Research Guides: FMK 250 Future of Food: Food Prices

Food Prices

Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. and Midwest Region U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Historic data included.
Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. City Average and Northeast Region U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Historic data included.
Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. City Average and South Region U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Historic data included.
Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. City Average and West Region U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Historic data included.
Historic Prices (Morris County, NJ Library) "The prices listed in this survey were published in the Daily Record [Morristown, New Jersey] newspaper, the first fifteen days of selected months each decade. Staple items in several popular consumer categories were selected: automobiles, clothing, food & beverages, furniture, household goods, newspapers, personal care & health, real estate and recreation." - from website
Consumer Reports Library owns 1970-current (varied formats). CR will provides retail prices of products in their reviews.

Mintel
Mintel Reports are market research reports on consumers and products. Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD) monitors product launches in consumer packaged goods.

The Fundamentals of Food Prices: Costs, Consumer Demand, and COVID-19
The Food Marketing Institute has developed an interactive web experience that explains the economics around food prices and how the COVID-19 shock to the supply chain affected them. Walk through the experience and dive deeper with a full report, on-demand learning and feeding assistance resources for shoppers.

The Fundamentals of food prices : costs, consumer demand, and Covid-19 by Prepared for FMI by: Ricky Volpe, Ph.D. This paper provides a broad overview into the factors that determine food prices in the U.S. and highlights how COVID-19 has affected food prices so far.
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Publication Date: 2020

The Pricing Puzzle : how to understand and create impactful pricing for your products by Jan Y. Yang "...this book reveals the rationales behind and outcomes of various pricing strategies." - book description
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2020

Food For Profit: Price and Pricing Collaboration of Penn State Extension and Penn State Department of Food Science.

Pricing Strategy Implementation: translating pricing strategy into results by Stephan M. Liozu; Andreas Hinterhuber
Call Number: Drexel HF5416.5 .P743 2020

Publication Date: 2020
Handbook on the psychology of pricing : 100+ effects on persuasion and influence every entrepreneur, marketer and pricing manager needs to know by Markus Husemann-Kopetzky
Call Number: Drexel (Campbell)HF5416.5 .H88 2018

Publication Date: 2018
Pricing Done Right, 2nd edition: The Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World's Most Profitable Companies by Tim J. Smith "Practical guidance and a fresh approach for more accurate value-based pricing Pricing Done Right provides a cutting-edge framework for value-based pricing and clear guidance on ideation, implementation, and execution. More action plan than primer, this book introduces a holistic strategy for ensuring on-target pricing by shifting the conversation from 'What is value-based pricing?' to 'How can we ensure that our pricing reflects our goals?' You'll learn to identify the decisions that must be managed, how to manage them, and who should make them, as illustrated by real-world case studies." - publisher
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2016