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all right, charlie. we ve got the milk. we ve got the eggs. we ve got the steak, and we ve got the chicken. we ve got enough left for my chocolate chip cookies, for your favorite dog treats. sorry, charlie. . neil: that s where he drew the line. you know, our writer has had a lot of time on his hands. anyway, when it comes to chocolate, it s one of the things that they will not give up. the chocolate prices have been soaring depending where you go, doubled over the last year. that doesn t mean that people are giving it up. they re finding greater solutions to get it, maybe have it in smaller samples and i don t know if that s the case, but this illustrate it quite clearly because a lot of some of the biggest providers of it, you know, you ve heard of
price index shows grocery prices are up. neil: i could see you doing that. [laughter] there s gunz in front of you stealing chocolate, who is is this? and they re laughing at me because they re saying we don t need you to tell us this, we know it. yeah, i definitely think there s a lot of frustration and frankly they re seeing they ve cut back what they can. they re making their meals at home. they re already buying in bulk what they can. there s not much more that they can do, so there s definitely frustration. when i first saw the reports about the chocolate prices, my initial thought was actually, maybe consumers deserve a little credit. maybe it s that they re trying to be more healthy in this post pandemic world. neil: no. no way. i really thought that, gunz, real fast, are you trying to be more healthy? absolutely not. me eating vegetables and salads, that s not happening. you know? bacon all day.
one example of how that has trickled down is approved. the cost of fruit in california and arizona has increased 25% since the mandate went into effect. we could see a price hike on everything from cars, produce, even chocolate. with canada as one of our largest trade partners, that means more retailers and frustration for drivers, and less for americans. driving chocolate prices as well. [laughter] very serious problems. thank you so much. earlier today, president biden saying that the growing economy is one of the issues behind the supply chain problems which are adding to inflation, but is there more to that? walmart was president and ceo bill simon. great to have you here. i want to pick your brain on this issue. it s something we are all dealing with, from a consumer standpoint, a producer standpoint, all the way until he gets to the dinner table.