Grocery prices fall 2 percent - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The Alabama Farmers Federation’s Monthlty Food Price Survey found that averager cost of common grocery items droppedto $50.67 the first week of July, down 92 centzs from the previous month. While priceds are lower for shoppers – dairt farmers are suffering, according to the survey. The pricess of dairy products have been hit hard by thesaggingv economy. Struggling dairy farmers across the nation are facingan “unprecedenter crisis” since the average price paid to farmerse is less than half their cost of For the second straight month, milk fell a nickel to $2.70p per half-gallon and eggs dropped 17 cents to $1.1r a dozen. Butter was down 4 cent s to $3.43 a pound.
However, ice received a boost likely attributed to IndependenceDay celebrations, was unchanged at $3.7q a half-gallon.