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Comment by nradov

2 years ago

Shrinkflation is hardly a new phenomenon. There is no evidence to indicate that firms were less greedy a few years ago.

Temporary high egg prices were at least partly caused by a temporary supply shortage from a bird flu outbreak. That was somewhat different from the monetary issues which usually drive inflation.

https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-outbreak-turkey-egg-chic...

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