<p>Connie Booth picks out and avocado while shopping at a Kroger Co. supermarket, in Cincinnati on March 1. Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years.</p>
March 17, 2011
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March 17, 2011 10 p.m.
Higher prices for food are about to get worse
Cold weather, low production to blame
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are noticing higher prices at the grocery store, and it's about to get worse.