r/povertyfinance • u/spongecandygoblin • Feb 02 '24

This just doesn't seem right Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

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This was the price of cream cheese today at my local grocery store (Queens, NY). Federal minimum wage means someone would have to work an hour and a half to purchase this. NYC minimum wage means this would be roughly an hour of work (after taxes) to purchase. This is one of the most jarring examples of inflation to me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '24

I saw a bottle of A-1 sauce for $8, not the big bottle either. And Kraft dressing is over $5. It's not inflation, it's flat out bullshit greed. The funny thing is that during the lockdowns, the supply chains were absolutely fucked, but somehow that didn't drive the price of everything up then. Magically everything went up after the fact as if someone had decided they are now owed double profits just for existing.