# Sign of the Times

**URL:** <https://sellersasksellers.com/t/sign-of-the-times/4607>\
**Category:** E-commerce Business Management\
**Tags:** pricing\
**Created:** [August 23, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/sign-of-the-times/4607 "2024-08-23T23:36:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/sign-of-the-times/4607/25 "2024-08-28T21:02:09Z")

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> [@Picks\_by\_Nisha](#):
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> 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](https://www.rawstory.com/during-antitrust-trial-exec-admits-kroger-jacked-up-milk-and-egg-prices-above-inflation/)

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> _A top Kroger executive [admitted](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-27/kroger-hiked-milk-egg-prices-above-inflation-merger-judge-told) 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](https://twitter.com/rakeen_mabud/status/1828750244496146627) to economists who have been highlighting corporate price gouging [across the U.S. economy](https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporate-profits-inflation) in recent years._

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