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Tag Archives: food-at-home

Comparing Micro Household Food Costs to Macro CPI Food, Food Price Fun

Biomass Rules Posted on April 9, 2025 by Mark JennerApril 9, 2025

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) carries significant weight in the flow of decisions and confidence in the US economy. Does the CPI mirror authentic food purchases?  YES! Are household food expenditures and the Food … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, education, firm, Food Price Fun, macro, policy, science | Tagged Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), buying in bulk, commercial center competition, comparing micro household food costs to macro CPI Food, Consumer Price Index (CPI), consumer purchasing power, CPI is average prices, food, food inflation, food price fun, food-at-home, food-away-from-home, generic brands, grocery food, household food differs, individual household food, macroeconomic, microeconomic, restaurant food | Leave a reply

Food Prices are Not Driving 2024 Inflation – Real Adventures in Economics

Biomass Rules Posted on November 14, 2024 by Mark JennerNovember 14, 2024

Food prices have been inflated.  Food, as a category in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is no longer driving inflation.  The Wall Street Journal reported on November 2, 2024, that grocery distributors are causing food prices to increase and cause … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, Real Adventures in Economics, science | Tagged consumer food choice, Consumer Price Index (CPI), environmental services value chain, food, food prices, food prices are not driving 2024 inflation real adventures in economics, food value chain, food-at-home, food-away-from-home, fuel value chain, grocery retail, It is complicated., not driving 2024 inflation, real adventures in economics, restaurant retail | Leave a reply

A Case of Pricing Wheat from Farm to Food

Biomass Rules Posted on September 10, 2024 by Mark JennerSeptember 10, 2024

Food pricing has many layers.  Earlier, it was established that Biomass Rules considers food to be retail consumption of human nutrients.  There are exceptions, but this working definition simplifies many parts.  It is easy to look at the farm gate … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, policy, science | Tagged absolute, bread, bushels, case of pricing wheat from farm to food, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Economic Research Service (ERS), farm to food, flour, food inflation, food-at-home, food-away-from-home, grams, index, loaves, ounces, pancakes, pounds, pricing wheat, relative, wheat | Leave a reply

Making Sense of Retail Food Through Coffee

Biomass Rules Posted on August 26, 2024 by Mark JennerJanuary 3, 2025

Food is as old as dirt.  However, in 2024 the word ‘food’ is poorly understood.  Pandemics, supply-chain challenges, trade wars, real wars; have all contributed to growing concern about access to food.  Clarifying and aligning definitions of food will take … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, policy | Tagged coffee markets, comfort food premium, Economic Research Service, ERS, farm bill solution, food products, food quality premium, food service, food wastes, food-at-home, food-away-from-home, groceries, imported food costs, making sense of retail food through coffee, price premium for service, restaurants, retail food, USDA | Leave a reply

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