Biggest rise in restaurant and takeaway food prices in a decade

• Chuck Abbott

Although U.S. food prices generally show small increases from year to year, the USDA says prices for “food away from home,” a category that includes restaurants, carry-out food and institutional meals, rose 3.1 percent in 2019. That’s the largest increase since 3.5 percent in 2009 and is part of a pattern in which the price… » Read More