![]() ![]() It's Thursday, June 23rd.Ĭoming up on the show. ![]() Kate Linebaugh: Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power. So just seeing those chickens spinning on the spigot in the back of the store, just like they always have been, it's really one of the only things that hasn't changed since the pandemic, since the inflation, when everything else seems to be getting more expensive. Kate Linebaugh: But that classic golden brown rotisserie chicken has bucked this trend.Īnnie Gasparro: It's the one dependable thing at the grocery store right now. Speaker 5: The typical American household now spending $250 more a month to purchase the same goods that they did last year. Speaker 4: Dairy products went up 2.9% last month, grains and bakery products, one and a half percent, meat went up 1.1%, and eggs, 5% in just one month. ![]() Speaker 3: Food at home prices increased by 11.9% year over year And she says for a lot of shoppers, those chickens have been a golden goose, especially now when consumers are feeling the pinch from the worst inflation in decades. Kate Linebaugh: Annie reports on packaged foods. And the lady in front of me just got the last one, Kate Linebaugh: That's our colleague Annie Gasparro wandering a big box retailer in Chicago.Īnnie Gasparro: They're just like in these classic clamshells, but they are perfectly golden brown and crispy. Kate Linebaugh: Good deals are hard to come by these days, but under the amber glow of a grocery store heat lamp, you might find one.Īnnie Gasparro: Okay, I'm walking back to the rotisserie chickens. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. ![]()
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