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Orange Juice Jumps Most In 16 Months On Florida Hurricane Threat

Orange juice jumped the most in 16 months and cotton futures surged as Hurricane Irma topped storm scales and remained on track to reach the U.S. later thi...

Amazon Will Need to Cut Whole Foods Prices More To Beat Wal-Mart

Jeff Bezos will have to trade in his potato peeler for a meat cleaver if he wants to fight a price war with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., his biggest grocery compe...

Trans Fat Is (Almost) Out of Your Food. Here's What's Going In

Partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of artificial trans fat and an invisible mainstay of the American food industry for decades, are finally being...

Hurricane Harvey Floodwaters Threaten 1.2 Million Cows

A deluge of rain from Hurricane Harvey is soaking Texas pastures, leaving some cattle stranded in floodwater in the state that leads the U.S. in beef produ...

Amazon's Opening Salvo In Grocery Price War Hits Bond Market

Amazon.com Inc.’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market Inc. isn’t just slashing prices on organic avocados. It’s also making it more expensi...

Amazon Planning To Cut Prices At Whole Foods As Acquisition Closes

Amazon.com Inc. is wasting no time bringing its reputation for undercutting competitors to the grocery business through newly acquired Whole Foods Market I...

Amazon's Whole Foods Deal Wins Swift U.S. Antitrust Approval

Amazon.com Inc.’s proposed $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Market Inc. won quick U.S. antitrust approval, showing that concerns in Washington a...