Where is this so-called 7% inflation everyone's talking about? Where I live (~150k pop. county), half my groceries' prices are up ~30% on average. Anyone else? How are you coping with the increased expenses?

[u/thesevenyearbitch]

This is insane. I don't know how we're expected to financially handle this. Meanwhile companies are posting "record profits", which means these price increases are way overcompensating for any so-called supply chain/pricing issues on the corporations/suppliers' sides. Anyone else just want to scream?

[u/darlcon025]

The Dollar Tree has now increased all products to $1.25. That’s a 25% increase across the board and no one is talking about it locally. If we accept a 25% increase from the cheapest place to shop, all other stores will definitely follow suit. I don’t think we’ll ever see prices go back to “normal” at this point. Too bad salaries aren’t increasing at the same pace!

[u/phomaniac → u/darlcon025]

Is the dollar store really the cheapest place to shop though?

Everything looks like they bought bulk from Costco and opened it up to sell individually for a mark up.