Sign of the Times

[papy]

@Picks_by_Nisha

it became “59,79,99”

It was “59, 79, niiinety-nine” in Alabama. I still sing that jingle to my children to remind them what Taco Bell should cost.

Got a BK Whopper combo in Nashville recently. It was $13. Compared to $8-9 for the same at home.

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ETA:

During antitrust trial, exec admits Kroger jacked up milk and egg prices above inflation

A top Kroger executive admitted under questioning from a Federal Trade Commission attorney on Tuesday that the grocery chain raised its egg and milk prices above the rate of inflation, a concession that came as no surprise to economists who have been highlighting corporate price gouging across the U.S. economy in recent years.