With a variety of ingredients from across the region, making a pot of gumbo can illustrate a lot of the ways inflation impacts the average grocery shopper.
The U.S. economy had a strong year, but more people found themselves in line at their local food pantry due to inflation and a weakened social safety net.
General store owners in the Gulf South are — once again — looking for new ways to get by as high inflation becomes the latest threat to their businesses.