so despite the administration claiming that it saved christmas, inflation was going to be temporary, experts i talk to say it s going to get worse before it gets better. the average cost for truckers moving goods used to be 3 to $500 locally is now 700 to $1,000 in the past 3 to 4 months. we see these prices continuing until the market bears for them to be reduced. so just before omicron, some of the experts saw rays of sunshine. spot rates for shipping overseas began to level off. but, with the new variant they say it is spreading to the docks, to the warehouses, to trucking, factories in china and the u.s., and that means product shortages and higher prices likely will continue. this is wiping out labor forces and like a rolling sick leave, so that s what s really
exports. so despite administration calling inflation temporary, experts say it is likely to get worse before it gets better. the average cost for truckers moving goods used to be 300 to 500 locally. it is now 700 to 1,000 dollars in the past three to four months. we see these prices continuing until the market bears for them to be reduced. so while shipping rates have begun to level off, omicron is now basically hitting the dock workers, trucking, warehouses. the labor force is decimated in the u.s. and china meaning shortages and higher prices will likely continue. this is wiping out labor forces like a rolling sick leave. is that s what s really slowing down now the recovery of the supply chains. the supply chain is still
ainsley: you know when president biden was running as a candidate and now as a president, he said he wasn t going to raise prices or taxes on anyone making less than $400. but we are seeing gas prices going up. we are seeing restaurant prices going up. food prices at the grocery store going up. isn t it really hurting its attacks on the middle class and on poor families in america? you know, we hate it. you know, you think about we talk about those two things food and labor as expenses. to your point they are really human elements. those are our people. that s the backbone of our service here at pot belly, the quality of our food which is highly labor intensive to produce and deliver. so, these are, you know, these are people s lives that are affected by these costs and we re happy to pay market wages to our people. we are thrilled to have them paid according to what the market bears and at the end of the day we didn t have much of a choice but to pass some of that onto the custo