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News Articles: groceries

Cargill Kitchen Solutions is recalling several brands of liquid egg products that it says may have been distributed nationwide.

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  • National

Popular brands of liquid eggs are recalled over bleach contamination concerns

Over 200,000 pounds of Egg Beaters and Bob Evans products were recalled over potential cleaning solution contamination. The USDA says that health risks are low, but consumers should still steer clear.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Close up of the "best by" date on a carton of eggs

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  • Food

Best by, use by, sell by? How confusion around grocery labels contributes to food waste

Around 30% of all food produced in the U.S. goes to waste. A new joint strategy from the USDA and the FDA is attempting to cut that number in half.

March 03, 2025
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  • Chase McGee
An employee arranges a digital price tag for vegetables at the Whole Foods store in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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  • Business

A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels

With electronic shelf labels, prices can change up to six times a minute. Grocers including Walmart, Whole Foods and Schnucks are adopting them.


June 19, 2024
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By:
  • Lola Murti
Lay's potato chips are on sale at a California grocery store in February 2023.

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  • Economy

The State of 'Shrinkflation': Why Biden called out skimpy bags of potato chips

The term is relatively new, but companies have long hidden price hikes in plain sight by changing package sizing. Now the debate is getting political.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
The pantry for shelf stable food in the Ballard Hudson Middle School Helping Hands Ending Hunger program.

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  • Food

In Bibb County, there's a pilot program of students feeding students. It's looking like a success

Bibb County Schools are seeing success in a monthslong pilot of a program aimed at empowering students to help steer food to their hungry classmates.

April 24, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Your Money

These 7 charts show how life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) in 2022

Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!)

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith,
  • Alina Selyukh,
  • and 1 more
PBS NewsHour How high could gas prices go as sanctions ratchet up on Russia?

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Inflation at the ballot box and ballot questions explained

Friday on Political Rewind: With gas prices and grocery bills higher than average, voters say inflation is a top concern.

Our special Friday panel answers your questions: Why is inflation happening? Will there be a recession? And can elected leaders do anything about it?

 

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Chase McGee ,
  • and 1 more
The SolDias ice cream stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area noticed some customers were downsizing their orders this summer. The chain is exploring ways to cut costs to keep prices in reach.

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  • Economy

These are some of the ways inflation is changing Americans' spending habits

From Walmart to the neighborhood supermarket, retailers across the country are having to adjust as Americans watch their pennies in the face of high inflation.

August 21, 2022
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  • Scott Horsley
A customer shops at a grocery store in San Rafael, Calif., on June 8. Inflation has surged to its highest rate in nearly 40 years, and Americans are having to adjust some of their spending patterns.

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  • Economy

Inflation soars to an over 40-year high. These are the ways Americans are coping

Consumers are watching their pennies at the gas station and grocery store as consumer prices surged 8.6% in May, pushing the annual inflation rate to its highest in over 40 years.

June 11, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Used cars sit on the sales lot at Frank Bent's Wholesale Motors in El Cerrito, Calif., on March 15. Supply chain snarls and pent-up demand are driving up the prices of a lot of things, including new and used cars.

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  • Economy

Inflation Is Surging. The Price Of A Toyota Pickup Truck Helps Explain Why

The Labor Department says consumer prices jumped 5% for the 12 months ending in May. That's the sharpest increase in nearly 13 years, as the economy rebounds from the pandemic recession.

June 11, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Horsley

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