Food Prices

In an attempt to better understand Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s acquisition of Whole Foods Market, analysts at Loop Capital Markets felt it necessary to conduct "before and after Amazon Monday" first-hand checks to better understand Amazon's price cuts. The prices of a basket...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) acquisition of Whole Foods Market is now officially complete, which means many investors are pondering what's next for the online giant that now boasts a physical retail space. Unfortunately, the answer is Amazon likely doesn't have any large-scale...

Consumers walking into a Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) store will begin to see quite a few changes, as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s ownership of the grocery store was completed Monday. Many everyday food items are now selling at cheaper price points, CNBC reported. For example,...

Hormel Foods Corp (NYSE: HRL), a producer of meat and other food products, lost the support of at least Wall Street analyst after the company's second-quarter earnings report fell short of expectations. Credit Suisse's Robert Moskow downgraded Hormel's stock rating from Outperform to Neutral with a...

Grocers have been plagued by food price deflation these days, with all and sundry in the industry warning of hits to their top lines. Of particular note, prices of food such as egg, dairy and beef have seen sharp declines in recent months. The Labor Department's consumer price inflation report...

Have you noticed that your trip to the grocery store is leaving you with a few extra dollars in your pocket? According to a Bloomberg report, food prices have now fallen for nine straight months in the US, marking the longest streak since the 1960s with the exception of the 2009 financial...

Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) reported on Friday its second-quarter results in which revenue fell short of expectations and management revised its full-year earnings guidance lower. For investors, this could be a concerning sign, but for consumers, Kroger's revenue shortfall is a good sign. As noted by CNN...

U.S. stocks rose as investors found that the positives in the U.S. services sector outweighed concerns over an escalating conflict in Ukraine. The Institute for Supply Management said that its service-sector index rose to 55.2. Any reading above 50.0 indicates an expansion. Also, the index...

The headlines have been scary, especially for the carnivores among us -- beef prices are at their highest level in decades and the overall U.S. cattle herd at its smallest since 1951. But industry experts say there's more to those numbers than meets the media's eye. Lance Zimmerman, an analyst...