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Food Prices Once Again Surging in New Jersey and New York Region, Why?
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com ^ | Feb 20, 2024

Posted on 02/23/2024 4:25:00 PM PST by 11th_VA

TRENTON, NJ – Inflation is being reigned in and food prices are coming down. That’s what we’re told each time the Biden administration talks about food prices here in New Jersey, but if you’ve been food shopping in the past few weeks in New Jersey, you know this is not true.

Over the past few weeks, the prices of eggs, meat, milk, and other essentials skyrocketed once again and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.

In New Jersey, as part of the larger Northeast and New York-Newark-Jersey City areas, there has indeed been a noticeable increase in grocery prices in early 2024. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Northeast region saw a 0.6% increase in January 2024, with a 2.5% rise over the past year.

This increase is attributed to a rise in various sectors, including a significant 0.8% rise in the food index within just a month. Specifically, the prices for fruits and vegetables rose by 1.5%, and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs saw a 1.3% increase, marking the largest increase since May 2022. Additionally, nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials experienced a 1.6% price hike, led by higher prices for carbonated drinks​​.

According to the USBL CPI, the food index increased 0.4 percent in January, as the food at home index increased 0.4 percent and the food away from home index rose 0.5 percent over the month…

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bidenflation
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1 posted on 02/23/2024 4:25:00 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

The truckers’ blockage?


2 posted on 02/23/2024 4:26:16 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: 11th_VA

Yet, 66% of Dummycrats will still vote for Biden.


3 posted on 02/23/2024 4:26:29 PM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: 11th_VA

15 minute ‘hoods in action?


4 posted on 02/23/2024 4:27:01 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: lightman

The truckers’ blockage?


not yet but anticipation of..................


5 posted on 02/23/2024 4:28:08 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: 11th_VA

The Ministry of Plenty says you have surplus food!.................


6 posted on 02/23/2024 4:28:22 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: lightman

Yeah! Truckers!


7 posted on 02/23/2024 4:29:49 PM PST by plangent
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To: 11th_VA

DID the truckers refuse to deliver in NYC this week???


8 posted on 02/23/2024 4:29:55 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: 11th_VA

Just went to an Amish Market in Jersey. A dozen donuts are selling at $18.75


9 posted on 02/23/2024 4:31:28 PM PST by mware
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The donuts are made at the bakery there, but the ingredients have to be shipped in


10 posted on 02/23/2024 4:33:39 PM PST by mware
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To: 11th_VA
> Over the past few weeks, the prices of eggs, meat, milk, and other essentials skyrocketed once again… <

Will the average Democrat voter finally figure it all out? Nope.

11 posted on 02/23/2024 4:36:54 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: mware

“If you bought it a truck brought it”


12 posted on 02/23/2024 4:37:32 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: mware

That’s crazy - guess which part of the donut is the most nutritious? (The hole)


13 posted on 02/23/2024 4:39:13 PM PST by 11th_VA (Celebrate Climate Change !!!)
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To: mware

Columbus? Love that place. The Amish actually care about quality in everything they sell.


14 posted on 02/23/2024 4:49:14 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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cant they just drive their Teslas to Arkansas to go grocery shopping?


15 posted on 02/23/2024 4:54:14 PM PST by eyeamok
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Can’t be illegals with hundreds if not thousands of dollars to spend on Gov. issued debit cards buying up staples. Or could it?


16 posted on 02/23/2024 5:00:39 PM PST by DAC21
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To: Wilderness Conservative

No, Williamstown Farmers Market. They have a bakery, confectionary store, pretzel shop, several meat markets. We get our fresh turkeys from them every Thanksgiving, another stall focuses on sausages. Usually get there once a week just for their fresh mi!k.


17 posted on 02/23/2024 5:15:32 PM PST by mware
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To: 11th_VA

It’s a feature not a bug.


18 posted on 02/23/2024 6:02:48 PM PST by webheart
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To: Chgogal

And yes once again Biden wilL win NY. How many times can you kill yourself NY


19 posted on 02/24/2024 3:00:14 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: 11th_VA

p


20 posted on 02/24/2024 5:09:37 AM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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