Sentences with phrase «price of food»

Despite farmers experiencing difficulties with farm gate prices the actual price of food rose significantly over recent years.

The hurricane, earthquake, high prices of food, winter, are all signs that you should take action to provide for your family.

Interest on funds deposited over time failed to keep pace with inflation and the increase of price of food and goods required for everyday living reduced the buying power of retirement funds.

Of particular note, prices of food such as egg, dairy and beef have seen sharp declines in recent months.

For the climate - related causes of food shocks, the researchers analyzed rainfall, temperature and — importantly — the international prices of food, including sudden increases in prices.

Since 2000, the average price of food around the world has nearly doubled.

Only challenge was the high price of food but that's what you get at a fancy resort and at least the restaurant offer specials during the week.

Legal for Trade Scales are ideal for precise weighing and pricing of foods in bakeries, delis, and butcher shops.

A week later, Wendy's CEO echoed Andres, saying the widening gap between prices of food at home and food served in restaurants meant companies needed to provide customers with new reasons to eat out.

I am not as concerned with price of food if I know I am feeding quality because I either pay now or pay later in costly medical bills due to an inferior grade of food.

One aspect of the system Altierre points out is that it can be used to change prices of food items throughout the day to match demographics of shoppers.

Excluding energy, prices rose 1.0 %, while prices of food, alcohol and tobacco increased 1.7 % and prices of services were 1.1 % higher.

The chart above shows the extreme rise in prices of food imported into the U.S. from other countries in March, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning.

With the coupons she had, the price was too good to pass up trying a small bag, plus I was pleased to see that the actual price of the food was comparable to others I had been looking at.

The World Bank has stated that global prices of food remained high, even though its Food Price Index maintained the same rates between July and September...

The findings suggest that price of food alone can impact our perceptions of what is healthy and even what health issues we should be concerned about,» said Rebecca Reczek, co-author of the study and professor of marketing at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business.

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted that the retail price of food will increase by 2.5 % to 3.5 %, suggesting that the healthy food predicament will get worse for middle - class Americans.

And don't dare mention the absurdly inflated prices of food.

Using assumptions about future population, economic growth, trading conditions and technological progress, the trade model estimated plausible prices of food commodities on the international market given supply as defined by the production estimates.

While this is clearly dependent on some factors outside the realm of architectonics, such as the market price of food and current state of grow - lighting technology, the physical arrangement of the building can have a profound impact.

Some might recoil at the organic or even farmer's market prices that are often asked for these products, but remember when we buy organic we are paying the grower for the full price of our food.

If people embraced these health issues with as much gusto as the publicity surrounding Professor Noakes we should be able to flex our consumer muscles and make changes to the quality and price of the food in our shops.

Ahead of Easter celebration, prices of some food items like tomatoes, chili pepper, and onions have increased by over 100 per cent in Lagos...

According to Sebastian police, he called numerous pizza restaurants within a three week period between May 30 and June 18 with the purpose «to haggle either over the price of the food or the quality upon delivery.»

Prices of food, alcohol and tobacco, of energy and of non-energy industrial goods all rose at a faster year - on - year pace than in March.

But the price of food and energy — basic essentials, which, due to their volatility, core inflation doesn't take into account — has begun what many see as a slow - but - steady march north.

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 costs.

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.

But that's perfectly fine if you realize — even at the end of the priciest Thanksgiving experience in the world — that sharing the experience with loved ones matters more than the extravagance or the price of the food that rests on top.

Last year, the figure was 333,000, of which 184,000 came from the E.U. Even if you accept, as most do, that immigration has expanded the tax base and kept the price of both food and services down, the influx — for which there is no end in sight — is changing the face of the country too fast for the population to stomach, and the E.U.'s rules on free movement of labor are an easy target.

This is a far cry from the early 19th century when prices reflected mainly the price of food and other basic consumer goods.

But the price of food purchased at restaurants has increased significantly, more than double the general inflation rate.

Core inflation, which excludes the volatile movements in the prices of food and energy, however, remained unchanged at 2.7 percent from the previous month.

Core inflation, which excludes the prices of food, alcohol and tobacco, picked up marginally, rising 1.7 % on the year in July from a 1.6 % gain in June.

Another important, although more temporary influence on inflation recently has been a large rise in the price of food, which was up by 1.8 per cent in the December quarter, and by 3.4 per cent over the year.

The Meccans also payed merchants 10 times the amount of the price of food to make sure that they would not sell food to Muslims so that they would starve.

The advice you give in it is really great, I'm a student so I was originally daunted by the price of some foods, but generally the expensive stuff is used in small doses so I've been managing fine and after all, I'd rather put more of my budget into eating healthier and make some changes in my spending elsewhere.

The USDA Economic Research Service found that although unemployment declined in 2012 and 2013, inflation and the price of food continued to increase.

We all know the price of food has precious little to do with what farmers are paid, but if sufficient quantity and moderate price can't be achieved with our current organic practices, what must we learn and adopt to make it happen?

Do the prices of food things fluctuate that much over there?

fair trade will benefit the farmers» earnings, but commodification of quinoa still raises the price of this food and makes it unaccessible to those who really need the nutritional benefits (not to forget that the food people eat is intrinsic to our cultures).

According to the Associated Press, the tax in Mexico adds 5 percent to the price of food with more than 275 calories per 100 grams and one peso to the cost of a liter of sweet beverages.

Also, negative externalities caused by conventional farming are not accounted for in the price of food.

The media has a lot of influence over consumers, and with consumers becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of eating healthy wholesome foods, it's no surprise that supermarkets take advantage of this by drastically increasing the price of these foods!

As the price of food goes higher and higher and we worry more and more about where our food comes from, organic vs. conventional (pesticide - laden), genetically - modified organisms, carbon emissions and climate change, it makes sense to me to try to grow some of our own food.

The price of food continues to rise and even the dirt to make the cookies, which comes from the country's central plateau, has gone up in cost.

That's because most districts do have to spend more to pay for healthier food, since fresher, whole foods generally cost more than highly processed food, whether due to the price of the food itself or the increased labor costs associated with its preparation.

Some pupils at Chicago's Drake Elementary feared that a Bush election would cause the price of food to increase and even wreak havoc with their school lunches.