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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by nradov on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:27PM (#35306200)
The answer that you see is just totally wrong and ignorant. Instead of making a fool of yourself here perhaps go talk to an actual commercial baker. Ask them how much they spend on licensing and regulatory compliance versus other costs like rent, labor, insurance, utilities, machinery, etc.

Sure if you bake a few loaves of bread at home then that probably seems cheap in terms of ingredients. Now add in your labor, allocate costs for utilities and kitchen appliances, and figure out what it would cost to drive around all day delivering that bread to retailers. Suddenly it's not so cheap.

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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by somenameforme on Sunday March 26, 2023 @11:08AM (#35315231)
The false dichotomy you're assuming is precisely the problem I'm talking about. There's a huge range of production between 0 and industrial scale commercial baker. At least there can and should be. But this false dichotomy isn't really so false in America, precisely because of our systems. Go to most of any (and to my knowledge literally any) "developing" country, and you'll see everything I've described here, and it's awesome! The effects on prices, independence, society, 'neighborliness', and more just have such great knock-on effects.
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