High cost of food has shoppers changing their spending habits
What many are stocking up on at the grocery store looks a lot different these days.
In this story published Sept. 20, 2022, on ABC 15 Arizona:
That base level of inflation that's in wages and gas prices, electricity prices, and all sorts of input prices are still there. For some crops that are hand-harvested, labor can be up to 80% of the cost of production.
– Timothy Richards, Professor & Morrison Chair of Agribusiness
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