Everybody knows the basic rules for saving money on food. Don't eat out. Ditch the steaks in favor of ground beef. Stick to staples. But a recent USDA report shows that, in 2011, some classic money-saving guidelines proved useless as food prices went through the roof.
This week, holiday shoppers have turned into post-holiday exchangers. And while Main Street shops for sweaters in the right size, Wall Street has a few items to cross off of its "to do" list before New Year's Eve, too.
The recall of half a billion eggs potentially tainted by salmonella has scared shoppers, who are increasingly willing to pay higher prices for safer eggs. Organic and premium egg producers are now struggling to keep up with demand.
Following a salmonella outbreak, Hillandale Farms has added a recall of more than 170 million eggs to Wright County Egg's earlier recall of 380 million. That's a lot of bad eggs, making this one of the largest egg recalls in recent history.
