U.S. Food Prices 2013: Just How Bad is This Bacon Shortage?

Americans, at least the ones who eat meat, love bacon.

In the late 1990s, the average American consumed just under 17 pounds of bacon per...

Buy, Sell or Hold: Soaring Food Prices Signal Sell for Sysco Corp. (NYSE: SYY)

The high cost of food and energy is eating away at companies like Sysco Corp. (NYSE:

United Nations Warns of Food Price Hikes, Painting a Picture Similar to 2008's "Silent Tsunami"

The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) yesterday (Wednesday) warned that food prices could rise through 2011 unless ...

Five Ways to Profit as Coffee Prices Soar

Coffee prices have zoomed over 54% in the last year, including 44% since June alone. Retired hedge-fund manager sees the potential for coffee prices...

Five Ways to Profit as Coffee Prices Soar

If you're anything like me, you can't resist stopping in for a "cup of Joe" every...

With Inflation Accelerating Around the World, Will the United States be Next?

Inflation is now thoroughly entrenched in India's economy, and some analysts fear that the United States could suffer the same fate if adjustments...

How to Profit From the "Fertilizer Wars"



There's nothing like scarcity and supply disruptions to fuel violent price spikes. And there's nothing like the...

“Frankenfoods” Gain Greater Acceptance as Food Prices Skyrocket

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor For more than a decade, European policymakers have spurned genetically modified crops, but these so-called...

Consumer Prices Moderate in April but Soaring Food Prices Steal the Show

By Jason SimpkinsAssociate Editor U.S. consumer prices rose less than forecast in the month of April, assuaging some inflation fears, but food prices...

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