Food Price Inflation

Debate on whether recent food and grocery price increases match official inflation figures, with users citing personal experiences of sharp rises in groceries, restaurants, and related costs despite claims of slowing inflation.

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YarickR2 Jun 14, 2022 View on HN

Food got 100% more expensive ? Where are you getting your numbers from ?

penjelly Jan 12, 2023 View on HN

isnt his point that the price of groceries has recently only grown a small amount? compared to previous months or quarters which have grown quite a bit

m3kw9 Feb 3, 2023 View on HN

Doesn’t seem much given inflation and price increases. Everything is 50% more expensive right now than a 2-3 years back

icedchai Aug 22, 2021 View on HN

Check US inflation since the early 80's. It's 200%.For something more recent, look at US home prices over the past year. It's crazy.Food costs are also rising. Anecdotally, grocery prices have gone up quite a bit. Restaurants, too. I don't remember a large pizza costing $25 a couple years ago.

canvia Jul 7, 2014 View on HN

Interesting article about inflation: http://business.time.com/2013/03/12/if-theres-no-inflation-w...

NoPicklez Nov 24, 2025 View on HN

Perhaps the cost of goods has risen disproportionately to incomes?

mixmastamyk Oct 5, 2022 View on HN

The price of my lunch went from ~$8 to ~$18 during this period, it is noticeable. Had a look at the stock or real-estate markets?

immibis May 28, 2025 View on HN

A lot of things did. Seems like prices much tend to rise faster than inflation.

robertAngst Jan 6, 2019 View on HN

Glad we have a reasonable person here.Ive done the math for Food as well, the prices arent 'going up' like people claim.The only thing that has went up, is inflation.

infamouscow Jun 16, 2021 View on HN

The price of groceries going up is a good thing?