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Navigating the soaring costs of groceries

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer If you’ve recently gone grocery shopping, you’ve likely noticed concerning rises in food prices. Why has everything gone up a couple of bucks, but the portions have gotten smaller (also known as shrinkflation)? Why have the prices for staple items skyrocketed in the past few years with little consensus on why? Why are our wages so low, and our produce prices incredibly high? These are just some questions many people like me are asking. I’m no economist, I’ll admit that right now. But, that doesn’t mean these terms aren’t worth trying to understand, nor does…

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