food prices
What shopping costs
Food prices refers to the cost of groceries and other edibles, typically discussed in aggregate when tracking economic trends or household budgets.
The phrase appears constantly in news about inflation, agriculture, and cost of living: Food prices have risen sharply this year.
Unlike most commodity prices, food prices affect everyone directly and immediately.
- crop yieldsFarm production quantity
- supply and demandPrice-determining economic forces
- inflationSustained price level increase
- sticker priceManufacturer's suggested retail amount
- affordabilityState of being purchasable
dollar menu · subsidies · expenses · poverty rates · climate change · trade agreements · sticker shock · grocery bill · global supply chains · tariffs · cost of living · bread and butter · famine · farmer's market · price gouging · agricultural subsidies · market speculation · shipping costs
- living costsprice index, consumer price index, utility bills, healthcare costs, monthly expenses
- Price Dataprice index, CPI, price swings, price drops, price spikes
- Cost of Livingrent, utilities, groceries, housing, healthcare
- Droughtwater shortage, dry spell, dry spells, no rain, low rainfall
- farm economicsfarm economy, farm income, farm loans, farm credit, farm management
- farm problemssoil erosion, soil depletion, water pollution, fertilizer runoff, overgrazing
food priceshousing costs
Money spent on shelter
rent · utilities · healthcare costs · transportation costs · fuel prices
food pricesfree food
Meal at no charge
food donations · food banks · food stamps · soup kitchens · food assistance