Sam's Club, Costco Limit Rice Sales

 
AP
Posted: 2008-04-24 09:56:21
The two biggest U.S. warehouse retail chains are limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called on Wednesday "recent supply and demand trends."

 

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A sign informs customers of a purchase limit on rice at a Costco store in California. Both Costco and Sam's Club announced that they would limit rice purchases as food inflation surges. Sam's Club said the move was based on "recent supply and demand trends."