As milk prices continue to rise, consumers are feeling the pinch, whether its buying milk at upwards of $3 a gallon or raying a dollar more for a cheese pizza. And the outlook isn't good.
Papa John's uses about 100 million pounds of cheese each year, and the cheese typically makes up 35 percent to 40 percent of the food cost in making a pizza, he said.Currently, farmers are receiving about $20.91 per 100 pounds of milk, or hundred-weight, equal to roughly 12 gallons of milk. That number is expected to reach $22.32 by August before it begins to decline, Taylor said."They said he was the biggest they have had at the clinic," she says.For a range of competitive, high quality, authentic wood fired ovens for commercial or at home installation, visit www.thestonebakeovencompany.co.uk for further information.LUNCH: Burger and chips or fish and chips or chicken baguette.BREAKFAST: Bowl of chocolate cereal with full-fat milk plus three slices of toast with butter and honey.Pizza problemsAnd Mohammed was afraid to go out of the house because kids called him cruel names. When he did pluck up the courage to play football with his pals he couldn't keep up and had difficulty breathing.A market analyst with Downes-O'Neill, a dairy brokerage firm in Chicago, said continued strong demand, along with a typical summer decline in milk production, could keep cheese prices high for a while.DRINKS: Apple juice, water and weak squash.Both Pizza Hut and Papa John's International have raised the price of their cheese-only pizzas to the same amount as one-topping pizzas at company-owned stores.And cheese-only pies cost the company more, requiring an extra cup of cheese, he said. Dallas-based Pizza Hut, part of fast-food giant Yum Brands Inc., which is also headquartered in Louisville, goes through 300 million pounds of cheese each year, spokesman Chris Fuller told AP The chain's cheese-only pizza has 50 per-cent more cheese than a one-topping pie. For the most part, said Domino's Pizza Inc., spokeswoman Lynn Liddle, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based delivery chain has "managed to work around these peaks and valleys." But if the price of cheese and other items continues to rise, Domino's will have to boost its prices, she said. Mom-and-pop shops are feeling the pressure, too. Constantly Pizza, a family-run chain of three shops based in Concord, N.H., has stood pat on pizza prices, but the escalating cost of cheese has changed some routinesin the kitchen.The benefits of a wood fired oven can span from healthier food, more flavourful food, a point of difference for a business, or just a good opportunity to throw a social gathering at home. Using no electricity or gas (although gas options are available) pizza ovens can burn carbon neutrally when wood is responsibly sourced.Experts see no immediate relief in sight for pizza makers.The Stone Bake Oven Company who design and manufacture high quality, but affordable wood fired ovens for the home, have branched out into the commercial market, extending its passion for quality and expertise in wood fired cooking to restaurants, cafes, pubs and the like with the new Gio Series of wood fired ovens.MORNING SNACK: Halal sausage roll, slice of pizza.Contacts: The Stone Bake Oven Company Laura Plastow 0845 834 0252 laura@thestonebakeovencompany.co.uk www.thestonebakeovencompany.co.uk"I haven't had any chocolate or crisps for ages. Pigging out now is a low-fat yoghurt or an apple.""He was warned he'll have a stroke or heart attack by the time he's 30 unless he does something. There is a history of diabetes in the family, that could be a reason for his weight gain. He tries to put on a brave front but I know it hurts."DIET NOWLast year at this time farmers were earning about $12 a hundredweight. The affect of the low prices that persisted throughout 2006 is in great part responsible for today's low supply, having driven farmers to sell off a portion of their dairy stock or leave the dairy industry completely, Taylor said."We're not cutting back our cheese. We're just making sure that our employees are being very accurate;" owner Dave Constant told AR His shops use up to 2,000 pounds of cheese a week, and the rising price, he said, "bites right into the profit margin.""The farmers are the last to be figured in," said Taylor, a dairy farmer himself. He noted that farmers receive between a quarter and a third of the retail price for their milk.In between he would snack on bars of chocolate - at least five a day - crisps, biscuits and mountains of buttered toast."We are all really proud of the effort he's making," says Wendy.
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