Taco Bell is launching its new value menu, which offers 10 items for $3 or less and a new, vegetarian “Build-Your-Own-Cravings-Box”. The fast food chain is set to launch the new Cravings Value Menu on Thursday, Jan. 11, the company said in a news release. It will feature six new items and four classics. The value menu prices vary from $1.19 to $2.99 and feature a variety of options for meat eaters and vegetarians alike, like the Cheesy Bean & […]

The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly modifications in the global price ranges of usually traded foods commodities, dipped by 1.9% in December from a thirty day period before, the Rome-centered business stated Friday. For the full year, it averaged 143.7 details, a lot more than 14% over the 2021 common, which also observed substantial increases. The December drop was led by a fall in the cost of vegetable oils amid shrinking import demand, anticipations of enhanced soy oil […]

A measure of world meals commodity expenditures remained mostly unchanged in November in spite of more robust costs for vegetable oils and sugar. Planet price ranges for grains, meat and dairy costs all eased through the month, according to the UN Meals and Agriculture Organization’s Food Cost Index. The index averaged 135.7 factors for the duration of November, just a little bit down below the Oct stage and only .3 points over the stage a calendar year in the past. The […]

Fast Food Prices Increased A Lot This YearJordan Siemens – Getty Images Fast food has long been known as a dining option that’s quick, convenient, and budget-friendly. But lately, that budget-friendly part is becoming less and less true thanks in part to inflation. As fast food prices have reportedly increased across the board, some chains have imposed even higher price hikes than others. Pricelisto, a website that provides “the most accurate and up-to-date menu prices,” recently unveiled new data analysis […]

FAO Food items Selling price Index is now only .3 percent higher than a 12 months previously 02/12/2022 Rome – The measure of improvements in entire world meals commodity costs remained mostly continuous in November, with declining global price ranges of cereals, meat and dairy items offsetting escalating quotations for vegetable oils and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday.The FAO Food items Price Index, which tracks regular adjustments in the intercontinental charges of […]

Editor’s note: Please visit our revised Ukraine hub to read the best of our coverage of the war Six months after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, an inflationary shock is still ripping through boardrooms, finance ministries and households. But in one crucial area, prices have come back to Earth. The cost of grains, cereals and oils, staples of diets around the world, has returned to levels last seen before the war began. Listen to this story.Enjoy more audio and podcasts […]

(NEXSTAR) — While the U.S. has seen some relief at the gas pumps, and signs show the prices of goods for consumers could soon decline, there are a few grocery items that could be putting extra pressure on your wallet. The latest data from the Labor Department, released Wednesday, show inflation is still a growing problem in the U.S. with consumer prices rising 8.3% over the last year and 0.1% from July. Apart from declining prices at the gas pumps, […]

UN trade chief Rebeca Grynspan reported that food prices had steadily gone down and exports from Ukraine and Russia had increased since a July 22 grain deal, “easing the pain … for 1.6 billion people in the world that have been facing a cost-of-living rise, especially because of the increase in food prices.” The Black Sea Grain Initiative aims to improve global food supply and calm markets. So far 2.7 million metric tons of grains & foodstuffs have been exported […]

And they did. In March, the FAO Food Price Index from the United Nations jumped to its highest level since it was created in 1990, feeding fears that a global food crisis was rapidly taking shape. Yet in the months to follow, wheat prices — along with the price of other agricultural products — dropped. The FAO Food Price Index has declined for three consecutive months. Is the threat of famine, protests and distress from higher food prices behind us? […]

Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re looking at Ukraine’s grain exports and global food prices, Indonesian President Joko Widodo in China, Tunisia’s constitutional referendum, and the world this week. If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here. Last Friday, Ukraine and Russia signed an agreement to free up Ukraine’s grain for export. In theory, the deal would allow for Ukraine to sell the grain it has kept in storage since its […]