Americans have forgotten how to food-shop. When we don't plan, we buy the wrong things, which causes us to spend more money and more time.

Retailers know this stuff works and that consumers like it when it's done properly.

The increase in petroleum also causes it to be more expensive to actually produce the food and things of that nature.

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

Some things are being destroyed, because the Italians are just as tired of their basic food as the Americans and French were 20 years ago. So they're reinventing to avoid palate exhaustion.

Americans are not cutting back from the amount of food they purchase. In fact, they are purchasing a higher percentage of their food in restaurants or purchasing it prepared and bringing it home, which adds to the cost of food.