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As small businesses raise prices, some customers push back

Kymme Williams-Davis, right, takes an order at theBushwick Grind Café she owns, while barista Derek Deyling creates a beverage, Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Mattress maker Schuyler Northstrom, right, of Uinta Mattress, looks on during production in his warehouse Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Inflation and rising costs for everything from labor to raw materials have forced many small businesses to raise prices. Mattress maker Schuyler Northstrom saw a drop in customer demand after raising prices. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

The Uinta Mattress production warehouse is shown Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Inflation and rising costs for everything from labor to raw materials have forced many small businesses to raise prices. Mattress maker Schuyler Northstrom saw a drop in customer demand after raising prices.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mattress maker Schuyler Northstrom, of Uinta Mattress, looks on during production in his warehouse Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Inflation and rising costs for everything from labor to raw materials have forced many small businesses to raise prices. Northstrom saw a drop in customer demand after raising prices. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

A sign alerts foot traffic to nearby Bushwick Grind Café just a few steps away from a McDonalds restaurant, Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, in New York. Cafe owner Kymme Williams-Davis said keeping customers is even more challenging during inflation, "sandwiched between a McDonald's and a bodega that both sell coffee for a dollar, and mine is $3," she said. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Kymme Williams-Davis, right, takes orders at the Bushwick Grind Café she owns, Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, in New York. Williams-Davis has noticed a definite shift in customer demand since she's had to raise prices and switch to different types of goods to keep up with inflation. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Kymme Williams-Davis sits outside Bushwick Grind Café she owns, as she juggles taking online orders and working behind the counter, Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, in New York. Williams-Davis said, with inflation, she hasn't seen costs going up and fluctuating this much since she opened her café in 2015. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Daniel Hicks who is legally blind and works in the online store Gifts Fulfilled, works on filling an order Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Berlin, Md. Inflation and rising costs for everything from labor to raw materials have forced many small businesses to raise prices. But customers are feeling the pinch of inflation, too. (AP Photo/Todd Dudek)

Kim Shanahan, who operates online store Gifts Fulfilled, poses with her "One Tough Cookie" boxes, which the balloons were out of stock for over a year in her shop, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Berlin, Md. Inflation and rising costs for everything from labor to raw materials have forced many small businesses to raise prices. But customers are feeling the pinch of inflation, too. (AP Photo/Todd Dudek)

Kim Shanahan, who operates online store Gifts Fulfilled, stacks Get Well Soon boxes in her shop, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Berlin, Md. This is a fulfillment project for another company to create jobs at her company. (AP Photo/Todd Dudek)

As small businesses raise prices, some customers push back