Your groceries may be cheaper, but farmers and supermarkets feel the pain
Story Date: 10/24/2016

 

Source: Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10/21/16

If you’re just a little irked that gasoline prices have edged up recently, maybe this will cheer you up: Groceries are a bargain.
Average supermarket prices fell 2.2% in September from a year ago, the most since late 2009, and they’ve been down on an annual basis for 10 straight months, the longest such streak since 1959-60, Labor Department figures this week showed.

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