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      <news:title><![CDATA[Functional, feel-good drinks edge out alcohol for ‘controlled indulgence’]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Grocery inflation eases for now, but rising energy and fertilizer prices threaten rebound]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Grocery prices eased slightly in March, but escalating energy costs and supply disruptions linked to the Iran conflict could drive food prices higher later this year. Source: Getty/ spukkato]]></image:caption>
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