8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1176+ words) Utah’s grocery industry is in good shape, with a strong independent retail sector and rapid population growth working in its favor, though affordability remains top of mind, according to Dave Davis, president and chief legal officer of the Utah Food…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (242+ words) Washington is targeting the wrong culprit in its response to rising grocery prices, according to a new study from the Pacific Research Institute released Aug. 3. While the Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into fertilizer manufacturers, the study by…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (461+ words) Food-at-home prices decreased 0.1 percent in July and are up 2.7 percent over the last 12 months, a 12-month rate unchanged from June, according to Consumer Price Index data released Aug. 12 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. FMI – The Food Industry Association said…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (314+ words) Money-saving behaviors among men have climbed sharply over the past six months, part of a broader shift in how consumers pursue value as household budgets stay under pressure, according to new findings from Alter Agents and its ongoing Consumer Sentiment…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (309+ words) A typical grocery stock-up trip now costs more than $366, roughly 27 percent above a comparable 2020 basket, according to the inaugural Acosta Group Affordability Tracker released July 23. The finding retailers may care about most: the value-oriented behaviors shoppers adopted during the inflation…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (741+ words) Fifty-five percent of U.S. consumers are buying less beef or have stopped entirely amid rising prices, the New World screwworm outbreak and global trade disruptions, according to the 2026 Consumer Grocery and Protein Trends survey released July 21 by Blue Yonder. At the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (154+ words) The U.S. grocery slowdown has entered a new phase of falling unit sales as stretched consumers pull back and purchase fewer items, according to a new analysis from Bain & Company and NielsenIQ. The consumer shift has turned grocery retailing into a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (409+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, alongside the attorneys general of 17 states, has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against some of the nation’s largest egg producers for illegally coordinating to manipulate wholesale egg prices. According to the complaint, the defendants…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (292+ words) A new survey from Relex Solutions finds that 61 percent of consumers have changed how much food they purchase due to higher grocery prices, with shoppers making deliberate tradeoffs across categories. The Relex State of Supply Chain Consumer Pulse survey of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (404+ words) A new Purdue University study finds that North American trade has helped lower U.S. food prices and could play a key role in keeping grocery affordability in check ahead of the upcoming review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), established in…...