One Food Group that Isn't Rising...Yetby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 01 Apr 2008 04:48 AM
Just to give you a hint of food prices here, just yesterday, I visited Acme Markets online to do some price comparison. Butter is selling at its regular price for $4.99 a pound! Can you believe it? I am used to paying $2 a pound. Jonesx6 tells me that Aldi has the best butter prices around. They were $1.79 a pound as of last week. While I don't have an Aldi very near me, it might be worth the trip to stock up. Hopefully, you are doing well with your family food budget, relying on deals and coupons, using up some of your stockpile. Let's me know if you have any suggestions for getting through these high prices. Meanwhile, here is a food group that isn't rising at all. Actually, the prices are either holding or lower than what they were last year. I'm talking about pork, such as bacon and ham. Pork Bellies (as they are known in the stock market) did very well, Conditions for farming pigs was great, and there is an over stock of pork products in the market. However, the increasing feed prices are leading farmers to cut back on their herds. It takes at least six months to cull back a herd, which means prices will probably begin to rise on pork products coming this fall. So, my advice is to go out and get those hams and that bacon. Use them as part of your family diet now and freeze what you can for later use. Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles: How Much Did Groceries Cost in the 1980s? How Much Are Food Prices Really Rising? 10 Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill 10 Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill 2 Are you missing valuable information? Subscribe to this blog by clicking in the subscription box on the right. Choose your favorite web-based news reader or e-mail address and you won't miss a thing! Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments jonesx6 (1606) 01 Apr 2008 09:06 AMOh goodie!! lol We love pork!! I'll have to watch the ads. Laura nimue926 (10) 05 Apr 2008 12:18 PMI agree! We live in Georgia and most everything is going up. However, recently I purchased about ten pounds of bacon for $1 per pound. I was also able to find recently, pork loin, pork roast, country ribs and bulk sausage (50cents) for $1 per pound or less! I stocked up! Community Tags Food, groceries, meat, prices, recession Discuss this article
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When I write about food lately, I keep feeling as though I am always bearing bad news or being a person of "doom and gloom." But unfortunately, rising food prices are a reality. Food prices are rising at an alarming rate, and analysts say that they are very unlikely to go down. 
