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Phil Lempert

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Why You Could Have Trouble Finding Sweet Potatoes At Grocery Stores Soon

Why You Could Have Trouble Finding Sweet Potatoes At Grocery Stores Soon

I’ve been watching produce categories cycle through booms and busts for four decades and I can’t think of many that have taken three straight hits...

24.08.2026 9

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Phil Lempert

How The Strait Of Hormuz Blockade Could Drive Up U.S. Beef Prices

The most-purchased protein in America was already under siege from the smallest cattle herd in 75 years. Now fuel prices, fertilizer costs, and corn...

25.03.2026 20

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Phil lempert

Why The Strait Of Hormuz Blockade Spells Higher Beef Prices For U.S. Consumers

20.03.2026 10

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Phil lempert

The Iran War Isn’t Just A Gas-Price Story. It’s A Food-Price Crisis

Let’s talk about that bag of lettuce that’s in your fridge. It most likely had its start in California’s Salinas Valley, grown in soil that was...

16.03.2026 10

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Phil lempert

What The Middle East Conflict Means For Grocery Prices

Oil prices don’t need to hit every American directly for a war in Iran to show up on the grocery receipt. The conflict is already reshaping the cost...

09.03.2026 10

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Phil lempert