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   > MP>It doesn't help when all the news channels have talking heads on telling   
   >   >people that the increase in fuel prices will cause food, etc., to "go up   
   by   
   >   >X%" -- and "X%" always comes out to much higher than half-a-cent.   
      
   > Yes, and even those numbers are an average that covers high priced   
   > stores meaning, people like me who have to shop sales at lower   
   > priced store chains find that when they say prices have gome up   
   > by 8%, I find the things I buy have gone up by 50% or 100% or are   
   > no longer available in quantities that are not sold out within a   
   > few hours (or minutes) of the week's sale starting..   
      
   Yeah, there are some things that I buy that nearly doubled in price 3+   
   years ago that have yet to start back down.  I do a lot of shopping at   
   Kroger, which is where that happened.  At Wal-mart, the increase was   
   less... maybe 20-40%... but the price there has also yet to go back down.   
      
   Mike   
      
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