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Grocery Stores Tally Largest Sales Increase in 13 Months In February

Checkouts at the nation's grocery stores tallied $41.5 billion in sales during February, 4.2% more than the same month last year and the largest year over year increase posted since January of 2009. This was the second consecutive increaser over prior year levels . .... Full Story

Eating & Drinking Places Take It On the Chin In February

For the second straight month sales at eating and drinking places in the U.S. posted a decline from 2009 levels. ... Full Story

Warehouse Club/Supercenter Sales Gaining Momentum

For the fourth consecutive month, warehouse club and supercenter operator sales were more than 3% higher than a year earlier. . ......Full Story

Food-at-Home Prices Down 0.1% From January Last Month

The Consumer price Index for food-at-home declined 0.1% from the prioir month during January and stood 1.5% less than a year earlier. This marked the eight month of food-at-home price deflation as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics although significantly less than the peak 2.9% deflation reported for November of 2009..... Full Story

Wholesale Food Price Inflation On The Rise

The Producer Price Index for finished consumer foods rose for the fifth straight month in February, bringing the February index 3.4% above year earlier levels .....Full Story

Food Inflation Eating Into Supermarket Sales

Although sales at the nation's grocery stores during January increased six-tenths of a percent from a year earlier to $44.5 billion, when that figure is deflated by the Food Institute's Grocery Store Price Index, which measures inflation at the supermarket level, sales actually declined by 2.2%. ...... Full Story