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  • Farmers’ share of retail prices typically is smaller for more processed products
    7/10/2023
    Farmers’ share of retail prices typically is smaller for more processed products
  • Trends in weekly food-at-home sales by value and quantity began to diverge in early 2022
    7/10/2023
    Trends in weekly food-at-home sales by value and quantity began to diverge in early 2022
  • Food-at-home costs are distributed among industries along the food supply chain
    7/10/2023
    Food-at-home costs are distributed among industries along the food supply chain
  • Prices grew for all food-at-home categories, 2020–22
    7/10/2023
    Prices grew for all food-at-home categories, 2020–22
  • Cost of a home-grilled cheeseburger up 10 cents from 2022
    6/27/2023
    Cost of a home-grilled cheeseburger up 10 cents from 2022
  • Consumer spending increased on delivery via third-party apps and on carryout via restaurant apps during pandemic
    6/13/2023
    Consumer spending increased on delivery via third-party apps and on carryout via restaurant apps during pandemic
  • Foods with “natural” labels accounted for 16 percent of U.S. consumer food spending in 2018
    6/5/2023
    Foods with “natural” labels accounted for 16 percent of U.S. consumer food spending in 2018
  • Farmers received larger slice of retail Cheddar cheese price in 2022
    6/1/2023
    Farmers received larger slice of retail Cheddar cheese price in 2022
  • Food spending in Washington, DC, differs from 50-State averages
    5/24/2023
    Food spending in Washington, DC, differs from 50-State averages
  • Food spending decreased unevenly across States in 2020
    5/17/2023
    Food spending decreased unevenly across States in 2020
  • Meat processing and dairy product manufacturing are largest components of food sector sales
    4/26/2023
    Meat processing and dairy product manufacturing are largest components of food sector sales
  • Share of limited-service restaurants in rural counties doubled from 1990 to 2019
    4/24/2023
    Share of limited-service restaurants in rural counties doubled from 1990 to 2019
  • Most nonmetro counties had fewer than 5 restaurant options per 1,000 people in 2019
    4/18/2023
    Most nonmetro counties had fewer than 5 restaurant options per 1,000 people in 2019
  • Share of online organic food sales tripled in recent years
    3/30/2023
    Share of online organic food sales tripled in recent years
  • Food retail concentration increases as geographic area shrinks
    3/21/2023
    Food retail concentration increases as geographic area shrinks
  • Meat and poultry plants employed nearly 31 percent of U.S. food and beverage manufacturing workers in 2021
    3/13/2023
    Meat and poultry plants employed nearly 31 percent of U.S. food and beverage manufacturing workers in 2021
  • Components of food and beverage manufacturing: Sales, value of shipments, or revenue by industry, 2021
    3/13/2023
    Components of food and beverage manufacturing: Sales, value of shipments, or revenue by industry, 2021
  • Components of food and beverage manufacturing: Value added by industry, 2021
    3/13/2023
    Components of food and beverage manufacturing: Value added by industry, 2021
  • Food and beverage manufacturing: Employees by industry, 2021
    3/13/2023
    Food and beverage manufacturing: Employees by industry, 2021
  • Food-away-from-home spending varied among outlets during first year of pandemic
    2/28/2023
    Food-away-from-home spending varied among outlets during first year of pandemic
  • ERS’ Food Price Outlook forecasts enhanced with midpoints and prediction intervals
    2/23/2023
    ERS’ Food Price Outlook forecasts enhanced with midpoints and prediction intervals
  • Inflation of wheat-based product prices outpaced overall food price inflation in 2022
    2/15/2023
    Inflation of wheat-based product prices outpaced overall food price inflation in 2022
  • Food dollar’s property income share remained at historic high in 2021
    2/2/2023
    Food dollar’s property income share remained at historic high in 2021
  • Retail food price inflation in 2022 surpassed 2021 rates in most categories
    1/26/2023
    Retail food price inflation in 2022 surpassed 2021 rates in most categories
  • Food retailing market concentration increased more at national level than county level over past three decades
    1/25/2023
    Food retailing market concentration increased more at national level than county level over past three decades
  • One-third of U.S. food dollar spent on food services in 2021, a record high
    1/10/2023
    One-third of U.S. food dollar spent on food services in 2021, a record high
  • Baking ingredient prices rose in 2022
    12/13/2022
    Baking ingredient prices rose in 2022
  • Farm share of U.S. food dollar reached historic low in 2021
    11/28/2022
    Farm share of U.S. food dollar reached historic low in 2021
  • Rising food costs baked into Thanksgiving pies in 2022, no matter how you slice it
    11/22/2022
    Rising food costs baked into Thanksgiving pies in 2022, no matter how you slice it
  • U.S. consumers have spent more on food in 2022 than in 2019, even when adjusted for inflation
    10/21/2022
    U.S. consumers have spent more on food in 2022 than in 2019, even when adjusted for inflation
  • Higher meat prices, especially for beef, had a significant impact on U.S. household well-being in 2020
    10/3/2022
    Higher meat prices, especially for beef, had a significant impact on U.S. household well-being in 2020
  • Rising costs have percolated through to coffee prices in 2022
    9/29/2022
    Rising costs have percolated through to coffee prices in 2022
  • All food categories experienced higher inflation through July in 2022 compared with 2021
    8/25/2022
    All food categories experienced higher inflation through July in 2022 compared with 2021
  • Farmers receive about 15 to 18 percent of retail price for fresh potatoes
    8/17/2022
    Farmers receive about 15 to 18 percent of retail price for fresh potatoes
  • More than half of U.S. counties had at least one farmers market that accepted credit cards in 2018
    8/9/2022
    More than half of U.S. counties had at least one farmers market that accepted credit cards in 2018
  • Share of income spent on food in the United States rebounded to pre-pandemic level in 2021
    8/4/2022
    Share of income spent on food in the United States rebounded to pre-pandemic level in 2021