Per the link, food is up 3.1% and everything else 2.9%. So energy pulled inflation up from about 3% to about 4%, but that's not "all of the increase"

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gruez 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>Per the link, food is up 3.1%

But if you look at the sibling comment, all of that came from "Food away from home ". In other words, it's all because of takeout/restaurants, not groceries. Those were actually dragging inflation down.

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usrnm 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Energy going up drives evrything up, including food. Everything we do depends on energy in many different ways.

	▲	advisedwang 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's possible for energy to be behind the rises in other cost, but the data presented here gives no evidence for or against that possibility.

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tclancy 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How much of the food cost (and everything else) is tied to the increase in diesel prices? Do they adjust that out?

	▲	jeffbee 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Distributor fuel costs are a really small part of the food price, with the notable exception of things that are bulky and full of air like Cheerios. The overwhelming fuel component of grocery consumption, by a margin so large you can consider it to be 100%, is the consumer's fuel. Driving 5 miles to an American grocery store to buy a few pounds of food is the most absurd scheme ever hatched. Having your groceries delivered by a van on a route is much more efficient but, perversely, by internalizing the last mile fuel cost that would show up as higher prices for food in aggregate inflation statistics.