Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics figures put overall inflation at 8.34 per cent in September against 8.26 per cent in August, with food inflation at 7.22 per cent and non-food inflation at 9.30 per cent.
AgribusinessBFAP's latest brief with Absa Agribusiness shows food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation at 1.1% in August, yet a basic healthy food basket for a family of four cost R3,935, about 55% of a one-minimum-wage household's income.
Daily lifeThe Canadian Centre for Food Integrity's tenth annual survey found 57% view the food system positively, only 40% think it is heading in the right direction, and 49% name food costs as a major issue.
The CSO's flash estimate puts annual inflation at 3.9 percent, with food prices unchanged on the month and up 0.3 percent on the year, but energy up 15.3 percent since September 2025.
Market ManagementUSDA's Economic Research Service forecasts all food prices up 2.9 percent in 2026, grocery prices up 2.4 percent and restaurant prices up 3.5 percent, with beef, fresh vegetables and seafood rising faster and eggs falling sharply.
Market ManagementGrowers and food makers warn that National's pre-election plan to force a break-up of the Foodstuffs co-operative's Pak'nSave business could raise supply costs rather than cut food prices.
Government buffer stocks of pulses have reached a record 4.5 million tonnes against a 3.5 million-tonne norm, with chana, tur, moong and lentils to be released in a calibrated way if the rain-short kharif crop or the coming rabi season falls short.
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 133.3 points in August, up 1.9 percent on July, with sugar up 11.9 percent and wheat 15 percent above a year earlier.
AgribusinessAmerican farms received 18.5 cents of every dollar spent on food at home in 2024 and only 7.1 cents of each dollar spent on food away from home, USDA's revised Food Dollar showed.
AgribusinessIn May 2026 the Bangladesh Restaurant Owners' Association asked to import beef to bring prices down, but the livestock ministry said more than 2.5 million animals are left over after the Eid sacrifice and imports are not needed.
AgribusinessUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on April 28, 2026 that American farms received 11.8 cents of every dollar spent on domestically produced food in 2024, against 12.1 cents in 2023, with the remaining 88.2 cents going to post-farm marketing costs.
