US shoppers are seeing higher fruit and vegetable prices thanks to trade tensions, extreme weather and geopolitics, just to name a few reasons.
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Picking up food more frequently from supermarkets doesn’t close the gap between what’s donated and could be donated, a supply chain scholar explains.
Grocery stores and the world around us are full of subtle psychological cues that encourage us to over-buy.
Small stores, local produce and the return of the personal shopping assistant: supermarkets are starting to look like they did in the 1800s.
From brown bananas to soggy salad, we often let food get past its prime. Here are some tips to salvage what you can.
Many convenience stores, corner markets, bodegas and other small stores will have to make changes if they want to continue to accept SNAP benefits.
You don’t need to go without meat or dairy to afford your weekly shop. Here’s how to choose lower-cost items and spot bargains.
Australia gets half its urea – a crucial nitrogen fertiliser – from countries now impacted by the war. But research suggests higher food prices aren’t a given.
Olive was meant to make shopping easier. Instead it’s mouthing off about its ‘mother’ and mistaking the price of basic items.
The grocer offers low prices and plans to build its own distribution center.
It helps to explain why falling inflation doesn’t necessarily ease pressure on household budgets.
Nearly 60% of Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are either children under 18 or adults who are 60 or older.
Selling products without packaging can lead to anti-environmental outcomes. It can also pose risks to hygiene and health.
Nutrition Facts labels provide useful information about how nutritious a food is, but can be overwhelming. A single score could help make healthy grocery shopping more approachable.
Turning two big supermarket companies into one even larger one could have harmed consumers and workers, the government said during its successful litigation.
Farmers’ markets provide a host of benefits to both consumers and farmers, but are often overlooked when it comes to creating policies geared toward improving the sustainability of food systems.
Inflation is politically radioactive, and voters have a very long memory for it, as Democrats found when Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost the presidential election.
The government says changes to the unit pricing code will help ensure shoppers are not the victims of inflation by stealth when buying everyday products.
What you buy at the grocery store can predict whether you pay your credit card bills on time, new research suggests.
Next time you go shopping, leave your checkbook at home.
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PhD Candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Associate Dean, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics, and Political Science, MacEwan University
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Health Sciences, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
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Senior Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Sociology, North Carolina State University