One Of The Largest US Supermarket Chains Warns Inflation Is About To Impact More Americans

• One Of The Largest US Supermarket Chains Warns Inflation Is About To Impact More Americans
  by Jack Phillips of Epoch Times, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  An executive of Kroger, one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States, warned grocery prices are about to become even higher this year as inflation sets in.
  –
  Inflation is running hotter than previously anticipated, and prices are slated to rise an additional 2 to 3 percent over the second half of 2021, Kroger CFO Gary Millerchip said during a call with reporters.
  –
  Kroger will be “passing along higher cost to the customer where it makes sense to do so,” he said on Sept. 10. The comment comes as the price for beef, poultry, and pork have risen at grocery stores in recent months, leading White House officials to blame meat processing companies.
  –
  “Just four large conglomerates control the majority of the market for each of these three products [beef, pork and poultry], and the data show that these companies have been raising prices while generating record profits during the pandemic,” said National Economic Council Director Brian Deese at a press briefing on Sept. 8.
  –
  “Those companies have seen record or near-record profits in the first half of this year,” Deese said, taking aim at JBS, Tyson Foods, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., and the National Beef Packing Company. “And that has coincided with a period where we’ve seen disproportionate increase in prices in those segments.”
  –
  read more.

end