<p>The push toward ethanol creation through corn needs to be factored into your calculation. It's not just oil that is causing the problem. </p><p /><p>Bruce Livingston</p><p /><p><br />-----Original message-----<br />From: Ellen Roskovich gussie443@hotmail.com<br />Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:22:27 -0700<br />To: vision2020@moscow.com<br />Subject: [Vision2020] Food/gas prices<br /><br />> <br />> Yesterday afternoon I noticed some bare spots in the cupboard and decided it was a good time for a Winco run. As I walked up and down each aisle I noticed that all the familiar products I've been buying for years have their prices jacked up 20 - 25%!! And that's just since the first of the year. These aren't seasonal adjustments we're talking about either. . . . I know this is a direct result of the rising gas prices. I'm paying more for my Nalley's chili and my kitty's Friskies.<br />> <br />> I've decided they must be feeding chickens crude oil because the price o!
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have been through the roof for months now. Usually you see a price break around Easter, but not really this year.<br />> <br />> I'm used to volatile cheese prices. . . a real pain in the patooty for pizzeria owners. . .but what's up with flour? I've heard there's a shortage and I noticed that Winco has raised their French bread. . .about 20%. You can't blame them. . . they're not running a charitable institution.<br />> <br />> But it just really sucks when you realize that because of the rising fuel prices, you're getting kicked in the ass and socked in the gut.<br />> <br />> Ellen A. Roskovich<br />> _________________________________________________________________<br />> In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger.<br />> http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_realtime_042008<br />> </p>