WSJ Article on inflation hitting bakers among others

[aaronatthedoublef]

Bakers were specifically called out. This link is supposed to go past the paywall.

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[Mike Nolan]

I thought it was interesting that it mentioned margarine instead of butter, though I think both are way up from a year ago. I did see some sales on butter this past week, but I'm reasonably stocked on it at the moment from past sales.

[BakerAunt]

I suspect that the writer of this article has never darkened the door of a kitchen to bake but remembers a parent or grandparent using "healthy" margarine in the 1970s and 1980s.

I think that the higher butter prices are another consequence of the difficulties in the dairy industry. I did buy a pound of butter at a reasonable price in November, since I use small amounts of it in some recipes.

Also, flour did still go on sale this holiday season, and some good prices were to be had by the careful shopper.

[skeptic7]

I could never tell if the comparison was suppose to be short term like several months, or long term like a decade ago. Flour is more expensive but at least its available as opposed to middle of 2020. I know eggs are definitely more expensive but am not sure thats inflation of just that the supply is less since many flocks were wiped out by bird flu.

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