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FMI’s new Power of Foodservice at Retail 2026 report has the numbers every supermarket retailer needs to know.

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We spent two years arguing about the price of eggs and beef. What no one is talking about is the price of water!

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For the first time, a state government wants to show, right on the package, that a food isn’t ultra-processed.

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This fall the price cut has become the grocery industry’s favorite announcement.

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Nobody wakes up during Thanksgiving week thinking, “I have to run to go buy a turkey” because it’s always been there.

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A CEO who sells supplements for a living stood in front of 3,000 people in Las Vegas and told them his products can’t replace dinner or a good night’s sleep.

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Jason Buechel, who runs Amazon grocery and also serves as Whole Foods Market’s CEO, wrote that the company looked at where it could make “a meaningful difference in employees’ everyday lives” and landed on groceries because of how often people shop

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Two announcements this week that might not look connected, but they are when you look at them side by side.

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What the September 29 import restrictions on Canadian dairy and alcohol mean for shelf sets, sourcing, and shopper trust

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Shrimp Tariffs Are Hitting the Seafood Aisle. Here’s the Smarter Playbook for Retailers

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Aramark Collegiate Hospitality just rolled out its 2026-2027 menu, and the headline isn’t the food, it’s the timeline

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Late Breaking: Trump Steaks Failed. His 90-Day Beef Plan Might Take Ranchers Down The Same Path

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The Super El Niño Is Coming. Here's Where it Lands at the Grocery Checkout

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On Monday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood up in Washington and announced two things he’s calling among the most consequential food policy moves in a generation.

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Today shoppers may not know the exact number of ounces that used to be in a bag of coffee, a box of cereal, or sheets in a package of paper towels but they know something is different

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The Hunger Math Washington Must Do

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For decades, the guidance on coffee has zig-zagged from being good for you, to almost having a warning label.

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Screwworm showed up on Texas farms and in southeastern New Mexico in June, first U.S. detections since 2017

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The “Whopper Guarantee “Building Trust or Just Hype?

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Section 122's flat 10% global tariff expired by statute at 12:01am today. What's replacing it: new Section 301 forced-labor tariffs of at least 10% on more than 80 countries

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Skeletons in swim trunks. Candy corn next to sunscreen. Welcome to Summerween.

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Tuesday’s CPI print, a fresh read on restaurant menus, a stressed growing season, and a war that refuses to stay resolved — put them side by side and they tell the same story.

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Until this week, the cyclospora outbreak sickening thousands nationwide had no named source just a tentative pattern pointing at lettuce and salad greens.

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PBS NEWS HOUR Inflation eased in June, but Americans still feel pressure from high prices

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