"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Food prices declined? Where are you shopping? Yukon Gold potatoes used
to be 2.99 for 5#
before the mid west floods one or two years ago, since then, stuck at 3.99
for 5#.

Marie Calendar, Boston Market, Hungry Man tv dinners up 10 to 20 percent
in the last year.

Before the floods? Are we talking here about THE Flood, with Noah and all
that stuff? g

Nah, there were some major flooding a couple years ago that hurt the potato crop.

Jeez, Wes. You're giving us anecdotes about potatoes and TV dinners in one
town in northern Michigan when we were talking about national averages.

Maybe what the country really needs is a Hungry Man Prices in Northern
Michigan Index, to guide our economy...

Well, the Joe Six pack index would be handy. Maybe even the Joe Camel six pack index for
those that smoke (I don't)

I complained about the shortage to ConAgra, they sent a free coupon for a dinner. I'll
just wait for new "larger portions" before I buy from them again.

Wes
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