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April U.S. food inflation at 0.7%, tomatoes rise 15% two straight months

BLS reports 12-month food inflation at 3.2%. Fertilizer and fuel costs, plus Strait of Hormuz blockade fears, stoke warnings of 4.5% reacceleration. Beef prices signal 9.4% surge.

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