The September jobs report, delayed due to the government shutdown, showed the food services sector added more than 36,000 jobs for the month, more than any sector besides health care.

Demand for sour flavors — in everything from cocktails to candy — is on the rise.

The world needs to eat less meat, but can we stomach the alternatives?

Restaurants and snack companies are moving towards high-protein foods and smaller portions.

Restaurants can be economic indicators.

The pawpaw fruit is native to North America — but hard to get your hands on. Researchers and farmers weigh in on what the future of pawpaws might look like.

Energy and food are vital to the U.S. economy -- but they also complicate headline inflation numbers.

Kraft Heinz just announced plans to invest $3 billion in its U.S. plants. But companies that make clothes and toys, which have low margins and are difficult to produce with robots, will have a harder time relocating.

As in many marketplaces, getting a great deal at a farmers market is often the fruit of forming relationships with the vendors.

Restaurants across the U.S. have the same problems, says Alexis Percival. “There’s been a bit of a reckoning” about how hard the work is.