BLT costs harder to swallow with U.S. pig virus, drought

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BLT costs harder to swallow with U.S. pig virus, drought

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blt-costs-harder-swallow-u-pig-virus-drought-195448630.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/A8nJuuPXEhhe_LRgJeMaCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-09T195448Z_1_LYNXMPEA680Y5_RTROPTP_2_USA-OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama waves as he walks out with his daughter Sasha in Washington" align="left" title="President Barack Obama waves as he walks out with his daughter Sasha in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO (Reuters) - The cost to produce a BLT, America's favorite summer sandwich, hit a record high of $1.65 in May and will continue to take a bigger bite out of wallets in the coming months, given a pig virus that has ramped up bacon prices and drought-stricken salad crops in California. PEDv deaths helped push bacon to a record $6.05 per pound in May when the price to make bacon, lettuce and tomato (BLT) sandwiches also peaked. Bunny Leyva, owner of Bunny's Cafe in Stockton, California, stocked up by doubling her order of pre-cooked bacon as prices recently jumped to $14.49 per pack from $12.99 within a two-week period. There are no major signs yet that prices of lettuce and tomatoes have been affected by drought in California, which grows 90 percent of domestic output, said Annemarie Kuhns, an agricultural economist at the USDA.</p><br clear="all"/>

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