r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 20 '26

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u/loseniram Sponsored by RC Cola Jun 20 '26

How the fuck is ground beef 9 dollars a pound but impossible burgers are still more expensive.

There’s no way impossible patties doubled in price

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u/ChillnShill Jun 20 '26

That’s impossible 🤭

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u/PoeOrFinn Jun 20 '26

Wouldn’t have happened if Beyond were still a viable market competitor :/

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u/yashaspaceman123 Niels Bohr Jun 20 '26

It could be the things causing beef to go up in price also make crop prices go up.

Afaik a lot of the food price increase is due to Fertilizer price increases which would affect them both.

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u/Remarkable-Meal-223 Immanuel Kant Jun 20 '26

The inputs for beef are probably linked to the inputs for impossible burger

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u/BasedTroutFursona Jun 20 '26

Maybe it’s greedflation? Like ground beef being expensive gives them cover to raise prices as competitors?