Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected

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23. I think it was a month or two ago

when Walmart warned that since they had already stocked up, they were able to deal with the tariffs in the short term, but they said once that inventory got depleted, they would have to start passing on the increases to the customer.

And during the pandemic, even acknowledging the supply issues (amidst some port strikes and reduced personnel, leaving cargo ships stranded waiting to dock and unload), there was quite a bit of price gouging - and that actually lasted a year past the peak, when they were finally called out on it once it was obvious that the supply issues had been mostly resolved.

Similar happened with the initial bird flu outbreak in 2022 & 2023 where a year past that peak, gouging began and continued (like now with recent new outbreaks from last year), despite the fact that the average hen can start laying from chick after about 6 months, for those farms needing replacement hens.