Rising Grocery Prices

[trainfan1221]

From somebody who works in this industry, I can tell ya I always have to answer as to why prices are going up, especially milk.  Very often its due to increased transportation fees for the usual reason, fuel prices.

[edbenton]

Actually OIL PRICES are the main reason why food proces are going up.  The trucking comapnies that deliver the food to the gorcery warehouses can only eat teh higher fuel costs for so long.  Every company out there has a  Fuel Surcharge on every mile they are running anymore.  Now the stores are being forced to pass the costs onto us the consumer and it may not seem like much but it adds up.  We pay a few cents more for every item but it adds up in the totals at the end.  Yet you see the OIL compaines report 9 Billion in profits each QUARTER and nothing gets done about it.

[spbed]

Our local TV station had a report last nite that groceries prices have increased considerably in the last few weeks. They said meat prices are up 5% which they blamed on the higher cost of corn due to the ethanol push. Diary & veggies were also up & those increases were blamed on the rising cost of oil.