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Rising Gas Prices Could Force Food Banks to Scale Back Their Critically Important Work

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New York City’s City Harvest is one of several organizations experiencing rising costs due to high fuel prices. Amid supply chain challenges and rising food costs, fuel price spikes are yet another headache for food banks If you’re like basically everybody else in America right now, you’re feeling a serious pinch at the gas pump.

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8 Steps to Help Make Your Hotel Recession Proof in 2023

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NB: This is an article from OTA Insight Headlines about the impending downturn bring back memories of 2008. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and stay up to date But as we may be steering towards rough waters once more, we can draw on lessons from the 2008 downturn to cushion the blow. Hospitality was no exception.

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Pay-What-You-Can Markets Provide Produce for the Common Good

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percent for food prices last summer — the largest increase since 1981. It’s meant to buttress food budgets for families and individuals while compensating local growers, particularly first generation and BIPOC farmers. The remaining third are either paying full-price or in some cases donating above the listed value. “I

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The Modern French Corner Store Is Like Shopping in a Rustic Fantasy

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And while they carry some higher-ticket items, such as smoked fish, soy sauce made in Touraine, and cookbooks that may reach 30 to 40 euros, inclusive pricing was central to their vision. The 2008 global financial crisis hollowed out much of the rural economy and left many main streets deserted.

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Restaurant Ad Campaigns that Worked During a Recession

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While advertising can be expensive and take up a good chunk of your restaurant’s budget, you shouldn’t stop advertising just because there is a shortage in the economy. After the 2008 recession, businesses were desperate to keep income flowing. This is not the time to stop advertising or cut your advertising budget.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

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Low priced / value perceived / big ticket items brought down to a fixed low price. The utilization of ghost kitchens means more money and opportunity for restaurant operators, without large price or labor hikes. With the loss of foot traffic, restaurants are forced to increase menu prices to compensate.

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Unpeeling the Layers: How Do Food Banks Actually Work?

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Then, in 1979, a federally-funded development effort consolidated the food bank recipients into an association called Americas Second Harvest (which changed its name to Feeding America in 2008). Just as the country grew poorer, then-President Ronald Reagan slashed food stamps from the federal budget, leading to a national rise in hunger.