Supply chain constraints were industry wide, and when the order expired, prices went up far past standard inflation.
Just a reminder to folks emphasizing that retailers used that as cover for corporate greed, and a lot of it was lies. Various links:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/politics/grocery-prices-pandemic-ftc.html
Great quote from that Harvard one:
HBS research suggests firms have held off lowering them because it appears consumers got used to paying more
The FTC report that is the basis for the first three links above: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/03/ftc-releases-report-grocery-supply-chain-disruptions
And don’t get me started on shrinkflation.
Oh sorry I was clearly not paying much attention to what I was reading. Thanks for the gentle correction.