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Re:Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can... by blegr on Saturday May 11, 2024 @09:39AM (#40327971)
It's funny that restaurant burger prices in my EU country are basically the same as in your "upscale American city". I thought everything there was more expensive since the higher percentiles of your salaries are so much higher.
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Re:Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can... by alephnerd on Saturday May 11, 2024 @09:41AM (#40327987)
North America has a unified agriculture market amongst Mexico, US, and Canada - drastically simplifying logistics.

The EU has a similar setup, but 26 countries still adds some overhead versus 3 countries with some form of a "Commerce Clause". It makes sense though - a Polish farmer probably can't compete with a Dutch farmer at scale due to less capital to invest in relatively expensive automation or larger operations.

At least you aren't paying East Asian prices for a lot of produce.

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