Meat Prices Could Shoot Up 7 Percent This Year; Upscale Supermarkets Hit China

Categories: Edible News

The floods, droughts, storms, and tornadoes that hit the United States in April and May could mean a severe spike in food prices, including a 7 percent increase in the price of meat over the next year. [NPR]

Deliverymen for Chinese restaurants are increasingly using electric bicycles -- much to the chagrin of the NYPD. [NY Times]

A marathoner from Bay Ridge won Saturday's second annual Pizza Run, running 2.25 miles in 15 minutes and 24 seconds, which included separate stops to scarf down three slices of pizza. [Daily News]


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