Business and Economy
What surprised you the most at your last visit to the grocery store?
By Adnaan Wasey
May 04, 2008, 02:18 PM
Global food prices have risen dramatically in the past year — 57 percent, according to the United Nations' Food Price Index — because of rising demand and tight supplies. Wheat and oil prices have doubled. That's particularly troubling for the global poor, who already spend most of their income on food.
That may be hard for Americans to contemplate, but the same food pressures are being felt here, and the evidence is the price of your favorite foods in the grocery store aisles.
So, tell us, What surprised you the most when you last visited the grocery store? Is there something you took out of your shopping cart because of the price?
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