Runaway prices at US fast-food joints and restaurants have made people skittish down the income ladder and executives at chains including McDonald’s and Wendy’s recently said they worry about losing ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The share of low-income U.S. families experiencing food insufficiency – sometimes or often not having enough food to eat – fell from 24.5% to 22.5% at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we ...

Roughly a quarter of low-income consumers, defined as those making less than $50,000 a year, said they were eating less fast food and about half said they were making fewer trips to fast-casual and ...

The state has matched fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers markets for low-income residents for seven years. That may soon end. The backstory: Market Match, an innovative state program, matches ...

Adverse outcomes in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be evaluated as they pertain to social determinants of health, with these authors investigating improvements in food hardship ...

Food prices, both "at home" (think grocery stores) and "away from home" (think restaurants), are up 25% during the Covid period from January 2020. This high cost change of a consumer necessity is ...

Systemic racism limits access to healthy food options.

For decades, environmental debates have been framed around a stark trade-off: economic growth lifts people out of poverty but ...

As tax season arrives, the city of Greeley is reminding residents of its offer to provide financial relief for low-income residents impacted by the recently renewed food tax and water utilities. The ...