Detroit News: Food costs hit metro Detroit hard
Detroit News also has this story today: Food costs hit hard as prices continue to rise.
A snippet:
Prices already are high enough for most shoppers. From sports car-driving bachelors to suburban moms to working-class immigrants, Metro Detroiters are getting stingier at the supermarket.
That includes Stacey Shoenbach, a stay-at-home mom of two who’s also switching to the plain white labels of store brands and generics.
As she loaded her Chrysler Pacifica minivan with off-brand tomato sauce, laundry detergent and cereal from a Meijer in Wixom, Shoenbach estimated that buying generics kept her $62 grocery bill for the trip 20 percent lower than if she’d bought brand names or gone to a specialty store.
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Posted: May 6th, 2008 under Frugal living, Groceries, In the News.
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