Nancy2 wrote:

> jay wrote:
> > Is GAS the reason or only the excuse for prices rising for nearly
> > everything daily?
>
> I'd be curious to know why national branded bacon is $5/pound, right
> here in the middle of pork country. (Store brand is half that, but
> typically unsatisfactory in quality.)
>
> I've got to get to a local locker .....


You know, I think I'm going to get several of my friends together so as to
place a big order from the locker near my old hometown (south of Muscatine
IA). If you buy a "bundled" package the meat is pretty reasonable...and
surely better quality than what we get in the Chicawgo stupormarkets:

http://www.reasonsprairiepride.com

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Best
Greg