• elucubra@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    American measurements again. Kilos, Nooo! OK at least pounds, no? Noooo!

    Tomato box=(Football field x 32/534 large burgers) + a boulder the size of a small boulder.

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      23 hours ago

      This is a silly thing to complain about unless you didn’t read the article. The price increase is specifically quoting a grocer who price per crate went up. The article itself gives you several direct proportional metrics:

      According to the latest Consumer Price Index, tomato prices have surged by approximately 40% over the past year

      MarginEdge, a firm tracking restaurant prices, reported that grape tomatoes saw a 65% increase in just one month, with prices rising across all tomato varieties.

      And finally the context of the title that you’re complaining about:

      Wayne Humphrey, chief operating officer of Snarf’s, which operates dozens of stores in Colorado, Missouri and Texas, said cases of tomatoes went from costing him $27 to $93 in the space of a year, piled on top of rising expenses for other ingredients including bread and beef, as well as increased labor costs.

      It’s such a non-issue in this article and the title encapsulates the problem that even the grocers are facing. But I guess you have to run to comments and complain about AmErIcAn MeAsUrEmEnTs when it’s vaguely relevant because this is lemmy.