
I don’t care what anyone says (or what the “official” numbers claim), food prices are up 2-3x since the start of the pandemic. I know Starbucks (which no one actually needs) is not the best exemplar, but as another data point pre-Covid I could often walk out of the supermarket with enough food for two people a week for $100.
Now, roughly that same amount of money is only enough to provide two-ish days of sustenance. The inflation numbers are basically fake.