I feel like any article that doesn't mention how much prices have risen is at best lazy journalism and at worse complicity. It even mentions this:
>McDonald’s, PepsiCo and other companies have said this quarter that low-income consumers have pulled back their spending and are looking for deals.
McDonald's prices have doubled in a decade.[1] Across the board, companies are posting profits well beyond what inflation can account for. How much has Starbucks raised it's prices out of pure greed?