FoodReview: Understanding Food Prices
Rosanna Mentzer Morrison, Economics Editor
FoodReview No. (FR-20-2)
October 1997
About this magazine
Grocery food prices are generally thought to be determined by three factors: prices farmers
receive for their commodities, marketing costs incurred in changing these commodities
into foods and delivering them to consumers, and consumer demand for food. Farm prices
and marketing charges determine how much it costs to produce and market food, and consumer
demand determines what consumers are willing to pay.
In this report ...
Articles are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Frontmatter (Upfront, Contents), 44 kb
- Economic Factors Holding Down Food Price Increases, 91 kb
- Spotlight: Food Price Changes Vary Regionally, 11 kb
- Competing Forces Affect Food Prices for Low-Income Households, 46 kb
- Consumers Pay a Premium for Organic Baby Foods, 73 kb
- Changing Pork Business Affects Pork Prices and Quality, 73 kb
- U.S. Meat Slaughter Consolidating Rapidly, 58 kb
- New Law Paves Way for Expanding Organic Market, 122 kb
- Nutritional Quality of Foods At and Away From Home, 70 kb
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Updated date: October 1997
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