food prices

Inflation math is changing America's dinner plans

10:41am August 02, 2024

by Alina Selyukh

For the first time in years, people are buying more groceries, including pricier brands, to replace restaurant outings. From McDonald's to Starbucks, fast food and cafes are feeling it.

Sticker shock: How the supermarket has become a potent symbol of inflation in America

6:00am July 25, 2024

by Scott Horsley

Grocery prices are stabilizing, but many Americans still feel a financial sting at the grocery checkout aisle.

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Food prices are no longer rising as much — but here's why it might not feel that way

4:40pm July 13, 2024

by Scott Horsley

Food prices have largely leveled off, but many people are still frustrated when they go to their local grocery store.

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Chicken wing prices have fallen for the second year in a row, in a windfall for Super Bowl snackers. Beef prices, however, are still climbing.

Good thing, wings cost less and beer's flat: Super Bowl fans are expected to splurge

9:01am February 09, 2024

by Scott Horsley

Super Bowl food: Chicken wings are a bargain this year, but beef prices are climbing. Here's a playbook for staying well fed without having a your wallet thrown for a loss.

A vendor in a market in Nigeria counts local bills. The country is one of dozens whose devalued currency is fueling a debt crisis.

Health & Safety

A dilemma for dozens of countries: Fund your schools and hospitals or pay your debt

8:05pm May 23, 2023

by Nurith Aizenman

There's a looming debt crisis in many lower income countries. Low interest rates a few years back started the cycle. Then came a series of once in a generation shocks. Is there a solution?

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While food prices have risen in many parts of the world, a dramatic jump in one of Italy's staple foods has prompted the government to take action.

Soaring pasta prices caused a crisis in Italy. What can the U.S. learn from it?

10:01am May 18, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Italian officials convened crisis talks last week to address the price of pasta, which was up a whopping 17.5% year-over-year in March. But it's far from the only country seeing a rise in food prices.

People shop at Walmart on Black Friday 2022 in Dunwoody, Ga.

What tracking one Walmart store's prices for years taught us about the economy

3:31pm January 26, 2023

Inside our shopping cart is a story of global trade, extreme weather, shrinking packages and rising prices.

A worker rides an overloaded tricycle carrying bags of onions in Manila, Philippines on Sept. 23, 2015.

World News

"It's like gold": Onions now cost more than meat in the Philippines

3:33pm January 11, 2023

by Mary Yang

It's a problem in a country where onions are a staple for nearly every dish.

World News

Global food prices in 2022 hit a record high amid drought and war

2:35am January 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year even after falling for nine months in a row, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said.

Here's how life got pricier — and cheaper! — in 2022

How life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) this year — in 7 charts

6:52pm December 22, 2022

Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!)