It has become a very sad and unstable economy when the cost per gallon of gas is looking better than the cost of milk itself! Any state that doesn’t have farms and produce their own products, will most likely suffer from inflated cost on grocery items not grown in their geographic region.
- The national average costs for milk is $3.87
- The national average cost for Gas is $3.65
How could this happen?
Eg.
In the state of Ohio, there are many farmers who produce meats, vegetables, and dairy products. These very same farmers are the main suppliers to surrounding cities and states. Ohians would barely feel a difference in cost for goods grown in their home state. Someone in Florida will most likely endure inflated costs for the same products because the cost of transporting goods has skyrocketed because of gasoline expenditures. While running your business would you pay higher gasoline costs and not try to increase your returns?
This may seem pretty bad but the good thing about milk is that we don’t “need” to have milk regularly! There are many people who are lactose in tolerate and can’t drink milk and will find substitutes. Unfortunately, there isn’t a reliable gas substitute! Even if you decided you didn’t want to pay the inflated cost of fuel, you practically have no choice.