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Wednesday, december3, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 9
Inflation-beating advice offered for buying food
By Robert Dorfman
National retail food prices are expected to escalate
12.2 percent in 1981, according to recent reports. Nebra
ska prices will probably follow the national surge, said a
local consumer specialist.
"Prices will first increase in poultry, meat and eggs
categories. You can expect food prices to eventually level
off," said Janet Wilson, extension specialist in consumer
education at UNL's East Campus.
Wilson predicted the inflation rate for the 80s would
stay around seven or eight percent.
Wilson projected that during the winter, Nebraska will
have difficulty with inflation, but by spring, inflation
should even out.
As more women are working outside the home, Wilson
said, they are exchanging their time with budget dollars,
by purchasing convenience foods.
Bill Wagner, grocery manager for Hinky Dinky at 2535
0 Street said there are "higher sales in budget meal and
convenience foot items, while sales have dropped in the
fine-cut meat category."
There are a number of ways consumers can curb in
flation Wilson said. People are co-op buying in quantities,
she said.
A new law, The National Consumer Cooperative Act,
allows federal grants to be awarded to those who buy
cooperatively.
Those living in rural areas can also cut their budget by
growing their own food, she said. Comparative shopping is
also a good way to stretch dollars.
Save Mart had lower prices over-all in a recent survey
than its main competition, Hinky Dinky and Safeway.
The survey was a price check of 25 identical brand pro
ducts between the three chains, concluding that Save Mart
averaged 27 cents cheaper per product than Safeway, a
national front runner.
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