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Consumers are responding to higher priced goods buy buying more private label items, says a Citibank analyst. The increase in market share is small—private labels occupy less than 12%—but significant enough to note for investors. Are you buying more private labels at the grocery store? [Reuters]

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food safety

Food Companies Threaten Higher Prices If FDA Increases Safety Oversight

Last week, the Grocery Manufacturers Association told lawmakers that if the FDA doubled its safety oversight budget by increasing fees from food companies, they'd have to raise prices to make up the cost. That's right: affordable food or safe food. Choose one! More »

10:20 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Chris Walters
2,520 views, 36 comments

shipping

Shipping Is Getting Expensive

Emily noticed that the weird puppet crap she was thinking of buying on Ebay would make her PayPal account explode:
I know shipping products can be expensive, what with the rising fuel costs and all, but this shipping charge from the UK to Utah is ridiculous! Maybe the seller's just padding the fee, I don't know. :)
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9:59 AM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Chris Walters
5,851 views, 44 comments

cost of living

The 12 Days Of Christmas Will Cost You $19,507 This Year

Every year since 1984 PNC has been calculating the cost of the items mentioned in the 12 days of Christmas, resulting in a pointless, but highly amusing version of the Consumer Price Index. More »

12:14 PM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Meg Marco
5,239 views, 14 comments

cost of living

A Family Of 4 Needs To Make $77,069 A Year To Get By In San Francisco?

According to a new study cited by the San Francisco Chronicle, a family of 4 needs to make $77,069 in order to "get by" in San Francisco. More »

4:43 PM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Meg Marco
5,919 views, 67 comments

cost of living

Huggies Diapers, Scott Toilet Paper, Will Soon Be More Expensive

Consumer goods manufacturer Kimberly-Clark announced today that it was raising prices on a variety of products from Huggies diapers to Scott and Cottonelle bathroom tissue. More »

5:11 PM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Meg Marco
2,356 views, 20 comments

cost of living

Basic Costs Have Increased Dramatically In The Last Decade

The Center for American Progress has a article explaining how costs have risen since the last minimum wage increase. According to their numbers, "dinner" has gone up 39.72%, electricity is up 25.02%, and gasoline up 135.20%. More »

11:44 AM on Tue Jul 31 2007
By Meg Marco
6,318 views, 57 comments

information

Minimum Wage Rates Across The Country

With all this talk about the new minimum wage we thought we'd take a look at the state minimum wage rates from across the country. More »

12:10 PM on Tue Jul 24 2007
By Meg Marco
13,948 views, 65 comments