Agflation

<a href="http://www.business24-7.ae/cs/article_show_mainh1_story.aspx?HeadlineID=5117">US – shoppers scrimp as food prices rise</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Patricia Norris' family is feeling the one-two punch of higher fuel and food prices.<br />n<br />nHer husband works as messenger, driving around to deliver packages. But the job is not as profitable as it once was because rising fuel prices are eating into his earnings.<br />n<br />nWith money tight and food prices rising, Norris can no longer afford to buy beef and chicken on a regular basis.<br />n<br />n"We buy meat only for special occasions. Like for Easter, we had a ham," she said after a shopping trip at her local Wal-Mart in Romeoville, a mixed blue- and white-collar suburb of Chicago.<br />n<br />nNorris must purchase only what is on her shopping list, to avoid spending more than she can afford.<br />n<br />n"Sometimes I cry," she said, when she passes items on store shelves she can no longer buy.<br />n<br />nAcross the United States, consumers like Norris are finding that grocery shopping has become a sobering experience as their budgets fail to keep pace with food costs.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI guess my question is how high will it go. I've been noticing the spiraling food costs and it does make things a little tighter which only hurts the beef industry. What's the old saying, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. I'm hoping I get stronger.<br />n<br />n<strong>Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Phillips Brooks</strong>