The prices of two staples of the Memorial Day weekend — beef and gasoline — are jumping just in time for the holiday. Wholesale prices of some grades and cuts of beef have reached all-time highs at the same time the region’s gasoline prices have spiked 20 cents a gallon to nearly $3.90 a gallon at some area stations. “I’m not going anywhere unless I have to,” Erin Stapleton said while pumping gas at a Springfield station on Monday. “I’m staying local.” The wholesale price of choice-grade beef set record highs last week, and at supermarkets and grocery stores, the average beef price in March reached a record $5.30 per pound, surpassing the previous...
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