Bacon Prices Got You Scared? Join The Club

What commodity price rise has hit American pocketbooks hard this year:

Gasoline?

Barely a dent, up only 8 percent compared with a year ago.

Gold?

Up 25 percent, which has cheered investors but forced jewelry buyers to swallow hard. But the commodity that's packed a bigger punch is:

Bacon.

The breakfast meat is selling near record highs, because of a shortage of hogs. In November, the average retail price in the United States was 34 percent higher than a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which is why dedicated breakfast-meat consumers might want to consider a bacon of the month club.

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