Everywhere you look inside Mo’s Food Market at 25th Street and Clybourn Avenue in Milwaukee there are specialty items imported from around the world, including China. Those Chinese items, which include frozen seafood, noodles and spices, would see sharp price increases if President Donald Trump’s 125% tariff on Chinese imports remains in effect for long. “Food and liquor are two hard things to give up. People eat and drink when they’re happy and eat and drink when they’re sad,” Chris Tenuta said Wednesday. Tenuta is the third-generation owner of Tenuta’s Italian Deli and grocery in Kenosha, which just celebrated 75 years.He’s been closely watching as Trump threatened a 20% tariff on goods from Europe, which Tenuta said would impact probably half of the items in his store. “A lot of liquor bottles come from Europe, the cheeses and the pastas, quite a bit. I can’t give you a direct answer, but I’d say at least fifty percent,” Tenuta said.He said price hikes on the grocery shelves will depend on whether the tariffs on Europe ultimately do go into effect, and then how quickly the suppliers pass the increased costs along. “They might hold off a little, but I think it’s a big enough factor that it’s hard for them to hold off. It’s hard for us to hold off. People think there’s a large profit in this. You’d be surprised how little it is,” Tenuta said.And one thing he’s learned after all these years in business, people will show their confidence in the economy in the grocery store aisles. “It’s going to be the economy and what’s going on,” Tenuta said. “It’s just if people have money or people don’t have money. And they will tighten up. I mean it won’t be the same. People will tighten their belt and watch what they spend,” Tenuta said. Seafood prices could see one of the biggest increases, since the U.S. imports nearly 85% of the seafood eaten here. Many nuts, especially cashews and pecans are mostly imported. Coffee and cocoa are almost entirely grown outside of the country, and other major imports include fruit, olive oil and rice. Top Headlines’A whole lot of uncertainty’: Tariffs take a toll on Wisconsin farmersWild video: Witness recalls near-death experience as massive tree falls on car: ‘I heard cracking’U.S. stocks surge after President Trump pauses some of his tariffs
Everywhere you look inside Mo’s Food Market at 25th Street and Clybourn Avenue in Milwaukee there are specialty items imported from around the world, including China.
Those Chinese items, which include frozen seafood, noodles and spices, would see sharp price increases if President Donald Trump’s 125% tariff on Chinese imports remains in effect for long.
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“Food and liquor are two hard things to give up. People eat and drink when they’re happy and eat and drink when they’re sad,” Chris Tenuta said Wednesday.
Tenuta is the third-generation owner of Tenuta’s Italian Deli and grocery in Kenosha, which just celebrated 75 years.
He’s been closely watching as Trump threatened a 20% tariff on goods from Europe, which Tenuta said would impact probably half of the items in his store.
“A lot of liquor bottles come from Europe, the cheeses and the pastas, quite a bit. I can’t give you a direct answer, but I’d say at least fifty percent,” Tenuta said.
He said price hikes on the grocery shelves will depend on whether the tariffs on Europe ultimately do go into effect, and then how quickly the suppliers pass the increased costs along.
“They might hold off a little, but I think it’s a big enough factor that it’s hard for them to hold off. It’s hard for us to hold off. People think there’s a large profit in this. You’d be surprised how little it is,” Tenuta said.
And one thing he’s learned after all these years in business, people will show their confidence in the economy in the grocery store aisles.
“It’s going to be the economy and what’s going on,” Tenuta said. “It’s just if people have money or people don’t have money. And they will tighten up. I mean it won’t be the same. People will tighten their belt and watch what they spend,” Tenuta said.
Seafood prices could see one of the biggest increases, since the U.S. imports nearly 85% of the seafood eaten here.
Many nuts, especially cashews and pecans are mostly imported. Coffee and cocoa are almost entirely grown outside of the country, and other major imports include fruit, olive oil and rice.
Top Headlines
‘A whole lot of uncertainty’: Tariffs take a toll on Wisconsin farmers
Wild video: Witness recalls near-death experience as massive tree falls on car: ‘I heard cracking’
U.S. stocks surge after President Trump pauses some of his tariffs
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