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Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on SmartAsset.com. While inflation continues to linger, food is among the few commodities whose prices haven’t skyrocketed in the last year. According to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, which tracks the price of goods and services, food prices were just 3.7% higher in August than they were 12 months earlier. That may sound like a lot…