While regular inflation was at just 2.7% for July, the price of coffee rose a whopping 14.5% over last year. Specifically, the price of a pound of ground coffee rose to $8.41. That's double what it was five years ago. What's going on? The factors may seem like a perfect storm, but it's the opposite: droughts in major coffee-growing areas like Brazil and Vietnam have been raising prices in recent years. For context, [...]

Walmart is the biggest US employer, with over 2 million employees worldwide. (Amazon falls in second place with over half a million fewer employees than Walmart.) As an employment powerhouse, Walmart aims to boost employee satisfaction through specific perks and benefits. One of the most popular and most-requested employee benefits (a 10% discount) was just expanded, much to the delight of Walmart associates.  Let’s [...]