Food prices :

OFF TOPIC: SACRAMENTO GAS PRICES

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Although this blog is about the Sacramento restaurant scene, we all have to get there. Right? We don't take a bus to dinner & we don't ride a bike to dinner. We drive........ Today as I paid $3.99 a gallon for gas I thought to myself. What's[...]

Aston?s Specialties ? Good Western Stuff, Lovely Prices

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Grillworks Chicken ? Hickory BBQ Good Western dining at value for money prices, located in a comfortable air-conditioned restaurant with quality service and hygiene is perhaps what Aston?s Specialties can be summed up to be. So far, I[...]

Why you can't shop in one food store

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife If, like me, you do most of the food shopping in your family , you dream of that one store where you can be assured of getting fresh, healthy food at great prices. Don't hold your breath. Even a random[...]

Are Grocery Costs Over the Top?

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Ok, this may come off as a ranting zesty but I have had it up to here (I am actually pointing to my neck) with the cost of groceries these days.  Now I cannot speak for people in both the US and countries abroad but here in Canada I find that[...]

The Globalization of McDonald?s

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We all know that McDonald?s has taken over the world. The big yellow arches symbolize America?s universal dominance in the fast food market and in the world economy as a whole, spreading tidings of the happy meal far and wide. We even[...]

$12 Saved is $12 Earned - Grocery Price Wars

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With money getting tighter and prices at the local Grocery Stores rising I've been doing a price search on grocery items we use frequently.I shopped and priced at three different grocery stores, Walmart, Kroger, and Meijer. I priced over 40 items and[...]

The Christmas Carol/The Christmas Dinner: Holiday cheer takes an inflationary hit.

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. The cost of holiday feasting is the real Christmas Price Index. Every year, the economists at PNC bank tally the cost of the items in the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas . The French hens, the swans, the leaping[...]

Fast Food and Packaged Food Prices Heading Up Says McDonald's and General Mills

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Food commodity prices have been skyrocketing the last couple of months and this week both McDonald's and General Mills, two major fast food and packaged food suppliers have warned prices will be on the rise. Fortunately consumers have the choice to[...]