Episode 169: Why Your Groceries Are So Damn Expensive

The Checkout host Errol Schweizer presents another update on the sorry state of grocery prices and how they got so damn high.

You are not going crazy. Grocery prices are 30% higher than a few years ago. Some categories are up over 50%. And food companies have leveraged global crises to raise prices and rake in huge profits while selling less actually products. What an amazing hustle, if you are an executive or a shareholder! As for the rest of us, we now pay more for less food.

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