Aggressive market hits Big Food sales
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Takeover target Big Food Group says aggressive competition among food sellers has driven down second-quarter sales by 3.3 percent, sparking fears its suitor might drop its bid price.
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Britain's biggest supermarkets group sends fresh shockwaves through retail sector
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A burst of activity has broken out in 2007, sending prices higher despite sluggish sales in many other cities.
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Hurricane Frances is pushing up commodity prices and weighing on insurance company stocks as it heads for the Florida coast. Orange juice prices hit nine-month highs on the New York Board of Trade on Thursday
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Business as usual leads to unusually high stock gains for investors.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumers battered by a multitude of economic woes came roaring back in November, pushing retail sales up by the largest amount in four months.
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U.S. producer prices shot up 1.7 percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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Supermarket group reports better sales figures than expected but warns of tough year ahead
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Russian inflation hits food purchases hardest.
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Consumers face a jump in meat prices as farmers pass on the cost of surging animal feed prices, a report warns.
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Consumers brushed off rising gasoline prices and slumping home sales to storm the malls in May, pushing retail sales up by the largest amount in 16 months.
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Kroger is a formidable competitor in the supermarket industry, but other players stack up higher.
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Turmoil on the world's financial markets leads to a sharp rise in trading on the London Stock Exchange.
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U.S. producer prices shot up 1.7  percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and  well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food  prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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Soaring energy costs and a surge in food prices contributed to a 1.7 percent rise in U.S. producer prices, the biggest gain in almost 15 years.
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Shares in takeover target National Foods have pushed further ahead on the Australian Stock Exchange. Yesterday, they surged more than 5 per cent higher to $6.25, after Philippine food and drink giant San Miguel
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For years, cheap food and feed were taken for granted in the United States. Now the price of some foods is rising sharply, and a blame alert is under way.