Food Price Increases Felt In Western Massachusetts

Date: 
01/24/2008

The U.S. Department of Labor released its 2007 Consumer Price Index numbers earlier this month. In addition to a huge jump in energy costs, food prices rose by almost 5 percent. That's the largest increase in 17 years. WFCR's Tina Antolini reports on some of the causes of the price increases, and how it's going to hit your wallet.

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