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News Headlines "----the price of bacon —that sizzling, smoky comfort food we most need during tough times — is expected to surge."
"The reason for surging bacon prices is that hog farmers have pared their herds due to high feed costs after corn prices hit a record near $8 a bushel last month. Retail bacon prices hit $4.77 a pound in May, according to the Labor Department, and Rich Nelson, director of research at Allendale, told Reuters that it could reach near $6 a pound in the next few months."
I consume a pound of "Market Bacon" per week, 3 slices a day, myself.
I buy it for $2.50 a pound currently at Froogles supermarket.
Their market strategy is to charge cost plus 10%.
I wonder what the butcher is going to say when I buy a years worth ($130) on my next visit?
Bacon has doubled here in the last month. I went to my deer sausage stash till prices go back down. I need meat for breakfast. I get free range eggs from a buddy. I like my brown eggs.
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