[danaris]

Ah, yes: because people who have limited disposable income were making up most of their calories with steaks...and because everyone who was buying steaks will be going aaaaalll the way to replacing them with dried beans.

Rather than people with limited disposable income already buying cheaper foods, and when those get more expensive, just having to buy less.

And, once again, for many, many things, the company that sells the steaks is owned by the same conglomerate as the company that sells the beans, and they're raising the prices in lockstep.