https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/economy/russia-inflation-new-heights-intl-analysis/index.html
Inflation is being driven by the rapid rise in wages as the Kremlin pours billions into military industries and sends millions of men to fight in Ukraine. In the middle of a war, companies outside the defense sector can’t compete for workers without paying much higher wages. In turn, they charge higher prices. So the spiral continues.
“Prices are rising because of the war,” Alexandra Prokopenko at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin told CNN. “Demand in the economy is distorted in favor of unproductive spending. Wages rise because employers have to compete for labor.
I've swiped a few things through self checkouts - usually extra pricey vegan meat lmao. It's just so funny how these same stores usually have a food bank collection at the front that's entirely customer-funded when fuckloads of perishable meats, dairy, etc. are just thrown out or sold at a massive discount via those discount food waste apps.
I always think about this when I see those food donation boxes, what a joke