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In a January 11 earnings call to investors, Albertson’s CEO Vivek Sankarian said that the company had been hoping to recover from recent supply issues, but the omicron variant of COVID-19 “put a dent in that.” NPR reports that “grocery store workers are catching the virus in higher numbers.” That, while acting as frontline workers during the pandemic and often facing the wrath frustrated, and occasionally customers.
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The analysis from the nonprofit Economic Roundtable has a simple title: “Hungry at the Table.” But there’s nothing simple about the plight of a growing number of the region’s grocery workers, in spite of being labeled “essential,” are finding it difficult to put food on their own tables.
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The U.S. economy grew last year at the fastest pace since 1984, but growth was tempered by successive waves of the pandemic.
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Inflation is the highest the nation’s seen since the 80s. It’s worst in the Mountain West. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer prices increased 8.6% in our region, the highest nationally.
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Two new reports complicate the narrative that hordes of newcomers to the Mountain West are driving up home prices.
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A significant backup of container ships off the Pacific coast is becoming very personal for untold Idahoans and consumers across the U.S., particularly if they’re wondering where their long-overdue deliveries are.
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One year ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Soon after that March 2020 event, the stock market plummeted and there…
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Many young adults have a dream of leaving where they were raised, to find a life outside of the confines of where they grew up. Author Grace Olmstead…
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There's a lot to get into this week on the Idaho Matters Friday Reporter Roundtable.This week's topics: Idaho's low-performing vaccine rollout, a…
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As the U.S. continues to deal with a global pandemic, armed insurrection at the nation's Capitol Building, and an upcoming new presidential…