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Costco Sees High Demand
for Basics Rice, Flour

CEO attributes run to customer uncertainty over food supplies

Apr 22, 08 9:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Costco is seeing unusually high demand for basics such as rice and flour, Reuters reports, a development the warehouse giant attributes to customer uncertainty over global food shortages. The company, which sells to individual shoppers as well as restaurants, has put limits in place for those items at some stores.... More »

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Costco • food prices • food supply • flour • rice prices

UN Compares Food Crisis
to 'Tsunami'

International help needed before
situation deteriorates

Apr 22, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising food prices are creating a crisis every bit as deadly as the tsunami of 2004, and the situation requires a similar response, the UN says. Political and business leaders from around the world gathered today in London and heard the head of the World Food Program, Josette Sheeran, call... More »

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Gordon Brown • biofuel • food prices • World hunger • World Food Program

 Food Crisis Is 'Mass
 Murder': UN Envoy 

Official blames multinationals for surging food prices

Apr 20, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UN envoy called the world's food crisis "silent mass murder" today and blamed multinationals for "monopolizing the riches of the Earth," Reuters reports. Jean Ziegler, UN food rapporteur, chalked up surging food prices in poorer nations to biofuels, commodities markets, and EU subsidies—meaning the West... More »

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food • United Nations • hunger • biofuel • starvation • food prices • Jean Ziegler

 Europe Backtracks on Biofuels 

Environmental concerns put 10% quota on hold

Apr 19, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European commission is backing off a proposed 10% biofuels quota as scientists warn that the alternative fuels actually hurt the environment, the Guardian reports. “This is all very sensitive and fast-moving,” said a commission official. “There is now a lot of new evidence on biofuels, and... More »

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climate change • energy • biofuel • consumer prices • food prices • food riots • European Commission

UN May Cut Food Rations
for Schoolkids

Soaring food prices raise 'world's misery index,' group says

Apr 19, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food rations for hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren may be cut because of surging crop prices that have widened the World Food Program’s funding gap to $750 million, Reuters says. The UN food aid agency also blamed the situation on high fuel prices and reductions in new crop plantings.... More »

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United Nations • wheat • crops • rice • farmer • food prices • World Food Program

Humble Spud Could Solve Food Crisis

International
'Year of the Potato' to highlight tuber's virtues

Apr 15, 08 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sharp hikes in the prices of staples like wheat and rice are sending shockwaves around the world and convincing governments to rediscover the virtues of the potato, Reuters reports. Spuds are nutritious, will grow just about anywhere, and they yield up to four times more food per acre than other... More »

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food • farming • Peru • crops • food prices • food shortage • food supply • potato

Food Crisis Lurks in Soaring Prices, Says
IMF Chief

Predicts widespread starvation, conflict

Apr 13, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rising food prices may soon have dire global consequences with starving people rioting in the streets, warns the head of the International Monetary Fund. “Hundred of thousands of people will be starving,” he said yesterday at a meeting in Washington. “Children will be suffering from malnutrition, with... More »

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food • ethanol • International Monetary Fund • protests • starvation • crops • price • food prices • malnutrition • trade affairs

 Haitian Senate Sacks
 Prime Minister 

Food riots spark ouster of president's close ally

Apr 13, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid skyrocketing food prices and deadly riots in Haiti, the country's senate has voted to oust Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. President Rene Preval, who appointed his ally Alexis in 2006 to lead the country's coalition government, must now choose a new cabinet. The vote came in spite of a recently... More »

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United Nations • Haiti • no confidence • food prices • food riots • Rene Preval • Jacques-Edouard Alexis

Surging Energy Prices Drive Global Inflation 

Food costs, up 83%
in 3 years, also slap worldwide economies

Apr 10, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inflation in Europe and the US is projected to reach its highest point since 1995, the Wall Street Journal reports, with food prices up 83% in three years and rising energy and transportation costs. The International Monetary Fund predicts the US and Europe will see inflation of 2.6% this... More »

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food • inflation • World Bank • Federal Reserve • International Monetary Fund • consumer prices • food prices

Record 28 Million Americans to Get Food Stamps

Slip into poverty a grim economic indicator

Mar 31, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an economic indicator that paints a grim future for swaths of the US population, an all-time record 28 million Americans are expected to be close enough to poverty to receive $36 billion in food stamps in the coming fiscal year, reports the New York Times. There is a surge... More »

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layoffs • entitlement programs • recession • unemployment • Congressional Budget Office • poverty • gas prices • food prices • economy • food stamps • Economic Policy Institute

