Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68776913

The UK's biggest supermarket chain said pre-tax profits hit £2.3bn, up from £882m, while sales rose by 4.4% to £68.2bn in the year to 24 February.

So, sales up by just over 4% whilst profits up nearly three-fold. Is it just me or do I detect rip-off Britain at work here, under the cover of "inflation"?
No question about it. When inflation is in the news, it's a green light for every company to increase their prices, even if they don't need to. Customer expectations were to pay more and so many did, even begrudgingly.