In the grocery department, in addition to products, buyers can expect to pay higher prices for seafood, chocolate and rice, said Burt Flickinger, retail analyst.
Expect that the prices of Halloween candies are much more expensive, he said.
Dakota Elbaum, 31, said that he could not already afford to shop at Lunds & Byerlys, where he is a cheese specialist. He was picking up on Tuesday for a better contract in front of the Maple Grove location of the store with his colleagues member of the Local Section of Food Workers and Commercial United.
“I find it difficult to buy grocery products,” said Elbaum, who earns $ 22.50 per hour and lives with his girlfriend and a roommate in a two -bedroom apartment in Richfield.
Dee Depass of Minnesota Star Tribune has contributed to this story, which also includes Bloomberg News and Reuters equipment.
