It all starts with Fuel.
Fuel to use in the equipment to farm it, to manufacture the cartons and container it ships in.
Fuel to bring it in, to run the forklifts to unload it.
Fuel to get the store workers and the customer to the stores to sell and buy the products.
EVERYTHING moves somehow, and if you raise the prices to move EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING goes up in price.
(not to mention to cool it, ot to heat it, etc.)
I have a great idea!
First, will lock everyone down, and then when we open back up:
Let's kill our pipelines, and let Russia open theirs.
Let's ban fracking, too!
Then, lets beg OPEC and oil companies to lower profits.
We'll just blame it on greed, since no one understands economics, anyway.