From SHTFplan:
After having risen over 30% in just the last year, peanut crop damage is forcing wholesalers and grocery store retail chains to raise the price of this prepper staple as much as 40% in the next two weeks...
Another hot, dry summer has devastated this year's peanut crop, sending prices for the legume skyrocketing and forcing peanut-butter brands including J.M. Smucker Co.'s Jif, Unilever NV’s Skippy, and ConAgra Foods Inc.'s Peter Pan into startling price increases.
Wholesale prices for big-selling Jif are going up 30% starting in November, while...
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