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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by dnautics on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:02AM (#29063457)
No, food providers can extract higher prices for food.
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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by Thorrez on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:43AM (#29063689)
This makes me wonder about competition. Theoretically if there's competition, one food provider could offer food for the old price, or halfway in between and attract all the consumers and make extra money from the additional business.
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