Sentences with phrase «say rising food prices»

When talking about feeding our families and the challenges we face, 57 % of us say rising food prices and 47 % of us saying staying on a budget.

Two in three Canadians (63 %) said rising food prices hadn't been receiving enough attention from Canada's elected leaders, and 53 % said the issue was «one of the most important» facing the country today.

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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.

«Prices for foods, feeds, and beverages rose 3.7 percent in March, the largest monthly gain for the index since a 4.3 - percent increase in March 2011,» said the BLS in a press release.

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.

The Agriculture Department says the rise in food prices this year won't be as high as earlier forecasts.

UBS analyst Ben Gilbert said retailers were responding to the shrinking pool of supplier funds by using fresh rather than packaged food and groceries to lure shoppers, improving their private label offers and using price «creep» (price rises that are not passed on to suppliers) to boost margins.

World food prices posted their biggest monthly rise for four years in June, buoyed by a surge in sugar and increases for most other edible commodities, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.

Sfakianakis expects Egypt's food inflation to continue rising in 2011 to reach about 20 percent year - on - year, and said it would be difficult for Egypt to curb prices because globally they are likely to remain high this year.

«With casual dining on the rise, our guests can enjoy quick, healthy and gourmet food options at value - driven prices,» said Beth Scott, vice president, global product development, food & beverage, Hilton Worldwide.

«As the standard of living rises in those countries, our high - quality food exports are in even higher demand, and that puts pressure on prices,» it said.

District officials said they had to increase prices in order to keep pace with rising food and labor costs.

When infant formula prices rise, the cost of a WIC food package increases, fewer people can be served and some people must be removed from the rolls, «so there is real consumer injury, «he said.

«The challenge of feeding growing populations healthily while minimising environmental damage - particularly as food and fuel prices continue to rise - should remind governments that this is not a time to step away from tackling our food system,» he said.

Chairman Malcolm Bruce said: «Recent food price rises have greatly exacerbated the difficulties poor people face in accessing nourishing food.

A Commons committee said on Wednesday 20 million additional tonnes of food was needed to prevent new groups of people falling victim to global food price rises.

, says that the Russian heatwave led to a hoarding of food supplies and price - fixing by speculators, which compounded food shortages and led to global wheat prices rising dramatically.

As fuel prices for imports rise and more and more environmental issues linked to food production come to light, the level of interest in aquaponics is «increasing astronomically,» Rakocy says.

These people might be well - off, but they said food and energy prices have risen distinctly, and «core» inflation does not reflect their situation.

Gawain Kripke, policy director for Oxfam America, said, «The record rise in food prices is a grave reminder that until we act on the underlying causes of hunger and climate change, we will find ourselves perpetually on the knife's edge of disaster.»

«The record rise in food prices is a grave reminder that until we act on the underlying causes of hunger and climate change, we will find ourselves perpetually on the knife's edge of disaster,» said Gawain Kripke, policy director for the organization.

Climate change and global warming are and will continue to be a «significant obstacle» to efforts to eradicate poverty, the report says, citing climate - related impacts on people including drought, flooding, failed crops and rising food prices.

Oxfam says «Despite prices rising since 2001, many small - scale coffee farmers and their families still can not earn a decent income, not to mention afford basic expenses such as food, healthcare and education.»

Fears that the rising demand for biofuels is contributing to a global surge in food prices are founded, but such pitfalls can be avoided if top energy consumers invest in efficient crops grown in tropical nations, promote research and encourage the biofuel trade, said Corrado Clini, chairman of the GBEP.

Clini said that food prices are rising in part due to unfavorable climate conditions, an increasing population and a growing demand for meat and animal feed.

Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the so - called core consumer price index rose 0.2 percent, the same as in the previous two months, the Labor Department says Tuesday.

A lackluster economic recovery in conjunction with falling home values and rising gas and food prices is only accelerating the online buying trend, says Peter Muoio, senior principal of New York - based Maximus Advisors.