Easter Bunny's Budget Strained
as Egg Prices Skyrocket

But 29% jump is windfall for farmers

Mar 22, 08 6:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - As far as the egg industry is concerned, Easter might as well have been Christmas. Prices skyrocketed 29% over the last year, and show no sign of slowing, as eggs are such a staple that demand hasn’t slowed a bit. “We’ve never seen profits like this,”... More »

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agriculture • eggs • Easter • farmer • food prices • chickens

Rising Cost of Essentials
Slams Poor Families

Prices of "core" items are rising twice as fast as wages

Mar 21, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The rising price of essentials and sluggish growth in wages mean that inflation is hitting low- to middle-income families hardest, the Washington Post reports. Americans are paying 9.2% more for staples—groceries, gas, health care, etc.— than they did in 2006, nearly twice the pace of the growth... More »

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inflation • health care costs • middle class • wages • gas prices • consumer prices • food prices • low-income families

 Consumer Prices Flat in Feb. 

Lack of increase means Fed has an open door to a big rate cute next week

Mar 14, 08 8:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Consumer prices were flat for February, pleasantly surprising economists who expected a 0.2% increase, reports the Wall Street Journal. This morning’s consumer price index eases concerns that inflation is accelerating as the economy slows, and it gives the Federal Reserve more reason to float a large interest rate... More »

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inflation • Consumer Price Index • core inflation • US economy • gas prices • consumer prices • food prices • oil price • economy • energy costs

Beer and Pizza Getting Pricey

Rising fuel and ingredient costs affect traditional cheap eats

Mar 1, 08 3:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Even cheap foods like pizza and bagels are getting pricey these days over a mix of inflationary pressures, MSNBC reports. Last year's shocking 4% food price hike was driven by more than gas prices, one analyst says: It's diesel that fuels the trucks and trains that transport goods. "It's... More »

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food • ethanol • beer • fast food • hot dogs • cheese • gas prices • consumer prices • pizza • food prices • wheat prices

Retailers Slash Prices to Boost Slumping Season

Plagued by high gas and food prices, shoppers hold out for bargains

Dec 23, 07 6:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Retailers slashed prices nationwide this weekend in a bid to draw last-minute shoppers and lift a slumping holiday season, Bloomberg reports. Pressed by high gas and food prices, consumers are holding out for zero-hour deals; retailers have obliged with half-off sales and extra hours, counting on the last days before... More »

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retail • consumer confidence • US economy • gas prices • consumer prices • retail sales • food prices • holiday shopping

Global Food Prices Soar

Wheat and rice futures reach new highs; costs sure to be passed on
to consumers

Dec 17, 07 4:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Expect another surge in the cost of breakfast cereal: The benchmark price for wheat rose above $10 a bushel for the first time today, further fueling the inflation in global food costs that kicked in last summer. Benchmark prices for rice futures also hit a new high, and corn and... More »

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inflation • Chicago Board of Trade • food prices • commodities

Russia Freezes Food Prices as Election Looms

Across the globe,
rising agriculture costs take a political toll

Oct 24, 07 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to halt spiraling food prices ahead of parliamentary elections, Russia will today sign an agreement with its biggest grocers that freezes the cost of basic foodstuffs at October 15 levels. But while the move sounds a bit Soviet, Russia joins a host of nations in reacting to... More »

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Russia • agriculture • Vladimir Putin • food prices

More People Skipping Basics to Pay the Bills

Analysts shocked as food banks run short, stores adjust prices

Oct 19, 07 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - More Americans are skipping breakfast and other basics just to pay the bills, the AP reports. With gas hitting highs this year and food prices up as much as 44%, even $35,000-plus wage earners are lining up for food, and food banks report acute shortages. One consultant says he... More »

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hunger • energy prices • recession • consumer prices • food prices • food banks • Family Dollar • 7 Eleven • Wal-Mart

Grain Price Hikes: Here to Stay

Lasting hikes triggering profound changes for farmers and consumers

Sep 28, 07 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising global demand is pushing prices for grain and other crops to record heights and dramatically altering the food landscape for both farmers and consumers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Unlike ordinary price hikes, caused by crop failures, these increases—corn up 40%, soybeans 75%, wheat 70%—could last 10... More »

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farmer • food prices

Soaring Inflation Rocks China

Food prices feeding public unrest

Sep 11, 07 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - China's soaring inflation rate is the highest in a decade, putting pressure on the central bank to hike interest rates for the fifth time in six months to cool China's superheated economy. Food prices have jumped 18%, raising fears of public unrest., Bloomberg reports. Consumer prices rose across the board... More »

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China • inflation • US economy • central bank • interest rate • food prices

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