Why Are Groceries So Expensive?

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://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.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.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.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