Food vendor Mark Eskenazi reaches for a container of figs for a customer, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007, at the historic Pike Place Market, in Seattle. The market celebrates it's 100th birthday Friday, Aug. 17. Food costs were up 0.3 percent, down from a 0.5 percent jump in June. The slowdown was helped by falling prices for beef, poultry and vegetables. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)