
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, July 10, 1990                   TAG: 9007100109
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
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GROCERY PRICES HIGHER IN MAY

Grocery prices rose 1.8 percent last month in Roanoke supermarkets and are up 5.1 percent in the last year, according to a survey released Monday by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

The agency's monthly Market Basket survey of food prices said its comparison of prices showed a typical 40-item order cost $75.05 in June, up from $73.73 in May and from $71.42 in June 1989.

by CNB