For decades, fast food functioned as the pressure valve in the American food budget, the place families could turn when groceries ran short and paychecks ran late. That bargain is breaking down. As ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fast-food prices have risen so high that traffic from one of the industry’s core customer bases, low-income ...

CHICAGO — After a rocky end to 2024, punctuated by a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on Quarter Pounder burgers, along with declining quick-service restaurant traffic, McDonald’s ...

More than 60% of low-income Americans consider fast food a luxury they can no longer afford, according to a survey by a consumer research firm. The Collage Group released its findings this month, as ...

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Food banks across the country, already strained by rising demand, say they will have less food to distribute because of at least $1 billion in federal funding cuts and ...

President Trump's proposed budget for next year could include big changes for a small food aid program that helps low-income senior citizens supplement their diets. Under the plan, funding for the ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Crucial food assistance for about 6.7 million low-income Americans has been put in jeopardy by a federal government shutdown that the deeply divided U.S. Congress shows ...

Seth A. Berkowitz ([email protected]), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Hilary K. Seligman, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.