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On 9/22/2024 at 4:46 PM, NewbieCanuckFan said:

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Not only does he pick the one grocery product with rising prices and lie about the price, but he lies about the cause of the rise in pricing.  

 

Supermarket prices are no longer skyrocketing – except, of course, if you’re buying eggs.

Egg prices spiked by 28.1% in August from 12 months ago, easily the biggest increase out of any food item tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The sticker shock in the egg aisle comes even as overall grocery prices are barely budging (up less than 1% in August from last year) and inflation cools across the US economy.

 

The main culprit for rising egg prices is a familiar one: bird flu.

 

Birds are getting sick, and that means fewer eggs and higher prices at the grocery store. “Bird flu is the number one reason for higher prices, absolutely,” said Phil Lempert, a grocery industry analyst and editor of SuperMarketGuru.com.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/25/business/egg-prices-groceries-inflation-bird-flu/index.html 

 

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4 minutes ago, Satchmo said:

Not only does he pick the one grocery product with rising prices and lie about the price, but he lies about the cause of the rise in pricing.  

 

Supermarket prices are no longer skyrocketing – except, of course, if you’re buying eggs.

Egg prices spiked by 28.1% in August from 12 months ago, easily the biggest increase out of any food item tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The sticker shock in the egg aisle comes even as overall grocery prices are barely budging (up less than 1% in August from last year) and inflation cools across the US economy.

 

The main culprit for rising egg prices is a familiar one: bird flu.

 

Birds are getting sick, and that means fewer eggs and higher prices at the grocery store. “Bird flu is the number one reason for higher prices, absolutely,” said Phil Lempert, a grocery industry analyst and editor of SuperMarketGuru.com.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/25/business/egg-prices-groceries-inflation-bird-flu/index.html 

 

 

There is also this from last month during an antitrust lawsuit over the merger.  We had the bread price-fixing trial with Loblaws.

 

 

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-milk-eggs-prices-increased-beyond-inflation-executive-testifies-report-2024-8

A Kroger exec reportedly testified that the supermarket giant raised prices of milk and eggs beyond inflation costs

  • A Kroger executive reportedly testified the company raised milk and egg prices beyond inflation.
  • The testimony came amid a legal battle over Kroger's proposed $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons.
  • The FTC is fighting to block it, arguing it would result in higher grocery prices for millions.
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8 hours ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

This is what Trump is concerned about?????

 

Trump Attacks ‘Total Loser’ Stephen Colbert for Saying He Wouldn’t Have ‘Boring’ Former President on Show Again: ‘He Is Not Wise’

 

 

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-attacks-total-loser-stephen-colbert-for-saying-he-wouldnt-have-boring-former-president-on-show-again-he-is-not-wise/

 

 

 

Maybe Project 2025 includes Dolt 45’s  plan to replace all the “unfunny” hosts with MAGA legends like Scott Baio, Roseanne Barr etc. The bigly funny ones. 

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1 hour ago, Gator said:

How did she even make her way up the top? 🤦😅

It’s great Harris expresses strength while showing her caring and nurturing side of a woman. She is going to be a great POTUS. Strength, that is tempered by a woman’s nature is what every country needs. F that moran orange selfish narcissistic king of the morans. 

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How can anyone with a brain vote for this idiot?

 

‘Hostile takeovers’: Trump Says immigrants are using ‘massive machine gun-type equipment’

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-immigrants-2669276944/

 

 

"But Kamala should have closed the border years ago, and we wouldn't have hostile takeovers of Springfield, Ohio, Aurora Colorado, where they're actually going in with massive machine gun-type equipment.

 

They're going in with guns that are beyond even military scope, and they're taking over apartment buildings, they're taking over, real estate – they're in the real estate development business. Congratulations," Trump said sarcastically. "These are, in that case, people from Venezuela. Young street gang members that were sent here by the Venezuelan government."

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3 hours ago, Gator said:

How did she even make her way up the top? 🤦😅

 

This is the worst you can come up with? :classic_laugh:

She's not the best speaker in the world, but here she's just describing what she thinks are the best values of the American people.  I understand her perfectly.  Even if its not read on a teleprompter and she was struggling a tiny bit in trying to formulate her thoughts

 

This has nothing on the rambling , all you can eat, word salad bars at a Trump rally. Someone who constantly complains about his self inflicted legal problems, blames others, and shits all over his own country all the time.  

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2 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

How can anyone with a brain vote for this idiot?

 

‘Hostile takeovers’: Trump Says immigrants are using ‘massive machine gun-type equipment’

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-immigrants-2669276944/

 

 

"But Kamala should have closed the border years ago, and we wouldn't have hostile takeovers of Springfield, Ohio, Aurora Colorado, where they're actually going in with massive machine gun-type equipment.

 

They're going in with guns that are beyond even military scope, and they're taking over apartment buildings, they're taking over, real estate – they're in the real estate development business. Congratulations," Trump said sarcastically. "These are, in that case, people from Venezuela. Young street gang members that were sent here by the Venezuelan government."

Has he mentioned that the Haitians and Venezuelan immigrants have nukes, yet?

Maybe saving that for the last week of the campaign.🤔

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