Hodgdon recently raised their wholesale prices quite a bit, 8 lb jugs of hodgdon stuff at powdervalley went up about $20 each. 1 lb. cans of most hodgdon stuff went from $29 to $33 at the sportsman's warehouse in Memphis (Southaven).
I suspect it's a case of other's following suit and jumping on the price increase bandwagon. In Hodgdon's case I suspect it's just greed, most of their powders come from Australia and when I was down there a couple of months ago it was the cheapest I've seen it in the last 10 years for an American. The strong U.S. dollar is making goods from the rest of the world cheaper for Americans, definitely so for Australia, I could afford to drink more than one pint of beer this time. If anything I'd think what Hodgdon pays for powder from ADI is much less than in years past.
