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May 14, 2023
The Numbers That Are Being Hidden From Americans By The Media: Everyday Staples Are More Than Double The Overall Food Inflation Percentage The MSM Talks About
As the Biden regime their puppets in the media are touting "overall inflation" numbers, which are at 4.9%, year over year, food inflation is still significantly higher. Food has risen 7.7% since April 2022, with certain categories rising far more than others, such as cereals (12.4% year over year increase), baked products (12.4%), and what is dubbed "other food at home" coming in at a 10.4% increase.
While that graphic is concerning enough it doesn't capture the big picture as much as the following screenshot does:
The numbers above represent year over year for January, February, March and April of 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, with May represented for 2020, 2021 and 2022, with the numbers for May 2023 to be released on June 13, 2023.
So in April 2020, food inflation was 3.5%, and by the next year, it has risen another 2.4%, and the following year, 2022, it had risen yet another 9.4%, with the Biden regime and the media hailing 2023's 7.7% increase as a "drop" in inflation, while never acknowledging that since 2020, food prices have rising nearly 20%.
Interestingly the quote I am about to use, not only shows that food is the biggest expense for many, but also makes the perfect example of how the media is gaslighting the American public by asserting the 7.7% increase for April "will be welcomed news to consumers."
This latest set of data will be welcomed news to consumers, as groceries take out a big chunk of paychecks every month. Indeed, almost half of Americans (48%) said their grocery costs are eating up most of their monthly budget, even before utility bills (38%) and credit card debt (37%), according to a survey conducted by OnePoll and UserTesting and reported by Talker.
The survey also found that groceries are the top monthly budget spend across generations, with 48% for Gen Z, 55% for Millennials, 45% for Gen X and 47% for Boomers.
Yes, I am sure that paying an additional, overall, 7.7% for food (the average between food at home and eating out) in 2023, is "welcome news" to those struggling to pay their monthly bills.....Not.
More from that article before moving along:
Prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs also declined 0.3% over the month. Eggs, which have been a symbol of inflation with exploding prices, dropped 1.5% for the month — a 21.4% annual increase.
Eggs were one of the largest increases for the year, in addition to margarine, which saw a 23.8% increase; flour and flour prepared mix, with a 17.8% increase; frozen vegetables, with an 18.9% increase; and cookies, with a 15.9% increase.
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NEW EXPECTED SHORTAGES ANNOUNCED
We do see some of the food issues and shortages from 2022 carrying over into 2023, but unsurprisingly we notice some new items added to the list.
Wheat and bread are two of the consumables that have seen shortages globally due to a number of reasons, wheat being used for not only breads but pasta, muffins, tortillas and baked products, one of the reasons that cereals and baked goods are still seeing the highest inflation prices year over year.
There is no end in sight, so for those that have not learned yet to make your own flour, and bake your own breads, make your own pastas and cereals, putting it off is just going to cost you more in the long run.
Get wheat berries (while still affordable), a grain mill, and make your own breads, biscuits, crackers, from scratch. Within the first couple of months, the berries and mill will have paid for itself in savings by not having to buy any of those products at the grocery store.
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), flours and prepared flour mixes have risen 17.8% year over year.
Another carry-over from 2022 is rice, which is expected to see a drop in production the largest seen in almost 20 years.
According to an analysis from the data and research firm Fitch Solutions, the drop in rice production predicted for 2023 will be the largest in nearly two decades—estimated to result in a deficit of approximately 8.7 million tons.
Also according to the CPI, as seen in the screen shot above, there has been a 10% price increase for rice year over year, do to a number of reasons, including weather in both China, the largest rice producer, and Pakistan, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Summer 2023 may be a little more bitter than sweet due to a looming sugar shortage. The price of sugar has already hit decade highs this year, and is currently sitting at a cost almost 13% higher than what consumers faced last year.
Candies have also gone up more than 10%, so learning to make your own, will save some money, more for those with a huge sweet tooth!
Mayonnaise is another food expected to see some shortages and/or price hikes due the still to-high cost of eggs, which is the main ingredient.
Normally we recommend making overly expensive items yourself, but with the cost of eggs, making a jar as big as the one you can buy at the store, will cost quite a bit more, so just stock up just in case.
Fruits are also on the list, namely strawberries, oranges and grapefruits. Juices made from the three have also seen a large rise in costs.
• Juices and nonalcoholic drinks have risen 10.4% since last April.
• Carbonated drinks rose 11.9%.
• Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks rose 9.4%.
• Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks also rose 9.4%.
Those prices are expected to rise even more throughout 2023.
At the bottom of this article, under the videos, the entire CPI report is embedded. Starting on page #10 it separates all foods, not just by category, but individual items, which is pretty shocking when we never see the highest individual items mentioned in news reports.
Such as:
• White Bread, at a 14.3% rise.
• Rice, pasta and cornmeal rose by 10.3%
• Bread other than white rose at 10.8%
• Cookies rose at 15.9%
• Crackers and cracker products rose 13.1%
• Eggs rose 21.4%
• Spices, seasonings, condiments and sauces rose 10.3%
Readers should really look through every consumable on the list to get a better idea of how much the MSM is simply refusing to tell Americans.
BOTTOM LINE
The specific numbers list above are being hidden from Americans by the media, on behalf of the Biden regime.
It is easy to report a 7.7% food increase from one year to the next, especially without adding it to the increase from the year before, and the one before that, but when everyday staples have risen in cost far more than the "overall" average of food inflation, it is no wonder that nearly 50 percent of households are spending more on food than any other bill.
The numbers you will see in the CPI report for April, embedded below, should be a huge wake up call. Start on page 10 to get to the numbers the media isn't reporting on.
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