Sentences with phrase «increases food costs»

The obvious reason is that doing this increases food costs without any benefit to energy.

Each year the company raises its menu prices to cover increasing food costs, but it generally keeps those price hikes below the rate of inflation for «food away from home» to stay competitive.

I also completely agree with you that that HHFKA was underfunded from the get - go, which makes serving healthier food that much harder for FSDs due to increased food costs and labor, as well as the possibility of decreased participation due to changes in the food.

She said each penny of increased food costs was equivalent to a 60K cost increase district wide (spring branch ISD).

Increased food costs could result from following the Mediterranean diet.

Some dogs will require specific diets as a result of health problems, which can increase the food cost for the year.

For 23 years they have maintained these shindigs with no effect on the climate but causing great harm to many ordinary people — soaring costs for unreliable subsidised green electricity, loss of manufacturing and mining jobs, and increased food costs caused by high power prices and using food for ethanol / biodiesel.

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At the same time, college costs have, according to published reports, increased 1,225 percent since 1978 (that is not a typo)-- more than housing, food or health - care expenses.

But price rises also moderated for other items such as television sets and processed food, a sign the increase in import costs from previous yen falls was dissipating.

Higher prices paid to farmers, combined with lower imports, may increase grocery and restaurant costs for baked goods and cereals as much as 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday in its first forecast of food - price inflation for 2018.

The company has warned that it expects to experience pressure on food and labour costs this year, with unstable cheese prices and increased payroll taxes looming.

As energy costs increase, it will cost more to ship food across great distances, which will ultimately be reflected in the price on the grocery store shelf.

Weathering the ever - increasing costs of food, fuel and clothing could prove tricky.

With those portfolio companies facing the pincer of top - line pressures from a push for private label options combined with the gross - margin pressures from input cost increases, we could easily see increasing distress in food companies in the coming months.

Other costs, like food, could increase much more slowly.

Packaged food companies have seen their sales slow as consumers prefer fresh foods and have reacted by cutting costs, divesting underperforming businesses and increasing...

It's likely Ontario's restaurant food inflation will continue to rise, he said, as price - sensitive restaurateurs realize they did not increase prices enough initially or learn they did not account for the costs of other new legislation, including new rules around vacation and holiday pay.

Food is a restaurant's most expensive cost after labour, said Rilett, who anticipates another bump in prices when the minimum wage impact ripples into the price of food as farmers, processors and others also face increased coFood is a restaurant's most expensive cost after labour, said Rilett, who anticipates another bump in prices when the minimum wage impact ripples into the price of food as farmers, processors and others also face increased cofood as farmers, processors and others also face increased costs.

Restaurants are often laggards when it comes to adopting new technology, but rising labor costs due to higher minimum wage and labor shortages coupled with food inflation has some looking to solutions that can provide some relief from the increased pressure on already tight margins.

What we didn't anticipate was that other factors, including bad weather and other hiccups in commodities markets, would drive up the price of food in much of the U.S., increasing restaurants» costs at a time when they couldn't easily pass those costs through to budget - conscious diners.

Arnold said this is the last phase of Chipotle's planned price increase and is a response to rising inflation in food and labor costs.

What they're saying: «National shortage of Class - A drivers and the increased demand for logistics is resulting in an increase in the cost of goods,» said one manager in the accommodation and food services business.

«The Harper government refused to increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), which would protect seniors from steep increases in housing, food and energy costs.

Paul Bulcke, the chief executive officer of Vevey, Switzerland - based Nestle, the world's largest food company, said May 19 that food - price increases should be gradual and that companies would try to absorb commodity expenses by reducing costs in other areas.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Wholesale prices jumped 0.5 percent in April, led by a big increase in food costs.

Increases in costs of necessities, such as medical bills, food, travel, and housing, are concerns for retirees.

Your cost of living would increase 14 % on average if you were a single - income earning household making $ 60,000 a year due to higher taxes, housing and food costs.

Core producer prices, which strip out volatile food and energy costs, increased 0.3 %.

«Such a tariff would increase the cost of just about everything you can buy at Walmart, besides food.»

The core rate removes the effect of seasonal food and energy cost increases.

Smaller fast - food retailers are coming under increasing pressure to sign up with aggregators or risk missing out on sales, which come at a cost.

The importance of this is that the Chinese can relieve some of the food price pressure by increasing imports to offset whatever domestic shortfalls are causing the higher food costs.

The carbon tax also increases costs and makes it more expensive for every entity, from grocery stores to food banks, to operate.

Although retail sales rose in July, the increase was driven by higher food costs, itself a result of the fall in the British pound since the referendum result.

Increases in food prices, erosion of Qatari fiscal balances and a rise in borrowing costs are real risks Qatar will continue to face if the situation is not settled amicably, according to M.R. Raghu, head of research at Kuwait Financial Center (Markaz) and managing director of Marmore Mena Intelligence.

President Obama the is hearing your family Prayer and May the Continue to bless you and the White House S taff to make the right decesion for to help the poor and middle class people.please increase the food stamps five dollar increase isnt enough because the cost of live have increase includeing food, gas and light bills, etc have increase.

The problem is exacerbated by the globalization of food production, which means that most food must be shipped great distances at increased cost.

Hence the cost of food rises not only because the cost of the petroleum on which agriculture is based has increased but because food, now, like oil, is globally in short supply.

Costs increase for basics like food, which should now be organically grown.

In the food industry, when one company increases production or cuts costs with a bells — and - whistles machine, its competitors may follow suit to stay within a target price range.

Investing in efficient, low - cost and sustainable processing technologies, adequate storage and packaging solutions, road infrastructure and market linkages as well as providing training and education to chain actors, including consumers, are among the tried and proven interventions which increase the efficiency of the chain and therefore lead to a reduction in food loss and waste.

Need to Manufacture Equipment Indigenously: Moreover, all the equipment used for food testing currently has to be imported from abroad, which increases operation costs astronomically.

The increase cost of food correlates with an increase in violence.

FBI Agent Fred Stephens explains that food and water will become scarcer as the population grows, increasing the cost.

Accordingly, reducing costs by half and increasing competitiveness for food manufacturers.

«Manufacturers are worried if the costs are increased this might reduce the consumption of food and beverages.»

The right food conveyor system will streamline your processing or packaging operations, reduce the required amount of workers, reduce operating costs, and increase the efficiency and output of your product.

Another drag on the otherwise strong year for Australian Food & Fibre was an increase in leasing and corporate costs.

Rod Armstrong, Sales & Marketing Director at CHEP, will take the stage alongside Hawkins Food Group (owners of Pizza Hut and Burger King) to discuss how best to improve the quality and sustainability of industrial, protective and transit packaging without increasing core costs — an issue which is never far from all professional packaging experts» minds.