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Reverend Swann’s 74 Cent Week Eats: A Florida Echo
In Daytona Beach, the Associated Press notes Louisville minister Rev. Dr. George Swann spends 74 cents weekly on meals for three daily meals. He recalls five years ago meals cost 51 cents and laments rising food prices. The narrator, reflecting on past grocery costs, contrasts today’s purchasing power with childhood days, marveling at Swann’s thrifty menu and expressing envy for his frugal dining.
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