Food prices

US eggs return to Singapore: Will customers shell out up to $14.80 for a dozen?

Contented Hen eggs from the US are now available at more than 50 FairPrice outlets.

World food prices at highest since 2022 as supply risks mount, FAO says

The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in a basket of internationally traded food commodities, averaged 133.3 points in August.

Wars, droughts, trade rows push world food prices to four-year high

Wars in Ukraine and Iran, along with heatwaves across Europe, are pushing grain prices to three-year highs.

Japan households cut spending for eighth month as prices rise

Prices for fresh food rose 7 per cent in July from a year earlier, while processed food cost gains slowed to 3 per cent.

A prawn superpower rises

The humble prawn is big money for Ecuador, which sold more than US$8 billion worth last year, more than India, Vietnam and Indonesia combined.

JB folk feeling the pinch of food prices ‘higher than in KL’

A mixed rice lunch in downtown Johor Bahru with fried chicken, vegetable, an omelette slice and a glass of iced tea would cost RM15 (S$4.72).

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.

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