food costs

China's surging inflation should rise again this month after flooding damaged crops and pushed up food costs, the government said Wednesday.

Restaurant owner Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc. on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, brought down by tough competition, the weak economy and rising food costs.

China's inflation edged higher in August as the nation's worst flooding in a decade drove an increase in food costs and industrial growth continued to quicken.

Most brides (and even their grooms) dream of serving their wedding guests filet mignon and free-floating Champagne, but only have the budget for chicken picatta and the house white wine.

There are plenty of ways to get creative with the food you serve, without making cutbacks obvious to guests -- or compromising on the quality of the food.

Inflation pressures at the wholesale level eased in December as a drop in energy prices offset a big jump in food costs.

Farmers planted an unexpectedly large crop of corn and soybeans this year, easing some fears of rising food costs.

Wholesale prices rose less than expected in May as a large jump in the price of gasoline offset a drop in food costs.

Wholesale prices rose less than expected in May as a large jump in the price of gasoline offset a drop in food costs.

Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, raising fears of grain shortages and higher food costs for consumers.

Bob Evans Farms Inc., operator of Bob Evans and Mimi's Cafe restaurants, said its fourth-quarter profit rose 31 percent, helped by the performance of its namesake restaurants and lower labor and food costs.