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Food Company Profits Are Making Groceries More Expensive

By Nik Popli

McDonald’s Closes American Offices Amid Expected Layoffs

By Solcyre Burga

U.S. Response to Fruit Flies is Outdated

By Alana Semuels

Pet Food Makers Think Beyond Animal Meat

By Coco Liu / Bloomberg
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Here's Why Groceries Are So Expensive Right Now

Although overall inflation is starting to cool, grocery prices were up 11.8% in December compared with a year earlier.

By Nik Popli and Solcyre Burga

Why M&M’s Dropped Their ‘Woke’ Mascots

The revamped ‘spokescandies’ drew fire from Fox News commentators and even prompted a petition

By Nik Popli

Egg Prices Should Be Investigated for Gouging: Farm Group

Cal-Maine Foods, which controls 20% of the retail egg market, reported quarterly gross profits up more than 600% in December.

By Nik Popli

The Scientist Leading the Push to Bring Lab-Grown Seafood to Your Plate

Shiok Meats' co-founder Sandhya Sriram is on a mission to make seafood more sustainable.

By Amy Gunia/Singapore

The Secret to Collecting Fine Whisky

The global whisky industry was worth $81 billion in 2022

By Charlie Campbell/London

Unilever May Launch Ice Cream From Cow-Free Dairy in a Year

The food giant is planning a dairy ice cream that uses milk that doesn’t come from a cow.

By Dasha Afanasieva / Bloomberg

Why Thanksgiving Dinner Will Cost More This Year

The average American's Thanksgiving dinner is likely to increase by about 20%, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual survey—by far the biggest jump recorded in the 37-year history of the report.

By Solcyre Burga

Sysco's CEO Thinks U.S. Food Prices Will Stop Soaring Soon

Kevin Hourican, CEO of the food-distribution giant, spoke to TIME about supply-chain crisis aftershocks and more

By Joann S. Lublin

A Beer Shortage Is Brewing. Blame a Volcano

Food and beverage companies have been scrambling to find suppliers of carbon dioxide

By Nik Popli

Here's What Vietnam Has to Do With the Cost of Your Coffee

If you're a coffee drinker, get set for price pain

By Mai Ngoc Chau/Bloomberg

Lettuce Shortage Forces KFC to Use Cabbage

Australia's lettuce shortage has led to soaring prices and spurred fast food giant KFC to put cabbage in its burgers

By Sybilla Gross / Bloomberg

Starbucks, McDonald's Exit Russia as Ukraine War Rages On

While Starbucks is shuttering its stores completely, McDonald's is selling its Russian business

By Eloise Barry

Why It's So Hard to Find Baby Formula in the U.S. Right Now

A nationwide shortage has left parents scouring social media or crossing states to get hold of baby formula.

By Eloise Barry

Shoppers Scramble as Ukraine War Hikes Global Food Prices

Shockwaves in global crop markets from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are spreading to store shelves around the world

By Taylan Bilgic, Megan Durisin, Salma El Wardany and Eko Listiyorini / Bloomberg

How the Ukraine-Russia Conflict Will Raise the Price of Snack Foods

To keep Martin’s Snacks' 80,000-square-foot south-central Pennsylvania factory humming throughout COVID-19, CEO Butch Potter has had to shell out 20% more for potatoes than he did pre-pandemic. His packaging film expenses have increased 35%. Box...

By Abby Vesoulis

The War In Ukraine Is Going to Increase Your Grocery Bill

Russia’s attack on Ukraine threatens key shipments of some of the world’s staple crops

By Elizabeth Elkin and Allison Nicole Smith / Bloomberg
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