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1. US consumers are seeing rapid price increases.
2. The first man interviewed has had a recent pay increase.
3. Food prices are the only prices which are increasing.
4. The woman interviewed shops around for her milk.
5. People are very unhappy about the increase in the price of milk.
6. Dairy foods have had the biggest price increase.
7. Most wholesalers are putting their prices up.
8. The shopkeeper will not pay a 5% increase on products immediately.
9. The cost for all foods is going up by 7%.
10. Most people spend 9.9% of their disposable income on food.
11. This may rise to 12% or 13% in the near future.
12. These increases are all being caused by bad weather across the world.