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END TIMES: TERRIFIED CONSUMERS CAUSE RUN ON RICE

rice.jpgThe world is running out of food! And not even fancy foods like heirloom cherry tomatoes or Sonic's deep-fried macaroni and cheese bites, but the basic boring foods that it seems like we should have plenty of, like rice. Rice! So Sam's Club, the warehouse division of Wal-Mart, is now "limiting sales of Jasmine, Basmati and long grain white rices." [Reuters]

12:21 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Pareene
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