[bluescrn]

In the UK, it feels like food is up 25-50% over a mere couple of years.

Items that were £2 not so long ago are now rounded up to £3 in some cases.

It doesn't help that supermarkets are constantly playing games with pricing, trying to get people into the store with seemingly good deals that never last long, then experimenting with just how far they can push the greedflation on other items.

We need a measure of inflation that's based on the cost of essentials, primarily housing, energy, transport, and food - rather than stacking the 'basket of goods' with infrequent purchases that we expect to fall in price.

[randomdata]

Food prices are definitely still up 50%+ over 2019, but down from last year. Concerns over the conflict in Ukraine sent things to the moon for a little while. I expect there is still some fertilizer concern out there, but it is mostly the weather driving things right now.