Food prices

Thai rice prices surge on major orders from China and Singapore

Thai Rice Mills Association president Banjong Tangjitwattanakul said domestic paddy prices have continued to climb despite the peak harvest season.

Trump talks up economy in meeting with McDonald’s owners, operators

US President Donald Trump reversed course on Nov 14 when he announced the elimination of duties on more than 200 imported food items.

High hamburger prices? White House blames Biden and migrants

Mr Donald Trump's advisers have been straining to blame the high cost of hamburgers, and anything else, on anyone other than the president.

Trump cuts tariffs on beef, coffee and other foods as inflation concerns mount

The order is part of a major push by Mr Donald Trump to address Americans’ growing concerns about persistently high grocery prices.

Turks drive hours to buy cheese in Greece and escape inflation

A piece of feta cheese being weighted and prepared at the Biologic farm of Giannis Panagiotidis in Stivos, a village near Thessaloniki, Greece.

World food prices fall for second consecutive month in October on ample supplies

A key index that tracks a basket of food items averaged 126.4 points in October from a revised 128.5 in September.

Discount chain Trial Go takes aim at 7-Eleven in Japan with $2.50 tonkatsu

The Fukuoka-based Trial Holdings opened its first Trial Go store in Tokyo.

Trump says ready to maintain US food aid funding despite shutdown

People select groceries at the Community Table food pantry, weeks into the continuing US government shutdown, in Arvada, Colorado, on Oct 22,

Record potato harvest is no boon in fries-mad Belgium

Employees of an agricultural cooperative sort potatoes after harvesting in Geer, eastern Belgium on September 26, 2025. Fries powerhouse Belgium is in for a record potato harvest this year -- but that's hardly cause for celebration for farmers who face a slump in prices partially driven by a crunch in crispy exports. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)

US states warn food aid benefits will halt if federal shutdown drags on

FILE PHOTO: Senior citizens receive a hot meal at the Roosevelt Community Center as food banks across the country, already strained by rising demand, say they will have less food to distribute because of federal funding cuts and pauses by the Trump administration, in Charleston, West Virginia, U.S., March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

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