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Columbia Missourian

The Beat: Why food prices haven't fallen in tandem with gas prices

By Sean Powers
March 5, 2009 | 7:01 p.m. CST

COLUMBIA — As gas prices go down, some consumers are waiting for the cost of food to also drop. Managing editor Jeanne Abbott and reporter Kyle Schettler talk about the connection between the price at the pump and at the grocery store.