Fickle Food Prices

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A customer looks at milk on display at JJ&F Market in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Food inflation is here to stay, or at least for a while. That's because retail prices for cereal, eggs, cheese and meat generally lag those set in international futures markets by several months or longer.

Author: CBS News Staff

Credit: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma

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