The food companies accused of gouging are mostly publicly traded corporations that publish their finances...if profit margins shot up we would be able to see it, but everyone who does the analysis finds margins are mostly steady, slightly down overall. Yet the bullshit claim persists.

Here are some better explanations: - the "breadbasket of the world" (Ukraine) is at war - wages are up in the agricultural sector (a good thing overall but it's not free) - egg shortage - years of government deficits have massively increased the money supply...(more money chasing the same economic output)