Expect food prices to keep rising, industry says

**Sara Noel** · 02-21-2008, 03:32 PM

Expect food prices to keep rising, industry says

Consumer food prices are expected to rise 3.0% to 4.0% this year after a 4.0% gain in 2007, said USDA Chief Economist Joseph ...

**pinetree** · 02-21-2008, 03:44 PM

Thanks for the warning, as if we don't see it everyday in the stores. Guess we keep stockpiling, man when is it going to stop? A person can only stretch that dollar so far.

**IntlMom** · 02-21-2008, 04:08 PM

This is a quote from the article:
"I think we need to tell the American consumer that things are going up," he said in a speech. "We're seeing cost increases that we've never seen in our business"

As if we cannot see it for ourselves in the grocery store, the gas station, the drug store, the clothing store.......................