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ATLANTA, Ga. For many Atlanta families, grocery shopping has become a weekly financial puzzle. Before she enters a store, Stone Mountain mother Aleisha McGee already knows what she can and cannot buy. She has switched to discount retailers, replaced some name-brand products with store labels and reduced spending on items such as meat and fresh produce.
Even with a household income of about $75,000, McGee told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that feeding her family has become increasingly difficult as prices continue to rise…