For bacon-lovers, this is an all-out food crisis. According to the May consumer price index report from Canada, the price of bacon surged by 9.3% month-over-month, or 20.5% year-over-year. This nugget was unearthed by Bloomberg News' Ilan Kolet. Check out his chart below. Bacon prices have been surging because of supply issues. Earlier this month, the breakout of a pig virus forced the killing of millions of baby pigs. Earlier this week, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that recent data s...
For bacon-lovers, this is an all-out food crisis. According to the May consumer price index report from Canada, the price of bacon surged by 9.3% month-over-month, or 20.5% year-over-year. This nugget was unearthed by Bloomberg News' Ilan Kolet. Check out his chart below. Bacon prices have been surging because of supply issues. Earlier this month, the breakout of a pig virus forced the killing of millions of baby pigs. Earlier this week, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that recent data s...
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