Wholesale Food Prices Ticked Marginally Higher In March As Overall Producer Price Index Rose Half-Point

Wholesale food prices at the “All Foods” level, which compound price changes at different stages of distribution and production, rose just 0.1% in March, according to the latest Producer Price Index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 14. That slight uptick followed a 2.2% monthly increase in February, the largest since February…