published Saturday, August 20th, 2011  Got milk? Got money?
Grace Clark picks out some milk from the refrigerator unit at
Bi-Lo on Friday. Milk and dairy products await customers in cold
storage at the Signal Mountain Road Bi-Lo on Friday morning.
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breaking news  Bobby Baughn bought milk in Chattanooga for his
85-year-old mother Friday and was struck by the high price for
the staple product  "This is ridiculous," he said, noting the
$3.92 price for a half-gallon of premium milk at the Walmart on
Signal Mountain Road.  Milk prices this high, he said, hurt
seniors.  "She's on a limited income," Baughn said about his
mother.  Store prices for milk in the region are up 34 percent
from last year and nearly 40 percent over two years, government
figures show. Higher costs for fuel and corn along with export
demand are creating what one industry expert calls "a perfect
storm."  "We try our best to be inexpensive," said Scottie
Mayfield, president of Mayfield