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08/03/08
The grocery ads printed on the yellowing pages of a July 1968 edition of The Capital hark back to an age when the price of food was, for many Annapolitans, just an afterthought: Corn was 8 cents per ear, chicken went on sale for 39 cents per pound and a whole watermelon would set a shopper back just 89 cents. 
Joshua McKerrow — The Capital
Nanny Jessica Owens loads ever-more expensive groceries into her trunk at the Forest Drive Safeway last week. In the cart is one of her charges, Jagen Son.Find Us On Facebook
A trip earlier this week to a local grocery store revealed prices that are providing today's consumer a little food for thought. An ear of corn: 60 cents. A pound of chicken: $1.39. A watermelon: $5.99. And inflation isn't responsible for all of the increases. The government inflation...
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