The Food Crisis Of 2011

Oct. 27 2010 - 4:51 pm
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by Addison Wiggin


Food prices are high and going higher

Every month, JPMorgan Chase dispatches a researcher to several supermarkets in Virginia. The task is to comparison shop for 31 items.

In July, the firm’s personal shopper came back with a stunning report: Wal-Mart had raised its prices 5.8% during the previous month. More significantly, its prices were approaching the levels of competing stores run by Kroger and Safeway. The “low-price leaderâ€