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Why Your Grocery Bill Feels Higher—Even With Coupons
为什么即使有优惠券，菜价仍感觉更贵？
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Stores often raise base prices slightly while offering bigger coupons—so the final cost looks unchanged, but margins improve.
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Shelf space is limited and expensive, so brands pay ‘slotting fees’ to appear at eye level, and those costs pass to shoppers.
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Fewer competing brands mean less pressure to lower prices—even if production costs haven’t changed much.
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Packaging sizes shrink slowly over time (‘shrinkflation’), so you pay the same for 10% less cereal or soap.
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Online grocery apps show personalized deals, but they also track your habits to suggest higher-margin items you’re likely to buy.
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Seasonal shortages—like bad weather harming tomato crops—push prices up fast, while surpluses drop them slowly and quietly.
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Many families now buy more ready-to-eat meals, which cost more per calorie but save time and reduce food waste.
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Tracking just three staple items each month reveals real trends better than memory—and helps spot when ‘sales’ aren’t really savings.