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Mos Food to raise prices for 1st time in 18 years

Hamburger shop chain Mos Food Services Inc will raise prices of 27 items by 6% on the average on March 28, its first price hike in 18 years since July 1990. The operator of Mos Burger shops said it can no longer absorb the impacts of higher material... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sat, Feb 09 2008

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