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“Grocery prices fall for first time in a year”

“Grocery prices fell on the whole in April for the first time in 12 months, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department. Prices for food at home fell 0.2 percent in April, according to the Labor Department’s consumer… Continue Reading…

Economy

“54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their finances”

“Younger Americans are feeling the pinch from inflation, with 54% saying that rising food costs have hit them the hardest. The findings are part of a recent CNBC/Generation Lab survey that polled 1,033 people between the ages of 18 and 34. When asked… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Cuba guarantees food rations in bid to defuse tension after protests”

“Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Thursday his communist-run government has secured supply of key subsidized food rations as he moved to defuse tensions just two weeks after protesters took to the streets over widespread shortages… The shortages, combined with… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“Over 500,000 fast-food workers in California just got a huge raise thanks to a new law—but not everyone is celebrating”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/over-500-000-fast-food-193615296.html There’s no need to quote the article here. Click the link if you wish to read. More importantly businesses are going to layoff employees. Low wadges are better than no wadges. Communism / socialism does not work. Jobs can… Continue Reading…

Economy

Fast-food companies are attracting Less low-income customers

“… Runaway prices at U.S. fast-food joints and restaurants have made people skittish down the income ladder and executives at chains including McDonald’s and Wendy’s recently said they worry about losing business from those on the tightest budgets. Roughly a quarter… Continue Reading…

Economy

[U.S.] “…Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse ‘will spark US food & car supply [chain] issues…’” [Increased Prices]

“THE… bridge collapse in Maryland will result in widespread disruption to trade but Americans are set to avoid a return to the supply chain chaos seen during the Covid-19 crisis, experts have said. Shipping has been suspended at the Port… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“Fast food workers are losing their jobs in California as new minimum wage law takes effect”

“Fast food workers are losing their jobs in California as more restaurant chains prepare to meet a new $20 minimum wage set to go into effect next week. Restaurants making cuts are mostly pizzerias, according to a report published by The Wall… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Cuba asks UN for help as food shortages worsen”

“Cuba’s government has for the first time asked the UN’s food programme for help as food shortages on the Communist-run island worsen. The World Food Programme (WFP) said it had received an unprecedented official request from the Cuban government for… Continue Reading…

Economy

“France’s protesting farmers encircle Paris with tractor barricades, vowing a ‘siege’ over grievances”

“JOSSIGNY, France (AP) — Protesting farmers encircled Paris with traffic-snarling barricades Monday, using hundreds of lumbering tractors and mounds of hay bales to block highways leading to France’s capital to pressure the government over the future of their industry, which has been… Continue Reading…