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Some food companies are still raising prices even if their own inflation-driven costs have been covered. Critics say the moves are all about increasing ... Show more

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The real reason cocoa prices have soared: First came a drought in West Africa. Then came the short squeeze in financial markets.
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The real reason cocoa prices have soared
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Climate change driving up inflation in food prices: Study: Rising global temperatures are associated with inflation in food prices, both in regions that are ...
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Climate change driving up inflation in food prices: Study
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Diners buy more steak at restaurants when beef is expensive: Darden CFO: Customers worry that they could be taking a risk if they cook steak at home when it's ...
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Diners buy more steak at restaurants when beef is expensive: Darden CFO
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Toyota confirms UK pricing for new GR Yaris: £10k price rise for Toyota's hot hatch hero - and the special editions are £60k...
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Toyota confirms UK pricing for new GR Yaris
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Economic institutes lower growth forecast to 0.1 percent: The leading economic institutes in Germany have drastically revised their forecast downwards ...
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Economic institutes lower growth forecast to 0.1 percent
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Dow, S&P fall for third straight session with inflation data eyed: U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday, giving up modest gains late in the session to send the Dow and ...
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Dow, S&P fall for third straight session with inflation data eyed
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Oil's Red Sea problem is getting harder to ignore: Oil shipments and prices are being disrupted by turmoil on the high seas.
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Oil's Red Sea problem is getting harder to ignore
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Higher olive oil prices due to shortage - Foodstuffs: Supermarket giant Foodstuffs is warning of a olive oil shortage and in turn higher prices at the checkout.
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Higher olive oil prices due to shortage - Foodstuffs
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‘Distinction the new credit’: Grade inflation puts uni integrity at risk: An investigation into grade inflation by Sydney University found a 234 per cent ...
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‘Distinction the new credit’: Grade inflation puts uni integrity at risk
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Federal Reserve expected to cut rates, lift Biden's prospects: The U.S. Federal Reserve looks on track to cut interest rates as the presidential campaign season ...
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Federal Reserve expected to cut rates, lift Biden's prospects
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Campaign looks to connect Latinos with Climate Action Plan funds: A new campaign is underway to help Hispanics in battleground states access federal climate ...
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Campaign looks to connect Latinos with Climate Action Plan funds
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Ready for spring break travel? L.A. County gas prices top $5 a gallon: Higher crude oil prices and increased demand for fuel from spring break road trips have ...
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Ready for spring break travel? L.A. County gas prices top $5 a gallon
Quick Glance: Rising Gas Prices in California during Spring Break
  • The surge in crude oil prices and the increased demand for fuel due to spring break have led to rising gas prices in California.

  • Drivers in Los Angeles County are even experiencing higher prices, averaging $5.035.

  • Moreover, California is set to transition to its summer gas blend, potentially costing 15 cents more per gallon than the current winter blend, as mentioned by Shupe.

