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Shoppers and Workers React to Food Price Jumps
Reporter Lynne Olson captures how rising food costs and meat shortages affect shoppers and Safeway workers in a Washington suburb. At the Lee Highway store, beef hits $22 a pound and pork chops $2.13. managers and clerks describe overstocked shelves, customer frustration, and efforts to cope, with many households planning gardens and stocking up before prices rise further. The piece compares shopper anxiety with employee challenges and notes political and personal consequences as families adjust budgets.
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Lynne Olson
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Washington
Safeway Market
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Lee Highway