"Baking a simple batch of sugar cookies is now $3.92, up 38 per cent from $2.84 in 2019.
"Making mashed potatoes will now cost $5.75, up 31 per cent from $4.38 that year.
"And serving a tray of homemade rolls will run you about $3.59, up 29 per cent from $2.79 five years ago."
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Classic industry shell game. Keeping in mind that nearly everything in the list of foods, including the turkey, comes primarily from one producer - the Cargill family - you might think the total list of entries shows grocery prices are not so bad - 2024 it comes to $105.19 vs 2020 total $99.57, an increase of 5.64%.
Everything but one went up, remove that and prices are $42.17 vs $52.35, a price rise of 24.15%.
Have your wages gone up 24.15% in 5 years?