food is up, but by very little
Maybe for your oatmeal. Meat has been climbing steadily since January. The price of fresh vegetables is up about 20%. Keep reaching up your ass, even if you can't find a logical argument, you'll have a clean colon.
Meat? A year ago ground beef was almost twice what it is today. Beef is up, but not near what it was last year at this time. Pork and chicken prices are flat and supply is plentiful, last year pork was hard to come by and chicken was sporadic at best. I guess when ground beef was seven bucks a pound it was Trump's fault.
This didn't come out of your ass
Retail beef prices continue higher than 2020
So, you must have missed this,
Several factors may be contributing to higher reported retail prices when
wholesale and live cattle prices have been at, or below, last year’s levels. The data reflects only grocery store prices. Grocery stores have sold more beef, in volume and value, compared to the year before due to restaurant shutdowns. It’s also likely that costs have increased between wholesale and retail levels due to compliance with corona virus restrictions and constraints in processing. It may be difficult to get average retail prices below pandemic levels in coming months as beef production is expected to decline, cyclically, this year and, hopefully, the economy is able to fully open expanding restaurant demand