food items

With gas, grain, and dairy prices exploding, you'd think the biggest seller of corn flakes and Cocoa Puffs would be getting hit by rising food costs.

But Wal-Mart has temporarily rolled back prices on hundreds of food items by as much as 30% this year. How?

By pressuring vendors to take costs out of the supply chain.

Bronzing is commonly associated with baby shoes, but now customers send all sorts of items to the bronzing vats.

Food items are difficult to bronze, but not impossible. One company, The Bronzery, will even encase the $1,000 New York bagel -- forever keeping it from going stale -- for $98.95.

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