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How Pork Prices Reveal Inflation’s Hidden Drivers
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into a surprising inflation signal: the price of pork. While headline CPI has cooled, the cost of bacon and pork chops has surged over 15% year-over-year. They explore how a combination of African swine fever outbreaks overseas, higher feed costs, and labor shortages in meatpacking plants are driving the spike. They connect this to the broader story of food price inflation, which remains sticky even as other categories moderate. Lucas breaks down the role of supply chain concentration in meat processing, where four companies control over 80% of the market…
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