#Price-of-food

Well, only a little. First, what this dinner is going to cost you: less than last year but more than before the pandemic. And how about some agricultural statistics for turkeys? And some key facts: The rise and fall of turkey production in the U.S.: Since 1960, per capita turkey

Every now and then a headline makes me gasp: Deena Shankar’s article in Bloomberg News begins: It’s been just about a year since the US government slashed additional pandemic-related food-stamp benefits, and some of the companies that make and sell food are seeing that hit their sales. As she

A reader from Phoenix, AZ, Maria Zafonte, sends this from a local Safeway: From her standpoint—and mine—this is a great way to encourage overeating. As she explained, if she bought just one bag of chips, each would cost $5.99. But if she bought four, the unit cost was only $1.97 each. As she

The answer: it depends on how much money you have. USDA’s Economic Research Service has just issued a chart on how much countries throughot the world spend on food on average as a percent of their total expenditures. As a general rule: As incomes rise with economic development and

Thanks to Lisa Young for this:   The average price of a dozen eggs goes up and up.   It now averages $4.25 a dozen, and that’s for the cheapest kinds. The New York Times explains Inflation The war in Ukraine Higher feed costs Higher energy costs (those hens have to be kept warm) Avian