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KY_EnviroGuy

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18. Tariff-related price increases are just getting started.
Sat May 3, 2025, 06:06 PM
May 3

Most Americans are unaware of how many Imported ingredients (especially Chinese-sourced) go into most all processed foods as well as chemicals used in food farming. Packaging costs will also be dramatically affected.

Assuming tariffs are not revoked, real increases should start within about a month according to sources I've read (sorry, I've failed to keep those bookmarked).

The more Trump rapidly collapses globalization, the more our economy will collapse. He ain't smart enough to realize (or care) that changes in the global supply chain structure must be made very slowly. But that wouldn't made for good MAGAt TV brainwashing would it?

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I just came from the grocery store [View all] In It to Win It May 3 OP
I agree with that. I went yesterday 😡 TommieMommy May 3 #1
You must be mistaken. Prices are rock bottom. Irish_Dem May 3 #2
Then this must be a hostile and political act In It to Win It May 3 #4
Ice Gestapo should go arrest them and send them to the gulag. Irish_Dem May 3 #7
He's been lying and saying the prices are lower senseandsensibility May 3 #3
Excuse me,..... excuse me,.... magicarpet May 3 #5
I think they got used to price gouging with no limits Meowmee May 3 #6
Just the threat of increasing cost give them an excuse to raise prices. walkingman May 3 #9
Yes Meowmee May 3 #10
I went today. The only thing lower is my bank account. $2.49 for salt, $4.44 for paprika, eggs LoisB May 3 #8
I read stories of empty shelves, so I stocked up (planning on Trumpageddon, but that's another story I'll post). usonian May 3 #11
I went grocery shopping on Thursday and didn't notice much of a difference. elocs May 3 #12
Sounds pretty good. Our (organic) avocados jumped from about $2.20 to about $3.50 each. Trust_Reality May 3 #16
I couldn't justify paying that much for an avocado, but it's the only fruit I eat. elocs May 3 #20
No veggies? Good luck! Trust_Reality May 4 #21
I haven't had veggies for years now and am very healthy. My doctor is fine with my diet elocs May 4 #22
wow. My price barometer is the price of 18 large eggs at WallyWorld. pnwest May 3 #13
re: eggs TnDem May 3 #14
definitely higher for almost everything Evolve Dammit May 3 #15
You probably went to a Biden store. 3Hotdogs May 3 #17
Tariff-related price increases are just getting started. KY_EnviroGuy May 3 #18
Same with gas. He LIES. Captain Zero May 3 #19
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