USDA: Food Prices to Climb This Year
WASHINGTON — Total food prices this calendar year will rise 2.5% to 3.5%, according to a forecast just released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. read more … Continue Reading →
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Whole Foods Trims Prices in Detroit
DETROIT — Whole Foods Market last week opened an inner-city store here that is a smaller unit than the chain’s norm, with lower prices and a larger selection of private-label … Continue Reading →
Global food prices continue to rise
Continuing a decade-long increase, global food prices rose 2.7% in 2012, reaching levels not seen since the 1960s and 1970s but still well below the price spike of 1974. IFT … Continue Reading →
Blackhawk Prices IPO
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Investors in Safeway’s Blackhawk Network Holdings will raise up to $ 220 million in the gift card company’s initial public offering, Blackhawk said in a filing Monday. … Continue Reading →
Fairway Prices IPO as Investors Sell Shares
NEW YORK — Investors in Fairway Market Holdings are seeking to raise up to about $ 163.8 million in an initial public offering, the company said in a filing Thursday. … Continue Reading →
Giant Eagle Trims Prices on 3,000 Items
PITTSBURGH — Giant Eagle here said it is launching “its largest single everyday price reduction effort to date,” lowering prices on about 3,000 items by 15%. read more Supermarket News
Pork Prices Stay Low
WASHINGTON — While consumers started to see the effects of the drought on retail food costs in the last quarter of 2012, pork prices dropped and are expected to stay … Continue Reading →
Shoppers’ Concerns Over Prices May Be Coming Back, Batenic Says
LAS VEGAS — Price was not one of consumers’ top 10 concerns in a 2013 study of shopper trends released by the National Grocers Association, though that statistic could already … Continue Reading →
Kroger Stores Cut Prices, End Bonus Coupons
CINCINNATI — Stores in Kroger’s Cincinnati/Dayton region on Monday will reduce everyday prices on thousands of items in what the retailer here called a multimillion-dollar price investment. read more Supermarket … Continue Reading →
Global beef prices to reach record levels in 2013
The final quarter of 2012 has seen the beef market characterized by slightly larger global supply, driven mainly by the natural recovery of herds in Brazil, Argentina, and Australia. IFT … Continue Reading →