Cost of Living

A rebuilt flock and softer demand turned the 2025 egg shortage into a glut. Shoppers are winning; many of the farms producing those eggs are not.

Chocolate makers locked in cocoa at last year's prices, retail prices rarely retrace, and the bean market has already bounced back. Here is what that means for your candy bowl.

Consumer prices rose 2.8% in May, below forecasts, as cheaper food offset costlier air fares, clearing the way for the Bank of England to hold rates.

May's Consumer Price Index rose 4.2% from a year earlier, the most since 2023. A gasoline surge drove it, and the squeeze lands first on fixed incomes.