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Bidenflation: November Saw Biggest Jump Ever in Restaurant Prices, Fast Food Up Record 7.9%

The next trip to your favorite fast food joint may not produce a happy meal.

Prices at fast-food restaurants jumped one percent in November compared with October, a big monthly jump that followed months of unusually high price hikes.

Compared with a year ago, prices are up 7.9 percent. That’s far and away the largest annual increase in fast food prices on records that go back to the late 1990s.

Economists say this is a sign of pass-through from wages into higher prices. Restaurants, particularly fast food places, have been increasing wages and paying signing bonuses for new employees in an attempt to grow payrolls amid a nationwide labor shortage.

You will not do any better by moving to full-service restaurants. Prices of full-service restaurants are up six percent, also the biggest recorded year-over-year gain. Compared with October, November prices were up 0.4 percent.

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3 thoughts on “Bidenflation: November Saw Biggest Jump Ever in Restaurant Prices, Fast Food Up Record 7.9%”

  1. At a retirement seminar last week – one of the points made was about inflation!
    If people don’t get a 7% rise they are losing money!
    I doesn’t make sense to work for 3% if you have enough to quit and retire!

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