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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:01 PM Original message |
I always heard that the price of food goes up when gas prices go up |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Growing season's over... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because the food you're buying now was made with the higher costs. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Food prices are "stickier." |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Oil has 4 vital functions in agriculture. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. That makes sense |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. stability |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Tuna |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. that's been happening to a lot of food products for quite ahile now... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Ice cream, yes, |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. hmm |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. try buying it a supermarket...most national brands are 1.75 quarts, and some are even 1.5 quarts. |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. quite a few |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. no such luxury for us- and where we live once had the highest concentration of dairies in the u.s... |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. elgin huh? |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Food prices move more slowly. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. I noticed bread's gone down. |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. 6.3 billion people and growing. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thanks for the responses, guys! |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. most food is a commodity |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. Some have gone down |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gas is down because shipping has all but stopped. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. My Mother works for APL |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because they can.... |
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