Sentences with phrase «food prices hit»

World food prices hit a record high in December thanks to crop failures from a series of extreme weather events around the world

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After months of higher input costs for manufacturers, the simultaneous spike in food and oil prices is a double whammy that is now starting to hit consumers.

There's more to Atlanta than Outkast and Georgia peaches — the city's cost of living is astonishingly low, with food and gas prices hitting the same level or lower than national averages.

Any shortfall would lead to rising food prices that would hit the world's poor hardest, as has already occurred from price increases of recent years.

Grocers have been plagued by food price deflation these days, with all and sundry in the industry warning of hits to their top lines.

It is worth noting that the core Consumer Price Index (excluding food and energy) stood at a year - on - year rate of 1.8 % in July, and that the Fed may be content to see inflation at least trending upward — without necessarily hitting 2 % in the near term — before deciding to act.

The Fed's preferred Personal Consumption Expenditures price index hit the two - percent target in March for the first time in nearly a year, while «core» inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was 1.9 percent.

A burgeoning «QSR - plus» sector, in which chains are finding a way to offer foods higher in perceived freshness and quality but without hitting fast - casual price points, also is driving growth.

Food, beverage and grocery — Australia's largest manufacturing sectors — are set to be hard hit by rising gas prices and other pressures.

As Maple Leaf commences its strategy to hedge incoming food inflation, previous reports on BakeryandSnacks.com suggest price squeezes won't hit manufacturers until September.

This month's Foodservice Price Index, produced by CGA and Prestige Foodservice, reveals that food inflation hit 7 % in the 12 months to July 2017, down from its previous level of 8.8 % in June 2017 and 9 % in May.

Rising commodity and ingredients prices continue to hit the global food chain with US food giant Kraft the next in line to be hit by price pressures suggesting that despite reasonable fourth quarter figures, the soaring costs are...

Enjoy Life Rice Milk Chocolate Bars — When I want an extra hit of sweet, I can locate these dairy - free bars at my local mega-grocer (in the natural food section) for a fair price.

Since the majority of our food came in on a barge from Seattle, most of the «fresh», exorbitantly - priced produce spoiled before it even hit the shelves of the grocery store, along with the milk and bread.

Increases in the price of food and energy have been above inflation - it is these price rises which hit the poor hardest.

Cheaper foods can make you fat Hitting the fast food drive - thru on your way home from work is convenient and won't cost you much money, but you'll pay the price in another way.

Rising grain prices and falling yields hit the world's poorest people hardest, as they spend most of their income on food.

Now, this didn't hit me until recently, but if you don't follow climate science closely (or much at all), you may have a hard time making the connection between climate change (or global weirding) and food security or food prices.

Crops have been failing, livestock dying, and people are being hit by high food prices — causing severe malnutrition across for millions of people.

Even now, as I'm writing this, important regions of the Midwest, the «breadbasket» of the nation, are getting hit with severe storms and flooding that will surely affect crop yields and food prices.

U.S. food prices are rising at twice the rate of inflation, hitting the pocketbooks of lower - income Americans and people living on fixed incomes. . .

An article by Jennie Booth, where we have Patchy and Christopher Field telling that climate change will hit food prices.

Back in 2008, the UK's Chief Scientist warned that the food crisis would hit us long before climate change, and the UN has just warned that food prices could rise 45 % in the coming decade.

This is a problem at a time when the world's population is set to hit seven billion and food prices are reaching a record high due to worldwide crop failures.

We are a «special» breed that frequent here, and while our friends may tolerate our warmist or skeptical rantings, they generally couldn't care about the details, and they won't until it hits them in the pocketbook, washes away their house, causes the price of food to skyrocket, or the shelves are simply empty.