Food Trade News & Food World

The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) is going strong as we head into mid-July, rising around 1.23% over the last five sessions to 7,575.39. Year-to-date, the benchmark index is up roughly 10.7%. Optimism abounds on Wall Street, with hope for the upcoming Q2 earnings cycle and a cooling inflation narrative that suggests the Federal Reserve may have a clearer path toward the easing i...

If you’ve walked through a supermarket lately, you may have noticed that some grocery categories look very different than they did just a few years ago. New protein products seem to appear every week. Functional beverages are taking over more shelf space. Fresh prepared meals continue expanding, while private-label products have become more sophisticated than ever.

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Even as inflation cools (a little bit, on paper) affordability remains the defining issue shaping – and staring down – grocery retail right now. 

Consumers are making increasingly nuanced yet surprisingly liberated decisions about where to save, where to splurge, and which retailers earn their loyalty. In this edition, Greg Madison explores why shoppers con...

We get it: grocery prices are stubbornly high. Nevertheless, Method1 is reporting that Americans shelled out more than $100 billion for indulgent “treats” last year – and depending on how you define that word, the number might actually top $200 billion.

So why, if 2% milk is pacing regular unleaded in the price stakes, are shoppers so willing to spend $9 on a pint of p...

Not long ago, I shared a not-quite-horror story about an underwhelming grocery store five minutes from my home. It’s one I have to visit on time-crunched errands  – it’s definitely not a place I want to be. I won’t name and shame, but “perks” include broken down, clattering carts, patchy, occasionally baffling availability of staples, chronic understaffing,...