Americans are cutting back at the gas pump – and not just the amount of fuel they put in their tanks. Consumers are also changing the way they fill their grocery bags with rest-stop food and other essentials.
Read the full article on the CNN website
NAM Implications:
- Compare these prices to UK equivalent:
- Petrol at unprecedented $5/Gallon
- Coffee machines “These are self-serve and remove the labour cost for us. So we can sell hot and ice coffee for 99 cents,”
- “Our peanut butter and jelly sandwich are a $1.29, ham and cheese for $3.99, maybe $1 to $3 less”
- “Our frozen family pizzas for $5.69 to $9.59, as a substitute for dining out”
- And we still have not reached the end of the beginning…
