But the events both at home and internationally conspire to undermine consumer confidence. Disaster, war, and world hunger are also easier to keep the table.
Consider, for a moment, the Easter Bunny to chocolate.
The price of chocolate increased. Hershey said recently that it has increased the price of its products by 10%.
Fuel costs are a culprit, but also the policy of C?te d'Ivoire, which providing cocoa beans to the word than any other country. Laurent Gbagbo has tried to retain his presidency, his rival cut the harvest of cocoa export, and the price of the United States reached a maximum of 32 years.
It is not just chocolate. Coffee, another solace daily, is rising to a level which could finally slow specialty coffee giant. The demand for quality beans is growing in the world, but drought - possibly due to climate change - is to limit supply.
But say that you can live without a cappuccino of $4 or even a chocolate bunny. Prices for basic staples are also back. At the Canada, wholesale food prices increased 3.9% in February, the largest increase on record for a month since 1974.
Fuel costs are to blame, and therefore a change in the way that feeds the rest of the world. Demand for food is place in the world, by increasing the price. The cost of food in the world have increased by 37 per cent in February 2010 for this year, according to figures compiled by a United Nations Organization.
The cost of meat is especially running high, a survey by the Ministry of Agriculture wholesale prices. At the level of detail, this means that the chest on the Passover table costs 17 percent more this year than it did last.
There are restaurants feel the crushing of the costs of food, too. In itself, the Manhattan restaurant which lives in the American gastronomy Summit, recently raised the cost of his dinner ticket $ 295 to $275. At the other end of the spectrum, the Applebee's chain is expected to increase prices by more than 2 percent later this year.
Even the simple pleasure of a good bowl of cereal is affected by changes in world politics. The drought is poorly of cultures. And as the United States, China, and the India push for biofuels more, who need large amounts of corn, there is less grain to feed livestock and make of tortillas flakes or frosted.
Therefore, food manufacturers are trying to find a way to break news to American grocery that charging customers more or providing small packets for the same price are the only options, said Gene Grabowski, a leader with Levick Strategic Communicationswho works with the food industry. "It is an acute problem for the food manufacturers who have to try to explain this," he said. "Consumers don't accept any argument for higher prices."
However, they are, on the holiday table.
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