I’ve never been a fast food nazi. Fast food is a nice luxury to have when life is busy. Continue reading →

I’ve never been a fast food nazi. Fast food is a nice luxury to have when life is busy. Continue reading →
With fuel prices dropping over the last several months, many shoppers are asking why food prices have not shown corresponding drops in prices. The asnwer may surprise you in how much fuel costs affect grocery store bills.
Annemarie Kuhns with the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service is reporting that only 4.7 cents of every dollar spent at the supermarket goes toward food transportation costs
So less than 5% of your bill is attributed to fuel costs.