
Box of speghetti used to be $1.35. Now it’s $2.
You still can . I just ordered 3 for $99
Harris/ Biden
Renting an 800sqft 1 bedroom + den/office used to be around $800 CAD / month. Now you get less space (~650sqft 1 bedroom, no den or office) but pay 2-3x ($1600-$2400 CAD / month) the price. Society is basically tell me to wither away under a bridge at this point.
I couldn’t leave the airport in Colombia last week. The truck drivers were blocking the roads over $2.33 a gallon diesel fuel. The world got hit with inflation. The world economy is slowing down. And we’re on auto pilot at the moment. Everyone remain calm.