Tag: inflation

A trip to the grocery store is taking a bigger bite out of the consumer’s wallet this summer. But just how big?

Forty-six percent of surveyed CFOs expect the North American economy to be in a recession by the new year, while 39% expect the North American economy to be in a period of stagflation.

Pamela was invited to speak about consumer trends at the annual AMHPAC Congress in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, this week, while Greg provides some details about the E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce at Wendy's restaurants in the Midwest.

To offset rising food costs, consumers are bargain hunting when grocery shopping, eating more meals at home and cutting back on restaurant visits

Discounters are moving in on mainstream grocers. Are they ready to hold the line?  

Nearly half of Americans (45%) feel like they can't afford their previous lifestyle and 76% of American consumers say their family has changed how they buy food with prices on the rise.

This was a week heavy on economic news, so Greg and Pamela pull out the bits that matter to fresh produce, such as the opportunity in snacking and how consumers are changing their buying patterns.

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in July on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 1.3 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Information Resources, Inc., which recently merged with The NPD Group to create a leading global technology, analytics and data provider, today released new insights about food inflation and its impact on consumer shopping behavior.

Sixty-two percent of consumers believe the U.S. is currently in a recession, with a further 17% unsure, according to a new First Insight Report, The State of Consumer Spending: Inflation Fueling Recession Fears.