” Groceries are up 15% since 2007. “
That must be a Government statistic - in 2007, on my weekly shopping trips, I could get out of WalMart (so shoot me...) for about $30.. (Single man, living alone..)
Last Saturday, my checkout bill was $42, which is substantially more than a 15% increase over essentially the same ‘shopping basket’ - way more, since I didn’t buy meat (except 2/$1 hot dogs and cheap bologna) or ‘junk food’ (chips/sodas)....
My eating habits haven’t changed (except being priced-out of buying meat on a regular basis), so price increases account for jut about all of it....
YMMV, of course.... ;)
I don’t trust the inflation stats either. Just saw the stat and quoted it. It’s hard to tell because my wife is a much better shopper than she used to be.