
Julie Creswell
Reporter at The New York Times
Covering the food biz for the NYT. Mom to a smart goldendoodle and two hockey goalies. Speaks fluent Iowan. Send tips to [email protected]
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1 week ago |
portside.org | Julie Creswell |Danielle Kaye
A Sign That Consumers Are Anxious: They’re Cutting Back on Snacks Published May 26, 2025 Consumers, worried about the economy, are pulling back on their spending, and that anxiety is translating into lower sales and profits for some of the country’s largest consumer-oriented companies. On Thursday, PepsiCo cut its full-year guidance outlook, citing a reduction in consumer spending as well as the impact the company is feeling from increased global tariffs.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Julie Creswell
With high costs and low prices for their crops, soybean and corn farmers were already nervous as they planned for planting season this year. A big trade war isn't helping. It was time for Beau Hanson to lay down his bets. Like other farmers in western Iowa, in early April Mr. Hanson was preparing for spring planting. The decisions he made then could determine whether he would be in the red or the black come fall harvest.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Tracy Mumford |Will Jarvis |Ian Stewart |Jessica Metzger |Julie Creswell
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Julie Creswell
Even value meals aren't enough to get anxious consumers to spend. Despite efforts to entice customers to its restaurants, McDonald's saw its sales slip in the first three months of the year. Global same-store sales dipped 1 percent for the quarter ending March 30, driven by a 3.6 percent decline in the United States, McDonald's reported early Thursday. That's a big change from a year ago, when U.S. same-store sales rose 2.5 percent.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Peter Eavis |Julie Creswell
Starting Friday, goods from China worth up to $800 will be subject to tariffs and more paperwork under new Trump administration rules. A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China and Hong Kong without paying tariffs and filling customs forms is closing on Friday. Prices have already gone up. Orders for many imported goods from retailers like Shein and Temu could dwindle as consumers balk at the higher prices and new inconveniences.
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