They always lie about inflation. Well, lie is a bit of a strong word but only a bit. Some things go down in price and they always subtract the cheaper things from the more expensive items. The inflation rate is an average of price increases across a set of commodities. There are other pressures causing some prices to increase in price. Like all the preppers hoarding the jars over the last few years. Plus manufacturing is down and they stopped manufacturing GEM lids so a lot of people need to replace their jars.