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A new study has found that food service operators are growing more pessimistic.

Customers may also feel like they're getting a better value at a fast-food joint because they're spending so much more at the supermarket.

Inventory. also falling gas prices. down another three cents overnight, now $4.30 is the national average. sliding a whopping 60 cents in just a month. but still more than a dollar higher than a year ago. the main event today, the federal reserve will announce how much it is raising interest rates in its fight against inflation, three quarter point is expected. a big week second quarter gdp data tomorrow and earnings reported this week including alphabet and microsoft. mcdonald's is raising menu prices and customers are still biting. mcdonald's has been spoon feeding its customers small but ...

Phil keating has that story from miami. >> reporter: the next time you're grabbing a meal at your favorite restaurant, you may notice that it costs a little more with new fees added to inflation. >> everything costs more now. >> reporter: connor green is a restaurant owner and says costs were already up due to the pandemic. >> the food and the beverage, our repairman costs more, our credit card fees have gone up. >> reporter: last october green pivoted to a commission service charge model for all four of his locations. >> it helped us absorb these costs versus having to continue to just raise ...

Appreciate fees. >> they're trying to get creative. in the past 12 months, wholesale food prices have increased 15%. in that same time frame, restaurants have only increased menu prices about 7%. the idea is that if you have that surcharge, you're not increasing your menu prices. >> reporter: and according to alignment research center data, 72% of restauranteurs, that's 3 out of 4, fear they're going to have to go out of business and close up shop unless inflation prices start to moderate. and a recent harris poll found that 84% of americans say they, because of inflation, are going to scale d...