Greed, lack of competition hurt consumers; Food prices are unlikely to...

The Mercury (South Africa);  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......among the reasons food prices are sticky at...Marketing Council, food inflation peaked at 17...highest rate of food inflation since January...quick to hike food prices as soon as the...prices. He said food inflation was peaking at...agricultural ...

Economists: Rising food prices will pressure CPI

New Straits Times;  April 23, 2008 ;     472 words ......Economists: Rising food prices will pressure CPI...News ESCALATING food prices will continue to...festive season but food prices were still high...described accelerating food prices as an ongoing concern...their income on food, the sustained rise in food ...

Britain is in thrall to rising world food prices; in association with...

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  May 22, 2008 ;     339 words ......NEW York, they know about food inflation - you can now buy a hamburger...20 to 25 a month. Our own food inflation may not be so bad, but it...exposed to rising world food prices than other developed nations...counteract the effects of food inflation. At least it would ...

Food inflation not 'temporary"

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  August 21, 2008 ;     545 words ......grocery counter. Food inflation is to stay - and...actually increase. "Food prices tend to go up pretty...which tracks retail food prices on a quarterly basis...this year as world food prices peaked. In the U.S., retail food prices have jumped on ...

Food inflation `to continue'

New Straits Times;  May 15, 2008 ;     476 words ......Straits Times 05-15-2008 Food inflation `to continue' Byline...Section KUALA LUMPUR: Food inflation in Malaysia, mostly led by rising global food prices, will continue to affect...Market Analysis at Citi. "Food prices might stay at...case of Malaysia, rising food ...

Food inflation: Commodities slump won't mean lower grocery prices

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ......grocery counter. Food inflation is here to stay...actually increase. "Food prices tend to go up pretty...which tracks retail food prices on a quarterly basis...this year as world food prices peaked. In the United States, retail food prices have jumped on ...

World drive for biofuel pushes up food inflation, says S. African official

Xinhua News Agency;  November 13, 2007 ;     263 words ......drive for biofuel pushes up food inflation, says S. African official...biofuel is pushing up world food prices, affecting the poor most...in Cape Town on Tuesday. "Food prices are driven on a global basis...poor to rising inflation and food prices," he said after a ...

Hitting Where It Hurts.(Global Investor)(food inflation)

Newsweek International;  May 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Giving timely food assistance to...inflation is higher food prices, the issue becomes...situation today. Food prices have surged as...the increase in food prices is part of the...current wave of food inflation--but not all of...one country's food hoarding has ...

Food inflation and the consumption patterns of U.S. households

Chicago Fed Letter;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...In July 2008, food prices were 6.0% above...rapid rise in food prices. Increases in food prices have been grabbing...episodes of high food inflation over the past...in every other food category have...more quickly when food prices are increasing...to ...

Look after food prices.(News)

Sunday Tribune (South Africa);  May 11, 2008 ;     174 words ...THE impact of high food prices - globally the price of food almost doubled over three years - is being felt by...meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council on food prices is scheduled for later this month. In South Africa...rise in inflation over the year to March 2008 was food ...

Fast-rising food prices pinch consumers Ethanol production drives corn up,...

Columbia Daily Tribune;  June 11, 2007 ;     513 words ......important staple is actually rising even more: food. In the past year, food prices have increased 3.7 percent and are on track to...just slightly. Although companies up and down the food chain see the increases, they're only beginning...figures, "You gotta eat, you gotta buy." Although food ...

Some hope for shoppers as food inflation starts to slow; The lowest...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 4, 2008 ;     505 words ......street data showed the rocketing rate of food inflation slowed markedly last month. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said food inflation posted its lowest monthly rise for five months...prospect that we may be nearing the peak of food inflation . The measure has more than ...

Farmers stressed, food prices likely to keep on rising.(News)

The Mercury (South Africa);  May 6, 2008 ;     408 words ......Comins PEOPLE already hard hit by high food prices will have to pay even more to put...Efficient Group economist Dawie Roodt said food prices were expected to continue increasing...next few months before the rate of food inflation, which had increased 15.3% year on...inflation ...

Is slowdown in food inflation just a blip? Food inflation in March was...

Grocer;  April 19, 2008 ;     545 words ......true. Despite evidence that food prices stopped rising in March for...the fastest rise in cost of food for 17 years . But the rising...to recent scare stories, food inflation is not at a historical high...increase with 27.9% of all food sales supported by promotions...factor behind ...

Food prices appear likely to cause more pain this year

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ......WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 02-24-2008 Food prices appear likely to cause more pain this year -- Energy...SECTION / BUSINESS Edtion: All Editions Predicting food prices used to be simple. If the weather was good, you could...world contributed to last year's sharp run-up in food ...