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Lots of everyday products are about to get more expensive. Here's why

Lots of everyday products are about to get more expensive. Here's why
RISING, IT IS EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE WHERE INCOME PARENTS. THE PRICE OF DISPOSABLE DIAPERS ROSE NEARLY 9% OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND IT’S GOING UP AGAIN. PRODUCERS LIKE KIMBERLY-CLARK, WHICH MAKES HUGGIES AND PULL-UPS, ARE PLANNING TO INCREASE PRICES UP TO 10% IN JUNE, AND PROCTOR AND GAMBLE, WHICH MAKES PAMPERS AND LUVS, COULD DO THE SAME BY MID SEPTEMBER. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT HIKE, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES IN NEED. >> DIAPERS ARE ALWAYS SOMETHING ON OUR HIGH NEED LIST AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS FOR OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. NAOKO: FAMILIES IN TRANSITION HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A PROGRAM THAT HELPS HOMELESS FAMILIES, AND THOSE IN EMERGENCY OR RECOVERY SITUATIONS. THEY’VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW PRICE HIKES IN ESSENTIAL GOODS CAN HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT ON THOSE IN NEED. >> WHEN YOU ARE LOW INCOME AND YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES, ANY BURDEN LIKE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. NAOKO: THE PRICES ARE LIKELY GOING UP TO OFFSET THE RISING COSTS OF MAKING THE DIAPERS, INCLUDING RAW MATERIALS. COMBINED WITH A HIGH DEMAND, SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS, AND RISING SHIPPING RATES, THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT IS SET TO HIT CONSUMERS. FAMILIES IN TRANSITION DOES COLLECT DIAPER DONATIONS AT THEIR PANTRY, BUT ALSO REFERS OUT TO AMOSKEAG HEALTH. >> WE’RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL DONATIONS OF DIAPERS AND WE ALSO MAKE A LOT OF REFERRALS TO AMOSKEAG HEALTH FOR ANY FAMILIES WE WORK WITH OR OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING -- WHO ARE LOW INCOME IN THE COMMUNITY. NAOKO: THERE HAS BEEN INCREASED DEMAND AT DIAPER BANKS AROUND THE NATION, FAMILIES IN TRANSITION HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS TAKING DONATIONS AT THEIR NEW PANTRY IN MANCHESTER. YOU CA
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Lots of everyday products are about to get more expensive. Here's why
Toilet paper, baby care products, soft drinks and many other everyday products are about to get more expensive.Video above: The cost of disposable diapers are about to go up againProcter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark and Coca-Cola have all warned that they'll raise prices on many of their products as raw material costs rise. Plastic, paper, sugar, grain and other commodities are all getting more expensive as demand outpaces supply. Companies are also paying more for shipping as fuel costs rise and ports experience longer delays because of congestion.The potential hit to consumers' wallets comes as the economy returns to some semblance of normalcy. Vaccine distribution continues at a steady pace, promising to put the worst of the pandemic and business shutdowns in the past. States have been loosening restrictions and businesses are reopening to a lot of pent up demand from people who have been staying cautiously close to home during the pandemic. But that improving economy and pent-up demand is straining distribution channels for raw materials and other goods.Prices for many consumer goods, such as toilet paper, ticked up modestly over the last few months, according to data from NielsenIQ. Pressure is building, though, as costs increase for companies and many have signaled that the price increases are coming later this year and likely into 2022 to offset the impact.Cheerios maker General Mills is considering raising prices on its products as things like grain, sugar and other ingredients become more expensive. Hormel Foods has already increased prices for Skippy peanut butter and its turkey products. Kimberly-Clark, which makes Kleenex tissues and Scott toilet paper, said price increases will cover about 60% of its product portfolio and expects the increases and more productivity to offset most of the higher raw material costs.Soda giant Coca-Cola has said it expects to raise prices to fight higher costs, while Procter & Gamble is raising prices for baby, feminine and adult care products.U.S. consumer prices increased a sharp 0.6% in March, the biggest uptick since 2012, while inflation over the past year jumped 2.6%. Some of the increases have been anticipated by Wall Street as the economy improves and inflation increases with it. The pace and size of inflation increases still remains a concern. Treasury bond yields spiked earlier this year, though they have since stabilized. They are being watched closely because another sharp jump could stunt the economic recovery."Rates are in a holding period and everybody's curious to see if this holding period is going to last," said J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist with TD Ameritrade.

Toilet paper, baby care products, soft drinks and many other everyday products are about to get more expensive.

Video above: The cost of disposable diapers are about to go up again

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Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark and Coca-Cola have all warned that they'll raise prices on many of their products as raw material costs rise. Plastic, paper, sugar, grain and other commodities are all getting more expensive as demand outpaces supply. Companies are also paying more for shipping as fuel costs rise and ports experience longer delays because of congestion.

The potential hit to consumers' wallets comes as the economy returns to some semblance of normalcy. Vaccine distribution continues at a steady pace, promising to put the worst of the pandemic and business shutdowns in the past. States have been loosening restrictions and businesses are reopening to a lot of pent up demand from people who have been staying cautiously close to home during the pandemic.

But that improving economy and pent-up demand is straining distribution channels for raw materials and other goods.

Prices for many consumer goods, such as toilet paper, ticked up modestly over the last few months, according to data from NielsenIQ. Pressure is building, though, as costs increase for companies and many have signaled that the price increases are coming later this year and likely into 2022 to offset the impact.

Cheerios maker General Mills is considering raising prices on its products as things like grain, sugar and other ingredients become more expensive. Hormel Foods has already increased prices for Skippy peanut butter and its turkey products. Kimberly-Clark, which makes Kleenex tissues and Scott toilet paper, said price increases will cover about 60% of its product portfolio and expects the increases and more productivity to offset most of the higher raw material costs.

Soda giant Coca-Cola has said it expects to raise prices to fight higher costs, while Procter & Gamble is raising prices for baby, feminine and adult care products.

U.S. consumer prices increased a sharp 0.6% in March, the biggest uptick since 2012, while inflation over the past year jumped 2.6%. Some of the increases have been anticipated by Wall Street as the economy improves and inflation increases with it. The pace and size of inflation increases still remains a concern. Treasury bond yields spiked earlier this year, though they have since stabilized. They are being watched closely because another sharp jump could stunt the economic recovery.

"Rates are in a holding period and everybody's curious to see if this holding period is going to last," said J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist with TD Ameritrade.