this is amazing. olive oil right. basically organic food is great. but the it doesn t have as many more advantages over frozen food and canned good as we would have thought. this gourmet thing, this is amazing, supermarket olive oil $5.49, extra-virgin olive oil $25.29, basically no difference. minimally processed. that makes me mad stew this is all marketing. it s comical, actually. possibly false marketing. dr. sacks, you know we got to talk about this. we want to talk about fiscal cliff but this probably speaks to you as well because obviously you ve talked about nutrition worldwide. a lot of times we see a great disparity between what s happening in inner cities in america and rich suburbs. and our food environment. do you have any take on this? first of all, i think what was said was that the processing is where a lot of the dangerous stuff can be added. it s not exactly whether it s a freeze dried or whether it s fresh, but how it s processed.
but at the current pace $5, could be in everyone s future. and now, adam is in los angeles where there is plenty of pain at the pump. so, 50 cents in a week. what is going on? reporter: you are right. the president was down the secret from where we are and he drove by the gas stations headed through the state. i can tell you from northern california to southern california yesterday, no matter where you look, you will find prices like this and then a car obscuring the sign but it is $4.99 for regular. others, for regular, it $5.29 and even up to $5.49. it is difficult for a lot of drivers in california. three reasons: one, supply; two, the supply is tied to demand, several of the refineries in california are off line. the refineries make the special
average, $3.82. adam housley is live in los angeles. did you cycle too work today all things considered? what is going on there? that would be nice, we don t really have public transportation, so i continue take transportation to work. i drove from northern california to southern california yesterday. if you find gas under $4.96 you take it. it s tough to find. this 76 station in los angeles not far from the 405 freeway, the regular price is $4.99. down the street you ll find regular at $5.29. there are three reasons for it. one demand is up. two, a number of refineries have gone down, including a big oil refinery in the bay area back in august, and three, california s gas standards are higher, different and strict. you can t buy gas from surrounding states and bring it in. you have to do it here. that is the issue right now as prices continue to drive up.
gregg: and actually in orlando, florida i checked this yesterday, at some stations they re charging 5.29. so this thing could especially hit people in the suburbs, they have to travel longer distance andets going to cost them money, they re already, a lot of them, facing foreclosures and delinquencies. this could snowball and choke off a recovery. absolutely, especially in places like florida, so crucial in an election, it s a battle ground state, where very often, if you can winnowo it carries a lot of electoral votes, if you win it, you have the wind at your back, and the story line is so concise, it s so neat, republicans can do exactly what michelle bachmann just did, look at the price of gas now, versus the price of gas when obama took office, are you better off now than you were then, if you have a simple
variety of things. they announced they were going to do this training on 5/29. we agreed we would get them the people that are the most important, the most credible in our communities that understand this kind of work but all of us understand training alone is not enough. not one day of training. it was a powerful statement and is a powerful statement and therefore important. but in any job, training requires repetition, it requires supervision, it requires discipline when you don t adhere to the training but most important it begins with the policies of the company and so there has to be a policy review and policies have to be enacted if the company wants to inculcate this value of inclusivity that they have articulated. so we re doing a review. we are talking with our allies in the field and have been getting their input on the kinds of things they want to see. we think it s important to remember that starbucks is located in 8,000 communities around this country. i don t know another