World Food Price Index
Tropicana listens to consumers, brings back old OJ box
2:00PM 2/25/2009
About two weeks ago I had a cold, so I went to the grocery store to buy some orange juice. Tropicana is my favorite brand, so I looked and looked but couldn't find the regular Tropicana container with the big orange on the side with a straw punched into it.
It took me a few minutes, but I found...
Expect to pay more for your melons
4:30PM 2/08/2009
It's a relief to be watching the rain clouds pass over Northern California, where I live, for the next few days. Unfortunately, say weather experts, we may not get enough rain this winter to fend off the worst drought in 20 years. That's bad news for the rest of you, too. California farmers, who...
Tips to cutting your grocery bill
8:00AM 2/04/2009
World Food Price Index, Retail, Economizer, Personal Finance, Food, Saving Money
When I used to work at the campus bookstore back in college, I always wondered why the little blue books that every student had to buy for finals were at the back of the store. Since everyone needed at least a few, why not put them up near the front of the store so they could quickly grab them and...
Maple syrup prices at peak: Are they a leading indicator?
8:00AM 1/15/2009
I was shocked this summer when I saw the price of maple syrup virtually double in a few weeks' time. My family sweetens a lot of our food with maple syrup as we are working to reduce overly processed foods in our diet. At the time, I didn't know exactly why, but I've just been schooled in the world...
World Food Price Index: Behind the numbers
6:38PM 8/01/2008
Wondering how we got our prices? We contacted a group of friends and colleagues around the world to report on prices in their local supermarket. Where we couldn't find responsive acquaintances, we shopped online. We converted to pounds and quarts from metric units (except for some items, such as...
How much does ground beef cost in your supermarket? In my local Safeway, it's $3.49 a pound, but at the specialty market where I shop to get beef that was raised by local farmers and grass-fed, it's $3.99 a pound; a fair price, I think, though my grocery budget is seriously straining my family's...
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