Food prices surged 0.7% in December—the largest monthly increase in more than three years—as Americans heading into 2026 face sticker shock at the grocery store with beef, coffee, and produce prices climbing sharply. The data, released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, puts renewed pressure on the Trump administration to deliver on campaign promises to lower everyday costs.
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“Sticker Shock” Bro, it’s not sticker shock when I have to literally stop eating entire classes of food because they’re simply too expensive. I’m not like “wow, eggs are $8 a dozen”, I’m like “guess no eggs, huh?”
Journalists are the most neolib softpeddlers I’ve ever seen.
Investors and CEOs aren’t loosing any money. That’s where it has to come from. They won’t. We will.
It’s not inflation, it’s continued wealth transfer
Tarrifs and weakening the dollar through geopolitical insecurity is increasing the cost of living?!?
