It's funny that there is no mention of the cost increase for cooking oil. It's one of the items that has increased on avg somewhere between 300% to 400% ($2.35 to $2.50 in 2021 to $6.75 to $8.00 today) for the standard grocery store 24oz bottle.

Then again, it makes sense for the propagandized American mind because they can't blame the free market of commodities or capitalism prioritizing shareholder returns nor can they recognize desperate people will steal if their children are hungry and paychecks no longer can afford basics. Nope, it has to be some bullshit culture war nonsense that helps them avoid that cognitive dissonance.

I swear the consumer price index used for inflation measurements is being intentionally gamed, big retailers have avoided increasing prices more than 10 to 15% on those items in order to help fudge the numbers. Consumer price index isn't tracking the actual staples for Americans that can be effected by inflation, they track items like a gallon of milk which is stupid because dairy actually has price controls rather than being at the mercy of the market. They need to add frozen potato products (tater tots, etc), frozen vegetables, frozen burritos, tortinos frozen pizzas, 12oz can of chili, 24oz cooking oil, and the other things form the average Americans garbage diet... all items that have gone up around 300% since 2021. If they were $2 before they are $6 now when you account for companies pulling bullshit like shrinking package sizes to obfuscate price increases.