the absolutely wild thing about this is that australia is/was also complaining about a cost of living crisis, and our food is $ for $ the exact same… as in our numeric value for food is the same - despite our currency being worth about 2/3 as much

this doesn’t mean that australia has our cost of living crisis easy… it means that americas food prices are ultra fucked

links.coles.com.au/hRXTKkT7aVb

Coles No Added Hormone Beef 3 Star Regular Mince: $7/500g (1lb ~= 450g)