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The head of Detroits Better Made potato chip company and the man who played Bozo the Clown died in a year that was uncommonly mournful.

The food and restaurant industry mourned this year the losses of notable souls who contributed as much to the community as they did their businesses.

Judge Karen Fort Hood, a Detroit native, former school teacher and legal trailblazer who twice broke racial barriers, has died. She was 68.

Jack Aronson lived to share what he had with others. It didn't matter if it was the salsa he made at the Ferndale bar and restaurant he operated with his wife, Annette; his knowledge of the food business; or the millions of dollars he gained when he sold the company years later. Or even used…

Grocery prices, the cost of eating out and overall consumer prices, continued to be hot in July and increasing.