Most people think of higher gas prices when they hear the word inflation. I like to look at how our food portions shrink while retaining their prices. The outcome is the same, higher cost per ounce, but it probably makes more business sense to put fewer chips in the bag than to raise prices. Apparently this phenomenon also angers sausage eating southerners as evidenced by the following recording.

This gets a tad not safe for work near the end…

Angry Jimmy Dean Sausage Customer

I keep wondering what the Fed is going to do about this situation. I imagine that by the middle of December things will be worse and they’ll be forced to cut, probably 50 basis points. Let the sausage lovers eat cake.