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A public relations move by Loblaw Companies is just the latest in a long line of big business antics stretching back to pre-Confederation fur trade in Canada.
What’s really causing food prices to rise?
Inflation is driving up food prices and could have a severe impact on the health of Canadians. When the cost of food increases, it restricts the availability of nutritious foods for low-income people.
The key to reducing green hydrogen costs in the future lies mainly in technological improvements.
Rising inflation rates due to supply-side factors – COVID-19, Ukraine and supply chain shortages – make countering inflation difficult for the central bank.
Russia is attempting to win back friends by opening up its Black Sea blockade to allow grain out.
Pakistan’s economic crisis shows no sign of coming to an end.
We are at a dangerous tipping point in ‘inflationary psychology’, says the central bank for the world’s central banks.
The global food system lacks resilience because it is too focused on keeping down costs.
An economist explains why imposing price caps to ensure shoppers can still afford to feed their families healthy food will only make things worse.
High food prices are exposing yet another risk of our hyper-concentrated global food system and strengthening the case for more diversified and decentralized alternatives.
Food prices are not the only issue to worry about as the world starts to feel the economic fallout from the Ukraine war.
It’s surprisingly difficult for most to make a profit.
Plus reports grow of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians being relocated to Russia.
The election of independent parliamentarians in Lebanon is a move away from sectarian politics, say experts.
Rising food prices are not an easy fix and we shouldn’t be pretending otherwise.
With a monthly minimum wage of 30,000 Naira (US$72), the average Nigerian worker is groaning under the weight of the rising cost of living.
In the face of rising food prices in Nigeria, many salary earners have had to change the quality of foodstuff they buy or opt for cheaper alternatives.
The sneaky strategy of reducing pack sizes shows the strength of consumers’ cognitive bias towards focusing on price, no matter what.
Top contributors
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Omar H. Fares is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer in the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Accounting, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Economics and Lead Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, UJ, University of Johannesburg
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Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
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Professor of Food Policy, City, University of London
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, Covenant University
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McCain Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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PhD Student, Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Population Health and Nutrition, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
