Phoenix-area restaurants and consumers trying to deal with crazy food prices

An ASU economist says the cost of transporting food with gas prices a dollar more a gallon than a year ago are increasing food prices.

An ASU economist says the cost of transporting food with gas prices a dollar more a gallon than a year ago are increasing food prices.

In this story aired Feb. 21, 2022, on Arizona's Family:

All of those increases are due to transportation costs and those are way up. It's really been tough to get drivers to stay in trucks.

– Dennis Hoffman, professor of economics