staples
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The stores, run by external operators but overseen by the city, would offer a core basket of staples at a 30% discount to market rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Chief financial officer John David Rainey said those lower prices were already lifting transactions and unit sales, especially in food and other staples like toys.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Walmart said the benefits were showing up most clearly in food and other staples, and that certain cuts might remain if they continued to resonate with shoppers.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Over the years, Target has relied less on groceries and household staples than Walmart to drive sales.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
For example, the Mediterranean crops that became Egypt’s staples require winter rains and seasonal variation in day length for their germination.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
