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shoppers, according to an analysis of food
pricing data rolled out at the symposium.
In fact, the price of most sweetened
foods increased, creating an economic
windfall for confectioners and other food
manufacturers. Candy bars, for example,
increased from $1.39 to $1.49 over that
time, based on the survey of grocery store
prices conducted annually by ASA.
And it's not just candy bars. Cake mix
rose from $2.09 to $2.69, gelatin jumped
from $1.49 to $2.09, and a carton of ice
cream climbed from $4.99 to $6.29.
"Sugar costs less in America today than
it did in the 1980s," Roney said. "Compare
that to a candy bar, which is now four-
times more expensive than it was back
then."
When you consider that kind of
performance, it's hard to comprehend
confectioners' opposition to U.S. sugar
policy, he said.
And after attending the symposium, it's
hard to understand why anyone would
want to weaken the rural economy and
gut U.S. farm policy. n
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