$.38 per chicken nugget or else

Submitted by Rhonda Overbey on Fri, 2013-11-01 10:10 Farewell McDonald's dollar menu. Company spokesmen say Monday will be the last day of the dollar menu. McDonald’s needs to raise prices on some of its items to increase profit. Duh. Example, they're moving the 4-piece nuggets off the dollar menu to a (new and improved) "dollar menu and more" so they can charge $.375 per nugget. That's an increase of $.125 per nugget. That's steep!! But with the way the cost has increased at the supermarket, I'm not surprised. I look forward to the day our community gets really smart and starts thinking bigger than itself. Why are we shipping milk from the Simon's dairy in Faulkner County to the east coast yet consuming milk being shipped to Conway from Texas. It's a movement. A locavore - a person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food. Growers will say the food may not cost less -they're saving on fuel and shipping costs- but no longer getting bulk sales. But consider the impact on the environment and sustaining local farmers and merchants. I want to dig a little deeper into this so please be patient with me. I think it's a model we should consider when moving forward. As a consumer, I want to start looking harder at ways to support local growers because eventually, transportation costs will rise to the point that it doesn't make sense to ship items across the world or country and still have a profit at the point of sale.