This is John Batchel, colleague Jim McTag in Lancaster County in Lancaster City,

shopping at the Central Market, which has open stalls and vegetables and fruit and breads from the farms,

especially the Amish farms, and shopping at Costco, the large store that sells in bundles.

Jim reports on the shopping, careful.

Here's Jim to explain, asking the question, is there a slowdown to people think there is?

What is it that's driving it?

What are the concerns?

No clear answers.

More of this tonight.

I continue to see careful shopping, hesitancy. You don't see the impulse buying that you see

when the economy is full steam ahead. So I think people are concerned about something.

I can't say what it is, tariffs or prices because I still think inflation is with us.

But you can see that you can see them.

They have their calculators out and they're trying to keep it within a strict budget.

Yeah.