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US lettuce prices chopped as costs for other goods remain stubbornly high

Price for the crop dropped dramatically this summer after the cyclospora outbreak caused demand to wilt At the Republicans’ midterm convention held earlier this week, Donald Trump said that “food prices and almost… Grouped from 2 articles across 1 sources.

2 reports1 sourceSep 11, 2026, 4:00 PM
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The GuardianSep 11, 2026, 4:00 PM

US lettuce prices chopped as costs for other goods remain stubbornly high

Price for the crop dropped dramatically this summer after the cyclospora outbreak caused demand to wilt At the Republicans’ midterm convention held earlier this week, Donald Trump said that “food prices and almost every other item are rapidly going down”. Fresh inflation data on Friday told a different story – but in one specific case, costs have been chopped. The price of lettuce dropped dramatically this summer after the cyclospora outbreak caused demand to wilt, with prices dropping even further in August, according to new data released on Friday. Continue reading...

The GuardianSep 11, 2026, 12:38 PM

US consumer prices stayed high in August as Iran war pushed energy costs up

Annualized inflation rate was 3.4%, same as July, and core inflation, which omits energy and food prices, was up to 2.4% US consumer prices remained stubbornly high in August as the end of the ceasefire between the US and Iran pushed energy prices up, according to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. The annualized inflation rate was 3.4%, the same as it was in July. The most recent peak was seen in May, when the inflation rate hit a three-year high at 4.2%. Core inflation, which strips out volatile energy and food prices, increased 0.3% from the month before and 2.4% annually. Continue reading...

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