Let Them Eat Cake: Lettuce Up 11%, Apples up 6%, Peas and Beans up 10%

The price of lettuce on Friday increases by 11 percent during President Joe Biden’s 40-year-high inflation.

In the last 12 months, fruit and vegetables have significantly increased in price, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

• Apples six percent
• Dried beans ten percent
• Peas ten percent
• Lentils ten percent
• Potatoes eight percent

Overall, fruits and vegetables are more expensive by eight percent.

Canned fruit and veggies have also increased:

• Canned fruits 12 percent
• Canned veggies 11 percent

It won’t actually help to turn to cake instead of fruits and vegetables, by the way. Cake prices are up 11.8 percent.

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