Food Price Deflation Cheers
Consumers, Hurts Farmers, Grocers and Restaurants
Farm Belt cutbacks hit more
businesses even as consumers save big at the grocery store
Food price deflation has consumers
enjoying big savings at the supermarket,
leading more to eat out less often.
Farmers, suppliers and grocery chains
also are feeling the pinch. Above,
shoppers lined up at a 365 by Whole
Foods Market store in Los Angeles
earlier this year.
Photo: Patrick T.
Fallon/Bloomberg News