Food ingredient costs soar
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Business & money: Superstore groups prepare to stomach higher prices because of far east demand and biofuel incentives.
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The agricultural firm's sales soar, but costs catapult.
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Wholesale inflation rose last month at the fastest pace in more than 14 years, largely because of steep jumps in energy and food costs, the government reported yesterday, raising concerns
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European inflation is confirmed at a six year high on high food prices.
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Tasty results for the burger specialist lead to new highs for its stock.
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Confectionery and soft drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes has said it would incur costs totalling about 30 million pounds after being hit by a recent salmonella food scare.
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Cheese sandwiches and pizzas may no longer be a cheap snack. A combination of freakish weather and runaway global demand for milk is sending the price of cheese soaring.
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The US trade deficit ballooned to a record high of $617.7 billion last year, pushed by soaring oil prices and Americans' insatiable appetite for everything foreign, from cars to toys and food.
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Consumer inflation surged by the largest amount in more than two years in November, led by gasoline prices. The cost of clothing, airline tickets and prescription drugs also jumped.
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Kitchen equipment group Aga sees growing overseas demand for its cookers lift half-year profits to a record.
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Cadbury Schweppes raises the estimated cost of a salmonella outbreak at one of its UK plants to Â£30m.
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Costs have increased steadily in recent years, causing some to wonder about quality.
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Commodities rise to record levels on demand, dollar depreciation.
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Wholesale costs -- catapulted by more expensive energy and food -- soared last month by the largest amount in more than 14 years. With inflation at the producer level accelerating sharply after months of being
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Consumers are set to face a jump in meat prices as farmers pass on the cost of surging feed prices, a report warns.
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The global food business is gargantuan and growing fast.
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US 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.