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food services

"...food prices have risen at its fastest rate in 17 years and they aren't likely to come down any time soon."

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And those with the lowest incomes suffer the worst, of course. The church we rent office space in has a lunch every Sunday and it has become unbelievably busy lately, with reports of people lining up all the way from the front door into the parking lot, onto 8th St., snaking finally around the back of the building....

"In 2006, America’s Second Harvest ended the year with a $13 million surplus. It ended 2007 with a $20 million deficit."

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The story is retold over and over: 40 percent more clients for the Salvation Army in Panama City, Fla.; 20 percent more for Urban Ministries of Raleigh, N.C.; almost 200 percent more for the Community Ministries Food Pantry in Boise, Idaho.

Good News On The Economic Front

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More service industry jobs!

One area that still appears to be growing is the service sector. From the end of 2006 to December 2007, the Nashville region added nearly 5,000 service jobs. That offset a decline of nearly 3,000 jobs in manufacturing.

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