The fact that some companies admit to it makes it ever worse.
Went to Walmart Today.
Jack's frozen pizza went from $2.49 to $3.28, an increase of 31%.
The wiper fluid I use for my car went from $2.97 to $3.97 per jug. 33% increase.
Gallon of milk went up 17%. 5lb bag of flour went up 28%.
I get that there is inflation, but this is just greed. Tons of items have gone up over 20%.
What kind of sick fuck that runs a business thinks to themselves “we saw record profits this year, so let's raise prices even more”.
The thing is as well..no one saw a 20% pay increase, I doubt many even saw 7%. So I think people who were on the edge of poverty are going to get shoved into it pretty hard. That might explain why theft has been on the rise lately, which stems from increased poverty.