"We have no other choice we have to buy groceries. That's a basic need. And so [companies] use that to kind of take advantage and keep raising prices."
"If the price goes up on bath tissue, generally doesn't mean you're going to use the bathroom less."
Many makers and sellers of home and pantry staples have reported record profits. But just how much is this driving supermarket inflation? Data tells a messier story.
Costs have jumped for grocers and food manufacturers. There's no dispute that food sellers and manufacturers have passed costs on to consumers; they typically do, to varying degrees.
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