Food & Services

New varieties might be hardier, but some skeptics say they’ll wait and see; a corn maze challenge.

Despite weak quarterly sales at the Swedish nicotine pouch maker, the cigarette company will be reluctant to walk away from its $16 billion bid.

Authorities who scrutinized other grocery deals tended to examine local market share in specific geographic regions.

The rise in exports, which were hit hard by the country’s war with Russia, hides continued hurdles for Ukraine’s globally important agricultural industry, experts say.

Shipping and tourism businesses that rely on the river are seeking alternatives as barges are grounded and prices skyrocket as water levels haven’t been this low in more than three decades.

Canada’s messy pot market is a warning to investors who think recent moves by the White House could solve the U.S. marijuana industry’s problems.

The potential deal would combine the two largest supermarket operators in the U.S., creating a grocery giant with thousands of stores and one of the country’s biggest employers.

Grocery promotions remain below prepandemic levels as markets reduce circulars and take losses to put some items on sale.

McDonald’s, Starbucks, Chipotle and others spend to halt effort to set fast food wages at up to $22 an hour.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit accusing two agricultural chemical suppliers of artificially inflating prices for farmers.

As agriculture struggles during a prolonged dry spell, alternatives include new crops, hunting and hospitality.

A former stockbroker and two accomplices turned a small sandwich joint into a trading fraud, according to federal prosecutors in New Jersey.

Last month, President Biden signed into law a bill intended to reckon with what courts and government investigations have found to be a history of discrimination by the Agriculture Department. For many Black farmers, they will have to see the money to believe it.

Lower milk production on U.S. dairy farms and labor shortages for processing plants have led to tight supplies of the kitchen staple, sending prices soaring and highlighting the challenge of curtailing inflation.

Agriculture executives say that at least two years of bumper crops are needed to relieve pressure from drought and the war in Ukraine.

Wegmans was one of many grocery stores that started using self-checkout technology during the pandemic. Experts say the technology makes it easier for shoplifters to sneak through.

A capital infusion from BRV Capital Management and others is the second funding round this year for Swiftly and values the grocery-tech company at $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion.

Groceries have made their biggest one-year jump in cost in over 40 years. These shoppers explain the stress inflation has created.

Farmers from France to Poland are irked by what they say has been a flood of cheaper Ukrainian imports.

Grocery stores short on labor are increasingly relying on customers to ring themselves up. The transition isn’t always seamless.