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These days, it's almost as scary to fill your grocery cart as your gas tank. A gallon of unleaded costs as much as 20 percent more than it did a year ago. Food costs have zoomed up 6 percent in that time, with double-digit increases for staples like milk and bread.
Retail analyst Howard Davidowitz framed it this way in a recent National Public Radio interview: "Americans used to spend 10 cents (of every dollar) on food and energy; they're now spending 17 cents."
The good news is that most people can find ways to save money.
Just ask Martha Kenyon of the Redland, Fla., a mother of six who has always fed her family on one income.
"I basically buy what's on sale, and I buy a lot of it. I have my prices in mind -- I know what I'm willing to pay for grapes, for example -- and if it's not for sale at that price, I wait. My kids eat a lot of fruit, but they eat what's on sale. That's the way I've always purchased."
A nutrition-minded cook, Kenyon fits whole grains...
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