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COMMENTS: Basmati Rationing
Rising food prices made news again. All three networks had reporters look at rice. "The crisis is really hitting hardest in the developing world, places like Haiti and Somalia," worried ABC's Dan Harris (embargoed link). NBC's Martin Savidge mentioned India. Indonesia, Africa and Haiti. On CBS, John Blackstone ticked off Egypt and Haiti. But all three focused on domestic supply disruption as Sam's Club, the discount warehouse retailer, put a limit on mass purchases of rice to prevent hoarding. "Stores have been reporting customers concerned about rising prices of rice clearing out shelves and buying it by the pallet," noted NBC's Savidge.
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