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Written by Brad Zigler
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 10:59 |
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The Breakfast Index takes the measure of wholesale price changes in a basket of foods commonly seen in a morning meal.
Breakfast food/Aug. 31 price/3-month Increase/(decrease) per pound
Sugar $1.27 up 11.6%
Cocoa $1.30 up 5.6%
Coffee $1.45 up 4.4%
Butter $1.61 up 4.2%
Wheat *$8.01 up 0.3%
Orange juice **$1.12 down (2.9%)
Pork bellies (bacon) $9.29 down (6.6%)
Milk **$6.32 down (16.1%)
Average, past 3 months up 0.1%
Average, past 12 months up 3.9%
*Price per bushel, not pound
**Milk and juice commodities trades are in pounds, not gallons
Prices based on sugar #11; butter AA; milk III.
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