White Gandalf#TimeMagazine tells it like it is: #PriceGouging
‘Here’s Why So Many Grocery Store Staples Are So Expensive Right Now’
#NikPopli #SolcyreBurga
“Cal-Maine Foods, which controls 20% of the retail #egg #market, reported quarterly sales up 110% and gross #profits up more than 600% over the same quarter in the prior fiscal year, according to a December filing with the SEC. The company pointed to decreased egg supply nationwide due to #AvianFlu as the reason for higher prices and record sales, though Cal-Maine has had no positive avian flu tests on any of its farms, according to a quarterly report. …
“‘Avian flu is not manufactured—it’s real,’” says #JoeMaxwell, the co-founder of #FarmAction. ‘But the dominant firms are using that supply chain disruption to gouge the consumers. The numbers … clearly indicate that the production loss due to avian flu was minor compared to the prices being charged.’”
