New York – Food prices are skyrocketing, the cost of groceries has jumped 5.6 percent – higher than the inflation rate – with Eggs soaring up 36 percent, and tomatoes 31 percent.
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Bread rose 10.5 percent; fruits and veggies went up 5.9 percent; and meat, poultry, fish and eggs rose 5.4 percent.
Oil prices are the main culprit.
"Our industry is very gasoline-driven – everything has been shipped by trailers, and fuel costs keep going up," said Nelson Eusebio, executive director of the National Supermarkets Association.
Other factors include changes in Chinese consumption patterns. China is importing milk products where historically they have not. Meat also was something not purchased by the Chinese in the past, and that they're doing to a greater extent today.
Elyse Fisher, 39, with her husband and 3-year-old daughter, said it's much more expensive to feed her family. "I know I've been spending a lot more, but I'm not sure on what." The bill for her weekly groceries came to $208.62.
And the bad news is that grocery prices will likely rise another 3 to 4 percent this year. [nypost]
You are a fool, Bigwheeel. But your beloved Zionists ARE preparing for a war against Iran, you know that. And wait to see what you will pay for gas when that happens. Don’t be such a tipesh.
And Matzoha going for 24.00 a lb this year. We will go to the local store and buy kosher for passover bread.
Anon. 5:49PM IMHO you can join the nazi-symp. websites, who see a Jew in every crevice, under any stone, the tri-lateral commission ready to take over control of the world. We all know the intellectual caliber of those creatures. We can all see the stuff someone’s brain is made of. There’s a nice, big and ancient country whose quality of leadership (melech Tipaysh) hasn’t changed in the past Two and a Half Millennia. They welcome characters like you! As a matter of fact, some of your confreres have just recently returned from a lengthy (not long enough) stay over there!
Rabosai, this is only the tip of the iceberg. May Hashem help us. This situation is going to worsen as the dollars collapses with the stock market, and as oil goes through the roof. If you think this is bad, just wait until the Zionists launch a war against Iran with their friends in Washington. You’ll be paying $10 a gallon for gas. But it sounds like many people are prepared to suffer.