A Couple of Lefties

Why Are Groceries So Expensive?

25 min · 7. joulu 2025
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In this episode Meg and Chris explore the exploding cost of groceries in America. The unprecedented effects from COVID and the Ukraine War, in addition to the steady forces adding to inflation year after year.  Sources:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00502-1 https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5539547/grocery-prices-tariffs-food-inflation https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/business/grocery-prices-trump-poll https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/how-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-has-further-aggravated-the-global-food-crisis/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10015268/ [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10015268/] https://concernusa.org/news/ukraine-food-crisis-explained/ [https://concernusa.org/news/ukraine-food-crisis-explained/] https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/ [https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/] https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/03/26/high-food-prices-consolidation/ [https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/03/26/high-food-prices-consolidation/] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-how-climateflation-is-pushing-food-prices-ever-higher-and-changing-how-we-eat [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-how-climateflation-is-pushing-food-prices-ever-higher-and-changing-how-we-eat] https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply [https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply] https://www.farmaid.org/issues/corporate-power/how-consolidation-by-meatpacking-giants-is-hurting-farmers-and-consumers-and-what-the-biden-administration-is-doing-about-it/ [https://www.farmaid.org/issues/corporate-power/how-consolidation-by-meatpacking-giants-is-hurting-farmers-and-consumers-and-what-the-biden-administration-is-doing-about-it/] https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/11/trump-administration-cracks-down-on-foreign-owned-meat-packing-cartels/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/11/trump-administration-cracks-down-on-foreign-owned-meat-packing-cartels/] https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/trump-meatpackers-investigation-beef-prices-00643152 [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/trump-meatpackers-investigation-beef-prices-00643152]

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jakson Why Are Groceries So Expensive? kansikuva

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In this episode Meg and Chris explore the exploding cost of groceries in America. The unprecedented effects from COVID and the Ukraine War, in addition to the steady forces adding to inflation year after year.  Sources:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00502-1 https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5539547/grocery-prices-tariffs-food-inflation https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/business/grocery-prices-trump-poll https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/how-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-has-further-aggravated-the-global-food-crisis/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10015268/ [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10015268/] https://concernusa.org/news/ukraine-food-crisis-explained/ [https://concernusa.org/news/ukraine-food-crisis-explained/] https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/ [https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/] https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/03/26/high-food-prices-consolidation/ [https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/03/26/high-food-prices-consolidation/] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-how-climateflation-is-pushing-food-prices-ever-higher-and-changing-how-we-eat [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-how-climateflation-is-pushing-food-prices-ever-higher-and-changing-how-we-eat] https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply [https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply] https://www.farmaid.org/issues/corporate-power/how-consolidation-by-meatpacking-giants-is-hurting-farmers-and-consumers-and-what-the-biden-administration-is-doing-about-it/ [https://www.farmaid.org/issues/corporate-power/how-consolidation-by-meatpacking-giants-is-hurting-farmers-and-consumers-and-what-the-biden-administration-is-doing-about-it/] https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/11/trump-administration-cracks-down-on-foreign-owned-meat-packing-cartels/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/11/trump-administration-cracks-down-on-foreign-owned-meat-packing-cartels/] https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/trump-meatpackers-investigation-beef-prices-00643152 [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/trump-meatpackers-investigation-beef-prices-00643152]

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