From your burgers to your corn on the cob to your plasticware - your annual MDW barbecue is going to cost you this year.
Our @owenslindsay1 breaks down how Trump's war in Iran + tariffs are driving up the cost of summer.
🚨NEW: Consumer sentiment just sank to another historic low.
Gas and grocery prices are soaring, inflation and wholesale costs are climbing, and Americans are feeling it.
Every day our dollar stretch less and less.
Every part of this Memorial Day is more expensive than last year. Summer food staples up 13%. Airfare up 21%. Gas up 51%.
Trump: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation."
We do. Happy Memorial Day.
NEWS: U.S. Consumer Sentiment has officially fallen to the lowest level ever recorded in data going back to 1952, plunging another 10% last month.
Consumers now expect inflation to hit 4.8% over the next 12 months.
Sentiment is down 21% since February 2026, before the Iran War,
There's no way to save money this Memorial Day weekend in Trump's economy.
"It’s going to be virtually impossible to avoid price hikes for summer fun, whether that’s a road trip, that’s a flight, a vacation, whether that’s a couple nights in a hotel, or whether that’s a backyard
Americans will be spending $2 billion more on gasoline over the four day Memorial Day weekend compared to a year ago, according to GasBuddy estimates, or roughly $22 million more every hour.
It's over 90 degrees in Arizona this week. Every year Arizonans die from working in the heat.
This doesn't have to happen. Fixing it is simple.
time to bring back my and @ENPancotti's greatest piece of writing ever -- our 2024 substack about the red lobster bankruptcy announcement:
Your Memorial Day cookout is going to cost 40% more this year. Airlines have already canceled a record amount of flights over the last 2 weeks - raising costs way up.
The reason why isn't a surprise: it's Trump's war with Iran.
New analysis from @TCFdotorg & Groundwork 👇
4/ Americans as a whole, not just in Colorado, believe it’s wrong to charge people different costs for the same item based on personal data.
New polling from @Groundwork finds the majority of "voters say that everyone should be offered the same discounts, even if it means
Corporations are using a practice known as surveillance pricing to set individualized prices based on personal data.
Unsurprisingly, Americans overwhelmingly think it should be banned.
Now, Colorado could become the first state to actually ban this practice with HB26-1210 🧵
Ever notice how:
→ concert tickets explode in price at checkout
→ subscriptions are impossible to cancel
→ airfare changes every hour
That’s not random. That’s the playbook.
Gouged is a true-crime story about corporate pricing schemes — and how they’re draining your wallet.
How private equity gutted local malls: Joann Fabrics, Red Lobster, Claire's, and more.
Holiday staple prices are setting your budget on fire this year.
It's not a supply chain hiccup.
It's the result of Trump's tariffs gutting farmers, his war in Iran, & skyrocketing diesel prices making it more expensive to grow & ship every item on your plate.
Memorial Day weekend is here. This is what Trump's economy is serving up👇
Overall, holiday staples are up 13% on average — 4x overall inflation.
Trump: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation." That's obvious.
https://groundworkcollaborative.org/work/as-summer-kicks-off-memorial-day-staples-up-13-on-average-and-travel-prices-soar/
