on the fourth of july. people are a little more conscious when they go to the market and look for sales a little bit. it s costly. i budget about $300 a week. people having parties are looking for bargains and sales. look at a cheese burger, bun, meat, cheese, ketchup, tomato, all up. but larry, according to the government, we don t have an inflation problem. brenda, the high price of chicken wings is not what we need to squawk about, it s all around us in education. it s everywhere except wages now. inflation or no? there is probably some inflation in the food area, but customers have so many options and alternatives and ways to save that they are easily able to combat it. inflation in food? yes or no, do we have it? we do have it. and is there a better reason to look at stagnated wages and the
a new product. gichbt economy and cash flow, what should we be considering before launching? cash flow issue is the biggest issue. first thing i think you have to look at, peter is the roe, return on equity and what you are putting into it. in this marketplace, you better nail it quickly, fast turn around, a lot of velocity to that money. cash is king right now. there is a lot of danger in risk, which is what we were talking about earlier. a lot of danger in risk. what s going to be the return on capital month by month on this investment. make sure you get the velocity on cash. you also have to look at your end goal. what are you trying to achieve? is this the best product launch to get you there. the food area, they deal on shelf stable and want to go into a refrigerated product. if somebody is going to buy them, they are not going to want both. you have to make sure it is consistent with your overall goals.
you re talking about morning television so they re inching closer to the overnight. one day. from behind the scenes, world news now . that could be dangerous. good morning, everybody, i m rob nelson. i m mike marusarz. vinita nair is on assignment. investigation is getting under way into that disabled carnival cruise ship that s now docked in california. 4,500 people couldn t wait to leave that ship after their dream vacations turned into a big mess. diana alvear has the latest now from san diego. good morning, diana. reporter: rob and mike, good morning. at long last, those poor passengers can finally enjoy things like working toilets, warm showers, even hot food and coffee, imagine that. much needed award for having survived one heck of a trip. it s not your average vacation home video. the sights consisting of the uss ronald reagan and coast guard cutters. shot from a cruise ship passenger s point of view. these memories and others made for an unforgettable trip abo
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interviews. he and his wife mary made their way down to the food area where they had deep fried and pork shops later. pawlenty spent a great time in iowa over the course of the last month sending signals that he could a candidate as well as newt gingrich. the former speaker of the house has spent a number of different trips to iowa over the years. today s visit was to sign books with his wife calista. they were an hour late for that event. made folks stand in line a little bit. probably not the best idea if you are think running for president to start it off that way. big deal in iowa the state fair for politicians. it is a very big deal. it s an opportunity for a politician to get in front of crowds of about 100,000 a day. an opportunity for folks to see how they do with retail one-on-one politics. it s also an opportunity for you to do some harm if you are not dressed properly. we saw this three years ago with rudy giuliani who actually swept through a dress shirt because it gets