November’s 10.6 percent jump in food prices is having a mixed effect on people shopping for Christmas dinner and other holiday treats.
Betty, a shopper at Jeff’s Marketplace in Lexington, Michigan, told The Epoch Times, “I’m cutting back this year. I’ll go without certain things which I can’t afford.
“Eggs are up the most. A bag of oranges I used to get for $3 is now $8.”
Climate change and the war in Ukraine are the two things Betty believes are driving grocery prices up.
“Look at what the war has done to the wheat supply,” she said.
Meat department manager Jed Matthews at Jeff’s Marketplace in Lexington, Michigan, on Dec. 14, 2022. (Steven Kovac/Epoch Times)
An elderly couple stated that they were not cutting back on anything this season….