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These days, it's almost as scary to fill your grocery cart as your gas tank. A gallon of unleaded costs as much as 20 percent more than it did a year ago. Food costs have zoomed up 6 percent in that time, with double-digit increases for staples like milk and bread.
- 1:58 PMHere's how to be a savvy shopper for budget wines:
- 2:01 PMCHARLOTTE, N.C. _ You think your food bill is up? Try shopping with Don Hinkle. He buys 6 to 8 gallons of milk a week. If meat is marked two-for-one, he'll buy $200 worth.- 3:24 PM
Milk, eggs, meat and produce prices have reached a 17-year high. Meanwhile, gas and heating oil are gobbling up more of our available cash, leaving us less to spend on food.
- 3:50 PMSmart shopping and cooking from scratch are important ways to save money on grocery bills. But that's only part of the story.
- 3:52 PMAmericans finding soaring food prices hard to stomach are battling back by growing their own food.
- 3:50 PMFor cash-strapped consumers already beset by higher gasoline prices and escalating mortgage rates, the hits just keep on coming. This time, it's food.
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