food costs

If you shop at Walmart for groceries, your food bill is about to shrink. The nation's largest retail chain is looking to provide some extra financial relief to its shoppers by offering lower prices on grocery items every day, Reuters reports.

Consumer prices rose modestly in January on higher costs for food, gas, rent and clothing. But economists downplayed the increase, saying inflation will likely ease in the coming months as prices for raw materials level off. The consumer price index increased 0.2 percent last month, after a flat reading in December, the Labor Department said Friday.

The holidays are a time for nostalgia -- and stuffing your stomach to the brim. So why not combine the two by taking inventory of a typical Christmas dinner, from eggnog to fruitcake, and comparing today's prices -- and, in some instances, portions -- to those of yesteryear?

Global food prices are the highest in more than 20 years as rising oil prices stemming from civil unrest in the Middle East have caused the cost of items like cereal, dairy products and meat to increase, a United Nations agency said in a report released Thursday.

This recession may have blown away forever the preconception that food stamps are used only by the chronically indigent. As of March 2010, more than 40 million Americans received help from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the new name for the food stamp program. Many of these...

April wasn't the best month for producer prices, but overall, inflation remains tame. Producer prices rose 0.3 percent in April, the U.S. Labor Department announced Thursday, as food costs increases offset other wholesale price declines. Meanwhile, the core rate, which excludes the often-volatile...

When my wife and I lived in Southwest Virginia, we bought most of our food at Wal-Mart. It was close to our house, the produce section was outstanding, and the prices were low. In retrospect, it's pretty clear that we were spoiled; when we moved to the Bronx about a year and a half ago, we were...

My head is spinning, watching the value of my investments bounce up and down like a bungee jumper. Overall, however, it appears that, for the short term, stocks, bonds and various savings instruments are going to yield squat, or very little above squat. Perhaps this is the right time to invest in...

I recently read about a jail in Maryland cutting back on supplies for prisoners. The ideas included limiting inmates to three rolls of toilet paper and two bars of soap per week. I've been trying to figure out how much toilet paper and soap I use each week, and those limits sound like more than...

Today a report by the U.S. Labor Department said that January saw a big increase in the cost of food. They say the cost of food jumped at a rate faster than it has in the last seven months. Do I want to pay more for food? No. But is it a horrible tragedy that will ruin families? No.I truly believe...