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Juggling higher rent, food and energy bills, U.S. families living paycheck-to-paycheck are eating more pasta and peanut butter to make ends meet; convenience stores report increased sales of emergency food items like milk and eggs and food pantries scramble to close the gaps.
The Associated Press; Business Week 2007-10-19
Categories: COOKING & EATING, FOODCHAIN, Grocery Bill, HEALTH & NUTRITION, Hunger & Food Security
Index: 7-Eleven Inc., American Red Cross Food Pantry, AZ, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Boston, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Burt Flickinger III, Campaign against Hunger, cooking classes, Dartmouth College, Dellria Seales, diabetic, Dominica Hoffman, eggs, Family Dollar Stores Inc., food prices, Full Gospel Tabernacle of Faith, gas, Geoff Mulvihill, John Vogel, Kiley Rawlins, Maureen Schnellmann, Michelle Grassia, milk, Motts apple juice, Mount Laurel, New York, NJ, Pennsauken, Phoenix, Progresso soups, Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, Terry Tang, Tuck School of Business, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.