The Economist.
It's hard to take a trip to the supermarket these days
without feeling like it's a total rip-off.
You may have noticed your grocery bill climbing since 2020.
Experts say food prices have jumped about 25%.
Are Americans paying too much for their groceries?
I decided to conduct a little experiment to find out.
Alice is calling.
Alice.
Josh.
Are you at Waitrose?
I'm in Waitrose.
I have made it to Whole Foods.
I have a bunch of organic bananas, currently from Colombia.
There are six in here.
Let me put them on the scale.
Sorry, this is extremely complicated.
I used to have to tell how people do this.
I have 2.4 pounds of bananas.
They are apparently 60 cents a pound.