Hickory, NC News & Views | October 11, 2026 | Hickory Hound

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Hickory, NC News & Views | October 11, 2026 | Hickory Hound

This edition of Hickory Hound News & Views examines how rising grocery prices have reshaped household finances and everyday life. The Opening Reflection traces food inflation from pandemic disruptions through higher production, transportation, and retail costs. The Feature brings the problem home to Hickory and Catawba County, where modest wages and essential expenses leave many working households with little financial margin. In My Own Time, four decades of professional kitchen experience inform a personal reflection on family meals, the demands of work, and the disappearing freedom to enjoy them. Together, the segments ask whether economic progress is improving ordinary lives.

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