As food prices soar, so are companies’ profits

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A year ago, a bag of potato chips at the grocery store cost an average of $5.05, while a dozen eggs that could have been purchased for $1.83 now average $2.90, The New York Times reports. Something else is also much higher: corporate profits. In mid-October, PepsiCo, whose prices for its drinks and chips were

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