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Omaha, Nebraska – 15 July 2025
1. Mid of spice containers on a shelf highlighting potential tariff impacts on local businesses
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gladys Harrison, Owner of Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering:
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"My mom had a desire to feed people all over the world, and the easiest way for us to do that is to sell our seasonings. You know, they don’t have to be on ice. They’re easy to ship. And up until our new president come into office, the price for seasonings, you know, were very reasonable."
3. Mid of Gladys Harrison cleaning check-out counter
4. Mid of Harrison in the kitchen preparing goods, highlighting local business challenges due to U.S. tariffs
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gladys Harrison, Owner of Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering:
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"And then all this tariff stuff began. Some of the core ingredients in our seasonings have gone up, garlic is one. We are finding creative ways to try to not – to pass that price increase onto our customers."
6. Mid of Harrison and her employee preparing seasoned vegetables in a kitchen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gladys Harrison, Owner of Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering:
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"And whether you voted for the current administration or not, none of us voted for this. Nobody voted for this. And I don’t understand how the tariffs are going to help me as a small business owner trying to fulfill her mom’s dream of sending people her seasonings, her food all over the world or my neighbors. Who I’m in community with here, how is that gonna help them come and be able to eat at my restaurant and it not break the bank for them?"
8. Mid of Harrison examining a baking pan in the kitchen
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gladys Harrison, Owner of Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering:
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"We haven’t been able to do that expansion that we were hoping to do. And had to put the brakes on that again, because I don’t wanna hire some folks and then have to lay them off in a month or two. And the going back and forth, yes, we’re gonna do the tariffs, yes we aren’t. You know, It just puts us in a limbo kind of state, in a lukewarm state. And it’s frustrating."
10. Mid of restaurant menu highlighting diverse offerings at Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering
STORYLINE:
Gladys Harrison, the owner of Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering in Omaha, Nebraska, is facing challenges in managing her mother’s legacy business amid new tariffs that have caused inflation to rise in the U.S. economy.
"Up until our new president come into office, the price for seasonings, you know, were very reasonable at a rate," said Harrison, and she continues to state that she has had to find other ways to avoid passing the costs down to her customers.
"Whether you voted for the current administration or not, none of us voted for this," stated Harrison.
Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the cost of everything from groceries and clothes to furniture and appliances.
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, up from an annual increase of 2.4% in May. On a monthly basis, prices climbed 0.3% from May to June, after rising just 0.1% the previous month.
Worsening inflation poses a political challenge for Trump, who as a candidate promised to immediately lower costs, but instead has engaged in a whipsawed frenzy of tariffs that have jolted businesses and consumers.
Families have cut spending on food as prices rise.
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