Fuel cost rise spikes grocery prices, AI not helping Honolulu permit backlog, Miske ties in Kailua shooting death, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands
Rising fuel costs prompt spike in Hawaii grocery prices. About 90% of items in a Hawaiʻi shopping cart are shipped in. Containers being unloaded at the warehouse cost about $760 more to bring in than in January, an increase of about 7.5%. Multiplied by 2,000 containers a week, that amounts to $80 million a year out of
