Topic

Food Price Inflation

Wholesale Greek feta above $11 a kilogram, up about 33% year on year, with 10% higher processor milk costs and higher restaurant purchase prices.

Current clusters

invest1 distinct publisher

Spinach doubled in a month: Korea's heat shock is a price mechanism, not a weather story

Retail spinach rose 100.8% in a month to 2,108 won per 100 grams, and four other vegetables rose more than 40%. The agriculture ministry's answer is that levels are still below a normal year.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption64
Hype gap+18
Incentives55
Confidence56

invest1 distinct publisher

Food-bank queues in three states are the cleanest demand signal you will get on the bottom quintile

SNAP cuts have pushed 4.5 million people off benefits and food banks say they cannot make up the gap. If you sell discretionary goods to that cohort, reprice your assumptions.

Publishers:nakedcapitalism.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap

leadership1 distinct publisher

A pox outbreak, a grazing ban, and a feta supply base with nowhere else to go

More than 2,600 Greek farms have been culled outright since 2024 and sheep are barred from open grazing. Wholesale feta is up about 33% year on year, and the milk cannot be sourced elsewhere.

Publishers:businessinsider.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption78

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Current clusters

Spinach doubled in a month: Korea's heat shock is a price mechanism, not a weather story

Food-bank queues in three states are the cleanest demand signal you will get on the bottom quintile

A pox outbreak, a grazing ban, and a feta supply base with nowhere else to go