"Mills also said he will cook pork and chicken rather than the more expensive beef steaks."
Yeah, leave the good shit for the richers to stuff themselves with!
"Even stay-at-homes can't dodge rising costs" by Bloomberg News | July 4, 2008
CHICAGO - Rising costs for bread, cheese, and propane will make today's Fourth of July holiday more expensive than last year's, even for those who decide to avoid higher gasoline prices by grilling at home.
Bread cost 16 percent more in May than last year, cheese jumped 14 percent, snack foods are up 7.4 percent, and ice cream gained 5.9 percent, Labor Department data show.
While hamburger, hot dog, and pork chop prices are about the same, that's only consolation for consumers who like their meat raw: Propane used in grills costs 29 percent more, Energy Department data show.
"There's not a thing out there that has not gone up in price," said Mike Mills, a barbecue restaurant owner in Murphysboro, Ill., who is past president of the National Barbecue Association and a former championship griller. "It's kind of like you get nickel-and-dimed to death."
Gasoline has risen to record prices above $4 a gallon, and the number of travelers over the holiday will drop for the first time this decade, AAA said. The savings on fuel, however, are being eaten up by rising costs at the grocery store. Food inflation last year accelerated at the fastest pace in 17 years, and the government forecast a bigger increase in 2008, led by gains in dairy and grain prices.
Yeah, unless you are working in the whiskey bidness!!!
"International expansion in this quintessentially American segment is more than offsetting the pinch of rising grains and fuel costs. Grain accounts for a fraction of the overall cost of making bourbon, even though it's made from a mix that must be at least 51 percent corn."
I think I'm gonna throw up muh drink anyway.
Mills said he will turn his grill on 15 minutes before cooking to conserve propane and charcoal at home this weekend. In the past, he said he'd start an hour earlier. Mills also said he will cook pork and chicken rather than the more expensive beef steaks.
"I am a steak lover," Mills said. "I am not going to be doing any steaks."
Retailers are passing along higher prices to consumers as global demand for food boosts US exports, production is disrupted by harsh weather, and more crops are used to make fuel, the US Department of Agriculture said.
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Yeah, what a great idea that was, huh?
And HOW COME WE HAVEN'T HEARD about THIS REPORT, AmeriKan MSM?!
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
The figure emphatically contradicts the US government's claims that plant-derived fuels contribute less than 3% to food-price rises. It will add to pressure on governments in Washington and across Europe, which have turned to plant-derived fuels to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce their dependence on imported oil.
Senior development sources believe the report, completed in April, has not been published to avoid embarrassing President George Bush.
UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE!!!!
Yeah, THANKS AmeriKan MSM!!!
Can you EVER BELIEVE THEM AGAIN, folks?
Can you EVER BELIEVE they aren't PUSHING AN AGENDA EVER AGAIN?
