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Groceries
Low inflation doesn't relieve pain of high prices
Feb 15, 2024
Consumers' inflation expectations are falling. But they say the high prices imposed by inflation are still eroding living standards.
The little black lines that could: The barcode and its staying power
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Sarah Leeson
Jan 23, 2024
"Part of the reason they've succeeded this long is that they work fine," says Jordan Frith, a Clemson professor and author of "Barcode."
Why are bagels sold at the grocery store only partially sliced?
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Janet Nguyen
Jan 12, 2024
It keeps the bagel intact and ensures that it stays fresh.
Grocery prices rose 1.3% in the past year. How are shoppers feeling it?
Jan 11, 2024
Here's how some families are trying to economize when it comes to the food they buy to make at home.
Here is how much more everything costs since the pandemic began
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Janet Nguyen
Oct 20, 2023
In 2022, inflation reached its highest level since 1981.
Members-only retailers are a status symbol in China
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Jennifer Pak
Sep 18, 2023
While regular supermarkets are struggling in China, aspirational consumers keep Sam’s Club, Costco and its Chinese competitor Freshippo X expanding.
Why do some states still have a grocery tax?
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Jordan Mangi
Sep 6, 2023
The poorest Americans spend the largest share of their paychecks on food at home.
For public good, not for profit.
Why the market for expensive pasta sauce is expected to grow
Aug 8, 2023
The Campbell Soup Company is acquiring Sovos Brands, maker of Rao’s pasta sauce. It’s pricey, but with the economic future iffy, more people may decide to trade eating out for buying premium ingredients at home.
Rising restaurant prices aren't stopping Americans from "revenge dining"
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Henry Epp
Apr 18, 2023
And grocery prices are fallling.
Are marshmallows candy? It's a sticky question for state sales taxes
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Matt Levin
Nov 22, 2022
Most states don't tax groceries. But the treat used in candied yams and s'mores tests the definition.