102-year-old grocery chain shuts key locations, no bankruptcy

The grocery store sector is feeling the effects of inflation, as food prices in August rose faster than the all-items Consumer Price Index, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. That means food prices were rising higher than the rate of inflation, which was 3% in September, but we don't know for sure because of the October government shutdown. Grocery stores have no data to consider after August, as the government shutdown halted the USDA's Food Price Outlook publica ...