FOOD

Customers feel heat of inflation at BBQ joints

The brisket sandwich and burnt ends make up 70% of the sales at Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque, a Kansas City staple, and the city claims to be the barbecue capital of the world. Since the end of 2021, the price for Arthur Bryant's brisket sandwich has gone up $7.

UN chief: Ukraine war hitting poor nations reliant on wheat

The United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres, warned Monday that Russia’s war on Ukraine is holding “a sword of Damocles” over the global economy, especially poor developing countries that face skyrocketing food, fuel, and fertilizer prices and are now seeing their breadbasket “being bombed.”