There is always a lag time when crude oil prices drop before refineries lower the cost of fuel, and a lag time for lower fuel prices to show up in grocery stores (and other places). Â However, Â they ALL jack up their prices as soon as the price of crude oil goes up!
@Retired_Engineer: that's because they try to be out front of what it will cost to replace the goods on the shelves. anyone else remember what it was like in the 70s when canned goods would have a half dozen price stickers stacked on them as they were repriced to reflect higher costs? those were the days before barcodes
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