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by tclancy 3 days ago
How much of the food cost (and everything else) is tied to the increase in diesel prices? Do they adjust that out?
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Distributor fuel costs are a really small part of the food price, with the notable exception of things that are bulky and full of air like Cheerios. The overwhelming fuel component of grocery consumption, by a margin so large you can consider it to be 100%, is the consumer's fuel. Driving 5 miles to an American grocery store to buy a few pounds of food is the most absurd scheme ever hatched. Having your groceries delivered by a van on a route is much more efficient but, perversely, by internalizing the last mile fuel cost that would show up as higher prices for food in aggregate inflation statistics.
I meant more in general. For food, what about fertilizer which has spiked?
That's a good question. If I was looking into it, I would look at farm gate prices for various farm products, that the USDA collects. For example, prices received for grains: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Agricultural_Price...