Market prices for coffee, orange juice hit record highs, fueling sharply higher bills for some grocery staples

Paywall removed: https://archive.is/8vYWj

    • plz1@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      24
      ·
      1 year ago

      I read that headline, and your comment, and immediately inferred WSJ is victim-blaming people just for eating breakfast. The sheer audacity of it…

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… to be fair to the Wall Street Journal, it read like an article with basic factual information. It even talked about why this is bad for Trump.

        • SquatDingloidBanned
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Nobody’s accusing them of printing non factual info, the billionaire owned paper is phrasing the symptoms of wealth inequality as the fault of poor people for eating food.

          They don’t want to point the finger at the people responsible because they are owned by those people.

          Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives.

        • rumba@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          The article is an example of selection bias. Prices are up on most groceries, manufacturers are reaping record profits.

          Well, coffee had a disease issue and oranges have weather problems so let’s focus on those.

          This isn’t to say that the article isn’t being truthful and what they are saying but they are specifically trying to paint a picture to hide corporate greed.

  • mlg@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    1 year ago

    The funny thing is this article is still a big upgrade from their previous edition.

  • expatriado@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    1 year ago

    my breakfast is limited to only 4 avocado toasts and a venti cappuccino from starbucks, so i should be ok

  • Jimmycakes@lemmy.worldBanned
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    Just go to Starbucks and grab any of the 15 cups of coffee in pickup area and go. Imagine buying coffee when Starbucks exists

  • jaxiiruff@lemmy.zipdeleted by creator
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    Not for me, my breakfast is 2 granola bars and a snack size apple juice. I dont really like breakfast anyway so it seems to work for me.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldBanned
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    I mean, I don’t drink coffee or orange juice, but I could see how other people would be impacted.