1.0link94283<![CDATA[Food Price Inflation Changes How We Shop]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/31/food-price-inflation-chan_n_94283.htmlSteadily rising food costs aren't just causing grocery shoppers to do a double-take at the checkout line _ they're also changing the very ways we feed our families.
The worst case of food inflation in nearly 20 years has more Americans giving up restaurant meals to eat at home. We're buying fewer luxury food items, eating more leftovers and buying more store brands instead of name-brand items.