Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to afford a one-bedroom (cont)

Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by NationalPark on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:47PM (#28163286)

All food CPI is up 2.1% this year, housing of course is much more but that's what the article is about so where's the lie?

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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by DudeInBasement on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:02PM (#28163463)

Food items are swapped out for lower cost 'substitutes'. I can't imagine someone cooking those numbers

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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by Grakel on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:50PM (#28163325)

Prices up 2.1%, I would like to see the average package size change. Shrinkflation is happening to everything on the shelves.

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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by gruez on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:53PM (#28163366)

package size is factored into inflation.

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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by Overton-Window on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:04PM (#28163480)

Package constituents are not.

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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by NationalPark on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:56AM (#28167484)

Most of the food items counted are regulated or graded eg beef. So the package constituents are being considered generally.

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Re:Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to affo... by nate_meurer on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:48PM (#28163871)

What does that mean? Can you elaborate, or provide an example?

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