wholesale

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When farm prices change, wholesale prices usually adjust within the first month, but retail prices often take longer – sometimes two to four months.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

A trader at the capital's main wholesale market, Priyantha Sudharshana Silva, 53, is not blaming the administration for the crisis.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Higher wholesale energy prices often show up first at the fuel pump and this is being seen, not just in the US but around the world.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Sysco stock plunges after the wholesale restaurant food distributor agrees to buy a competitor for around $29 billion.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Shaffer found that large parts of it were overgrown or erased by wholesale logging.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson