Tag: inflation

The consumer price index for September showed an increase of 0.4 percent from August to September and 3.7 percent from a year ago.

Restaurant sales and traffic growth slowed down during July but remained stronger than the growth rates posted by the industry back in April and May.

Restaurant365, the leading all-in-one restaurant enterprise management software, has shared new restaurant industry insights including economic, sales, workforce, operational, and consumer preference trends.

A government watch dog group says the massive expansion of the food stamp program under the Biden administration is a prime contributor to grocery inflation.

While the Circana (formerly IRI) sales numbers showed little to no response or improvement in volume sales across most departments, fresh produce was a powerful exception, according to Jonna Parker, Team Lead Fresh with Circana.

The federal government reports inflation is easing, but consumers say it’s much stronger than what the government reports. Who’s right, and how can the produce industry address this?

Inflation pressure continues to weaken, according to the latest government figures from the Labor Department

A new report by the market research firm Dunnhumby has received some attention recently. Particularly its figures indicating the percentage of households that have skipped or reduced a meal for financial reasons over the last 12 months.

Thirty-six percent of U.S. families have skipped meals due to financial reasons in the last year according to the fourth wave of the dunnhumby Consumer Trends Tracker (CTT) released today.

Shoppers are looking for deals as inflation increased across all food, including fresh produce, in June.