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Barriers to entry are quite high right now. Property prices are up, transportation costs are just coming down lately, wages are up on average. When costs went up, the ones most willing to raise prices were able to build capital and buy out the rest.

Anything that reduces societal trust raises prices. Security guards and anti-theft systems have costs.

> Under capitalism, shouldn't there be new grocery stores coming in to undercut existing ones?

Under capitalism, why would anybody want to open a grocery store wherever people steal massively?

The key point I am making, and what the article seems to imply, is that people would steal less if food was more affordable. And corporations are still raking in record profits so there is still a surplus.