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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by killjoywashere on Friday March 24, 2023 @11:59AM (#35290924)
Historically, food supply doesn't drive anti-trust. It drives revolutions in the street.
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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by baremetal on Friday March 24, 2023 @12:40PM (#35291704)
In 1906, Alfred Henry Lewis stated, “There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.”
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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by Arrath on Friday March 24, 2023 @02:44PM (#35293677)
Should deliveries stop, the stocks inside modern superstores might hold out a bit longer than 9 meals, but not much longer.
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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by hef19898 on Friday March 24, 2023 @12:04PM (#35291022)
The Arab Spring started over them as well
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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by packetlost on Friday March 24, 2023 @12:52PM (#35291909)
Right, but a government worried about that might be inclined to be less friendly to monopolies.
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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by killjoywashere on Friday March 24, 2023 @02:11PM (#35293253)
The rather deliberative legislative process may not have enough time to react
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