Friday, July 25, 2014

The Joys of Vegetarianism

Over the past 12 months, food prices have been rising at a rate of about 2.4 percent. That's slightly higher than the overall consumer price index, which has risen by 2.1 percent over that same time span. But not all food prices are rising in lockstep.

In fact, if you're a vegetarian, you've been enjoying much less inflation than meat-eaters have had to deal with. Fresh fruit prices are up 5.8 percent in the past year, driven in large part by citrus fruits, which are up by 12.2 percent. But tomatoes, to take one example, are up just 0.6 percent.

Those increases pale in comparison to meat prices, though. Fish and seafood are up 7.3 percent in the past year; beef and veal are up 10.4 percent. Pork prices are up a whopping 12.0 percent.

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