Facing Higher Grocery Prices, Shoppers Change Habits - The New York Times

They’re store-hopping, cutting back on expensive items and using more coupons. Plying the meat counter staff with homemade banana bread for favors is not out of the question.

Angie Goodman, a housekeeper from Culver City, Calif., usually eats meat once a week. But now that steaks have doubled in price, she said she might have to cut back to once a month. Ms. Goodman, 54,… [+530 chars]

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