- Soybean oil: Is 3-4 times higher than its historical average. At current demand levels, the industry has begun to reach the limits of refining capacity.
- Crude oil: Up over 150% in the last year, within the last 3 months price has surged 30%
- Corn syrup sweetener: up 27%
- Wage growth in the United States averaged 6.12 percent from 1960 until 2021, reaching an all-time high of 16.31 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -6.64 percent in April of 2020. (3rdgraph)
