Sacramento Bee: Sung Won Sohn, president of SS Economics in Los Angeles, estimated labor accounts for about two-thirds of total retail food costs. “In the current situation, labor costs are on an upward path and not likely to slow its ascent anytime soon,” Sohn said. “Energy and agricultural commodity prices are volatile and can provide temporary respite to food inflation, but eventually labor costs dominate the trend.”
Source: Sacramento Bee
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