Food prices

Trump’s 2024 grocery photo op returns to haunt Republicans in the midterms

Donald Trump displayed grocery staples to spotlight inflation under Democrats at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Aug 15, 2024.

World food prices hit 3-year high in July as weather and war weigh: UN agency

Wars and El Nino have created a perfect storm of higher costs and lower crop yields.

World faces fresh food price surge, FAO warns

Combines harvesting wheat in a field in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Aug 3, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

World faces fresh food price surge, UN agency warns

Wars in Iran and Ukraine along with El Nino are creating a perfect storm of higher costs and lower crop yields.

Strong El Nino could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, UN agency warns

A woman fetches drinking water from an unprotected well in drought-stricken Zimbabwe.

Afghan child malnutrition surges as aid cuts force clinics to turn families away, WFP says

Halima, 40, holds her child with a sachet of Plumpy’Nut, while sitting on a bench at the WFP-supported Qasaba Clinic after an increase in malnutrition cases following the return of deported Afghans, in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Japan ruling party leaves decision on sales tax cut proposal to policy chief

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks to cut the consumption tax on food to ease the impact of inflation.

Hawkers, market stallholders welcome rent support, hope for more long-term help

The Government on July 29 announced that hawkers and market stallholders will receive up to $1,200 in rent support.

Starbucks, Chipotle tweak menus and rewards to win over diners

Starbucks said new chicken wraps, blue coconut beverages and its line of iced fruit drinks with customisable levels of caffeine attracted customers.

15,200 hawkers, market stallholders to receive up to $1,200 in rent support from September

Some 6,900 cooked food stalls will each receive $1,200 and about 8,300 market stalls will each receive $600.

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