Mar 30, 2008
All along food distribution chain, rising prices felt
“We just make what we make, and any cost increase we experience we just have to pass on to the customer”
Whether making bread for a living or merely shopping for it at the supermarket, Vermonters are feeling the brunt of sharply rising prices for grains and other food products.
'I shop around. I look for deals,' said Pat Lesure, a state employee who was shopping at the Price Chopper in Berlin on Friday. 'But it's a struggle now. It really is.'
Food prices were up 4 percent in 2007 the largest jump in nearly two decades, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, after rising 2.4 percent in both 2005 and 2006. Read more
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