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Trickflation (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Y'all, remember this is sugar water and even at $1.06 there's a significant profit margin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is not even sugar water, it's corn tea with artificial flavors and colors.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the country. Corn syrup in everything is a distinctly American phenomenon

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

If you look at the picture you might be able to tell where it was taken. There are some pretty good hints.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it certainly doesn't seem like their production costs would increase much from inflation...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

They don't increase from inflation. The price increase is inflation and I think it's an important distinction to make.