3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (206+ words) By Southeast Produce Council September 10, 2026 | 5 min to read Key findings from the study include:Financial pressure is changing how consumers shop produce Fresh produce continues to generate significant dollar sales, but consumers are making increasingly deliberate decisions about where and…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (412+ words) Recent developments in the Australian and Hong Kong food and retail sectors show diverse strategic responses to market pressures. Wholesaling giant Metcash lifted sales by 2.8 per cent in the first 18 weeks of the financial year, excluding tobacco, but warned investors…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (596+ words) Frozen foods since last year up to June 2026 under the microscope of Iias: the institute has released the final version of its report. And this follows the late-February preview. The distribution, still in terms of quantity, across the various channels…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (923+ words) South Africans are, on average, earning about half of what they must to live an average life. A family of four could face monthly costs of more than R42,000 for a relatively basic basket of food, housing, utilities, transport, education, healthcare,…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (422+ words) SEPTEMBER IS HERE. The rain has returned, the kids are back in school, and Budget 2027 is a month away. Cuts to income tax and childcare costs, as well as an increase in the rent tax credit, have all been floated…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (42+ words) Yahoo Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted prices are too high after Fox News' Brian Kilmeade noted that half of Americans believe the cost of living is too high for them....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (350+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted “prices are too high” after Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade noted that half of Americans believe the cost of living is too high for them. Bessent joined Kilmeade on Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning, where he…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (471+ words) A burrito shouldn’t be able to cause this much drama. Yet here we are, debating the price of lunch, inflation and whether a person has completely lost the plot if they spend $20 on a tortilla full of meat, beans......

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) Stats NZ is collecting data from a grocery comparison app to monitor weekly food prices during the fuel crisis, RNZ can reveal. Grosave is an app that allows users to quickly find the cheapest local supermarket, according to what's on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (285+ words) For an industry where "natural and organic" has long carried a premium-price reputation, the message is deliberate: better-for-you doesn't have to break the basket. And with grocery shoppers still scrutinizing every receipt, that's a positioning worth studying. The lineup is…...