The latest data on personal spending matched expectations. And the parlor game as to whether the Fed will pause or even cut interest rates continues. Yet the Personal Consumptions Expenditures index (PCE), as released by the Commerce Department on Thursday (Nov. 30), shows that the prices for...
Grocery shoppers’ anxieties around food price inflation may be easing somewhat, but they continue to pinch pennies wherever possible. In an interview with PYMNTS, Barbara Connors, vice president, strategy and acceleration at 84.51°, Kroger’s retail data science, insights and media company, spoke to how consumers’ grocery...
As consumers strain under rising restaurant inflation, many are switching from full-service to fast food. Last month, for the first time throughout this period of rapid food inflation, year-over-year restaurant price increases were finally exceeding grocery inflation. This shift builds on consumers’ perception of restaurant inflation being worse than...
May 01, 2024
Cautious lower-income consumers and slower restaurant sales are squeezing Kraft Heinz. The packaged food product company on Wednesday (May 1) released earnings showing a 1.2% drop in sales, driven by lower-income consumers spending less at both the supermarket and on meals away from home. The company said it raised its prices 2.7% year over -year to offset […]
