Lately the news media have been abuzz with reports of rising cheese prices, and the effect this is having on the nation’s pizzerias. Cheese is the most expensive ingredient that goes into making pizza, so the reported 55 percent price increases this year have surely given pizza joints a run for their money. Pizza Hut and Papa Johns have both raised the prices of their plain pizzas to match those of their one-topping pizzas.
Some have blamed the price increases on the rising costs of cattle feed, costs that in turn have been propelled by higher demand for corn in the production of ethanol fuel. Unfortunately this will all come to a head at some point in the future because there simply isn’t enough corn to feed all our cars in addition to our cows. I’d say let’s choose cheese instead, and ride our bikes more!
About the author: Jamie Forrest publishes Curdnerds.com from his apartment in Brooklyn, New York, where he lives with his wife, his daughter, and his cheese.
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