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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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New YouGov data shows the #1 store for $150K+ households isn't a specialty grocer with a curated produce display — it's Costco.

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Grocers race to feed a shrinking appetite — and the shoppers who fill it faster than food companies can reformulate.

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Washington declined to renew USMCA, and the AFBF's cookout data shows cookies and ice cream rising even as their core ingredients got cheaper.

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"Atlanta proved it can work. Chicago is figuring it out. Now New York City has to execute and the margin for error is zero."

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What Puerto Rico's Grocers Just Taught Me About the Future of Food Retail & What the 2026 BBQ Season Is Really Costing

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NEWS NATION (video) BBQ Prices on the Rise...here's why

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A tick-borne allergy is quietly reshaping who can eat what — and a tighter government standard is forcing the meat case to finally tell the truth about where your food comes from.

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In 2023, they predicted record beef, returning drought, and the labor exodus. The receipts — and retail's unanswered move.

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The Grocery Industry Has Two Problems Right Now. One It Created. One It Didn't.

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THE PRICE TAG IS RIGGED

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Red, White and Revenue

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The Tomato Is Telling You Something. Are You Listening?

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