An appetite for energy
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By Debbie Blossom
Published: May 18, 2008

Kelli Pickens never used to pore over grocery store ads, buy less-expensive generic brands or stockpile chips and milk found on sale.

She enjoyed her Dr Peppers , steak dinners and family outings to Johnnie's and KFC.

But things have changed at the Pickens household, thanks to what it now costs to feed this Edmond family of five, which grows to six when her stepdaughter is there.

"My grocery bill has...


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