date:Jan 06, 2013
ns caused by Hurricane Sandy and a late-December blizzard.
The year was wrought with tight supplies of corn and soybeans, shrinking supplies of milk, excess supplies of sugar and huge volatility in egg supplies and prices. Meanwhile, Washington struggled as political standoffs allowed the looming fiscal cliff to weigh on markets broadly in December.
Heres what happened with some key ingredient prices in 2012 (publication dates prohibit an actual Dec. 31, 2011-Dec. 31, 2012, comparison) and wh