Tariffs' Complex Ripple Effects Hit Appliance Shoppers And Makers It was a daunting task. Amid a major renovation, Jani Mussetter needed a lot of appliances: a washer, dryer, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher and stove. As she visited showrooms in January, a stressful thing kept coming up: warnings of a price increase on Feb. 1.
Refrigerator Stories Refrigeration becomes necessary once we begin to move. In the United States, this demand began to grow around 1830: as cities began to grow, so too did the gap between where food is produced and where it's consumed. However, while advances in refrigeration grew quickly, the expense of refrigerators limited them to all but the wealthiest of households until the late 1800s. And even then, the ice box continued to reign in the domestic space.
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