The US dollar's continuing crash is forcing commodities like food and energy that are priced in dollars higher and making restaurants like Starbucks and McDonald's unaffordable for many Americans. Starbucks has had to shut down 600 stores and begin a massive retrenchment due to the margin squeeze accompanying higher commodity costs and a collapse in purchasing power of their customers who are saddled with shrinking dollars, shrinking home equity and a concomitant ballooning in debt loads.
McDonald's had a similar problem...
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