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And advice to help your business grow. gas prices continue to rise and that's hurting both consumers and the nation's small businesses. the price of a gallon of gas is now more than $4 in many american cities, which has a lot of consumers cutting back on spending. as a result, some small businesses are reeling. many entrepreneurs say they're also losing customers because they have to raise their prices to make up for rising energy costs and many small business owners are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the economy. mike miter runs factory services agency, a family owned commercial eati...

>> on the scale of one to ten, how big of a deal are these gas prices to you? i'll start with you, baxter. >> it's one of many prices. it's the straw on the camel's back. economic adversity forces us all to manage our lives and businesses a little better. for example, many of our deliveries are in the chicago area. but our ten locations are in the suburbs. so, we're investing in opening a new design and delivery facility in the city for more efficient low-cost service. >> yeah, hard times often cause you to be creative and come up with good solutions. mike, how big of a problem is it for you? ...

Sudden that weekly charge goes to $650 to $700 a week it has a serious impact on cash flow and requires us to monitor everything else and pay close attention to what's going on with our cash situation. >> mike and baxter, i thank you both for sharing your situations with us. we really appreciate getting to hear how this is really affecting small businesses. thank you so much. good luck with everything. >> thank you. >> thank you. the creator of the world's largest gummy bears is dealing with quite a dilemma but it's a great problem to have. especially in today's economy. he and his business ...

Bid a job. but we also do a fair amount of routine service on commercial air conditioning systems. we have been forced to add a fuel surcharge for our service trucks. >> we've gotten a lot of comments through twitter and facebook through our viewers out there. i want to read you one because it's reflecting what you're saying, which is, gunner wrote to us, the gas prices are hurting us. our customers don't realize that we have to raise our prices. our vendors are charging us more for shipping. mike, since you are adding this fuel charge, i want to know what your customers are thinking. are they...