U.S. Foodservice, which distributes bulk food supplies to restaurants and institutions, gives Ahold some of the business that grocers have lost to Americans' penchant for eating out.

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What is responsible for the bulk of the food price increase?

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It doesn't have to import the bulk of its food, and when demand for agricultural commodities rises as incomes rise, Brazil is ready as the world's leading sugar, coffee, beef and chicken exporter.

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In fast food, fillers are additives that bulk up the weight of a food with less expensive, less nutritious ingredients.

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Dry foods with unpoetic names like spelt, teff and millet have long inhabited the bulk bins at health-food stores.

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Often, they must spend half or more of their income on food, the bulk coming from staple grains like corn, wheat and rice.

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The bulk of the rise came from energy, but food also loomed large.

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The premise: Buy up lots of small companies in a fragmented business--such as used cars, funeral homes, office products, food distribution and medical diagnostics--then purchase raw materials in bulk to cut costs.

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The bulk of his fortune comes from Delaware North, one of the largest concession companies in the world serving up food, drinks, and entertainment at 200 venues across four countries.

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