Post by schwartzie on Mar 25, 2022 12:53:27 GMT -5
Bidenflation: DOUBLE DIGIT INFLATION for Lunch Items as Workers Return to Offices
By Kristinn Taylor
Published March 25, 2022 at 12:10pm
The Today Show on NBC aired a report Friday that highlights double digit inflation for lunch items that workers are confronting as they return to their offices as the pandemic wanes. To make matters even worse, the report notes that making lunch at home is also more expensive with an inflation rate of nearly ten percent. Either way the report adds, wages are not keeping up with inflation so workers are falling further behind. One woman interviewed said she has resorted to eating toast for lunch or dinner.
Wraps are up 18 percent, sandwiches up 14 percent, tacos up 12 percent, salads up 11 percent and burgers up 8 percent. Groceries are up 8.6 percent.
Two different reports were aired:
Excerpt from Vox’s Recode this month on wages not keeping up with inflation.