  • The national average for a gallon of gas stands at $3.533, as reported by AAA.
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Poverty situation in Germany remains mixed: 2022 was the year of rapid inflation. However, according to the poverty report by the Paritätischer Gesamtverband ...
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Poverty situation in Germany remains mixed
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Stock market today: Indexes slip again ahead of inflation data: Stocks logged another losing session on Tuesday, after closing lower in the prior two sessions ...
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Stock market today: Indexes slip again ahead of inflation data
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Germany's economy: Institutes drastically lower growth forecast: Germany's leading economic institutes have reduced their growth expectations for the current ...
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Germany's economy: Institutes drastically lower growth forecast
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Yen hits 34-yr low ahead of key US inflation data: The yen dropped to its lowest level since 1990 on Wednesday before rebounding slightly after Japan's top ...
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Yen hits 34-yr low ahead of key US inflation data
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Australia survives sold out Taylor Swift shows without spike in inflation: Australia survived sold out Taylor Swift concerts in Sydney and Melbourne without a ...
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Australia survives sold out Taylor Swift shows without spike in inflation
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Why Costco’s hot dog is still $1.50 when everything has gotten so expensive: Inflation has touched nearly everything these last few years — even Trader Joe’s ...
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Why Costco’s hot dog is still $1.50 when everything has gotten so ...
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Rentals costing landlords up to $450 a week in top-ups: The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
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Rentals costing landlords up to $450 a week in top-ups
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Nigeria's naira rose to a five-week high against the dollar in intraday trading on Wednesday, a day after the central bank hiked interest rates to tame ... Show more
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Your 401(k) has 'room to run.' And it's not all about Fed rate cuts.: The Fed's plans to cut interest rates seems to be driving up stocks and your 401(k) ...
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Your 401(k) has 'room to run.' And it's not all about Fed rate cuts.
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Why investors are dumping the capital markets for real estate: Assets that were previously highly preferred by investors have grown less popular.
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Why investors are dumping the capital markets for real estate
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Singapore Feb core inflation accelerates to 7-month high amid Lunar New Year: Singapore's February core inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in seven months ...
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Singapore Feb core inflation accelerates to 7-month high amid Lunar New ...
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Money blog: Eight major price rises next Monday - but it's not all bad news: National Price Hike Day is on Monday, with water bills, broadband ...
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Money blog: Eight major price rises next Monday - but it's not all bad ...
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Bakery charges higher prices on Sundays and public holidays - "For being open": To compensate for the wage increase: a Dresden master baker raises the prices of ...
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Bakery charges higher prices on Sundays and public holidays -
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Millions of households urged to submit meter readings before energy price cut: Millions of UK households are being advised to read their meter this weekend ...
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Millions of households urged to submit meter readings before energy price ...
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Social inequality in southern Europe: poverty in Italy at record high: Inflation and low incomes are having an impact. Giorgia Meloni's government is also ...
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Social inequality in southern Europe: poverty in Italy at record high
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DWP Pension increase next week 'not enough' experts warn: Pensioners will see their state pension increase by up to £900 from April 1
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DWP Pension increase next week 'not enough' experts warn
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The conservative case for keeping the Inflation Reduction Act: The IRA adopted a market approach for the most part, relying on a series of tax credits along with ...
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The conservative case for keeping the Inflation Reduction Act
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Not even Taylor Swift could drive up Australian inflation: There's no bad blood between the pop superstar and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Not even Taylor Swift could drive up Australian inflation
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Powell Juices Bond Market Bet on Inflation With Tilt to Jobs: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s increasing focus on protecting the job market is encouraging ...
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Powell Juices Bond Market Bet on Inflation With Tilt to Jobs
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US Consumer Sentiment Jumps to Highest Level Since July 2021: US consumer sentiment rose markedly toward the end of March, supported by strong stock-market gains ...
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US Consumer Sentiment Jumps to Highest Level Since July 2021
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Taylor Swift gave retail a boost, showing up the rest of the economy: Not even a blast of spending from Swifties in the nation’s two largest states was enough to ...
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Taylor Swift gave retail a boost, showing up the rest of the economy
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We’ve stopped splurging – but have we finally tamed inflation?: The latest monthly data shows there’s no sign of inflation heating up again ...
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We’ve stopped splurging – but have we finally tamed inflation?
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DWP Pension increase next week 'not enough' experts warn: Pensioners will see their state pension increase by up to £900 from April 1
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DWP Pension increase next week 'not enough' experts warn
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Sri Lanka March Inflation Cools, Backing Case for Easing Policy: Sri Lanka’s inflation cooled for the second straight month in March, backing the central bank’s ...
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Sri Lanka March Inflation Cools, Backing Case for Easing Policy
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Expensive Easter chocolate bunnies: Is chocolate inflation a greed inflation?: The price of numerous chocolate products has risen significantly faster than ...
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Expensive Easter chocolate bunnies: Is chocolate inflation a greed ...
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18 to 28 percent plus: Why the union doesn't want the AUA offer: There is no agreement in sight in the negotiations regarding the KV for the AUA on-board ...
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18 to 28 percent plus: Why the union doesn't want the AUA offer
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Zambian Inflation at 25-Month High as El Niño Fans Food Costs: Zambia’s annual inflation rate leapt to a more than two-year high as its worst drought on record ...
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Zambian Inflation at 25-Month High as El Niño Fans Food Costs
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Yen on intervention watch; Asia shares subdued: The yen languished near its weakest in decades on Thursday though the threat of intervention from Japanese ...
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Yen on intervention watch; Asia shares subdued
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Argentine Poverty Neared Pandemic Levels Before Milei Austerity: Poverty levels in Argentina rose slightly in the second half of 2023 as soaring inflation ...
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Argentine Poverty Neared Pandemic Levels Before Milei Austerity
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BoE's Haskel says rate cuts should be 'a long way off', FT reports: Bank of England (BoE) interest-rate setter Jonathan Haskel said that rate cuts should be "a ...
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BoE's Haskel says rate cuts should be 'a long way off', FT reports
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Stock market news today: US futures tread water ahead of PCE inflation: US stocks are set to open flat on the last day of the quarter, as investors held back ...
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Stock market news today: US futures tread water ahead of PCE inflation
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Yen hits 34-yr low ahead of key US inflation test : The dollar climbed on Wednesday in the wake of more strong U.S. economic data, nudging the Japanese yen to a ...
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Yen hits 34-yr low ahead of key US inflation test
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S&P 500 vaults to new high as Wall St. breaks out of its lull: NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose to a record March 27 after breaking out of their three-day lull near ...
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S&P 500 vaults to new high as Wall St. breaks out of its lull
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Inflation in Belgium stabilises but remains at six-month high: Belgium has not yet crossed the next "pivot index", at which point wages are ...
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Inflation in Belgium stabilises but remains at six-month high
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Don't sweat the prospect of no Fed rate cuts, economist says — markets will still march higher
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Don't sweat the prospect of no Fed rate cuts, economist says — markets ...
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Morningstar warns: Stock market may crash from Friday despite public holiday: Reasons for possible stock crash
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Morningstar warns: Stock market may crash from Friday despite public ...
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Switzerland Today - SWI swissinfo.ch: In Thursday’s Easter briefing: high cocoa prices, long traffic jams, and stats about you – the Swiss Abroad.
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Switzerland Today - SWI swissinfo.ch
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CNBC Daily Open: Focus turns to key inflation data: Wall Street is set to get more insight on the underlying trends of inflation.
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CNBC Daily Open: Focus turns to key inflation data
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Fed's Waller still sees 'no rush' to cut rates amid sticky inflation data: Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Wednesday that recent ...
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Fed's Waller still sees 'no rush' to cut rates amid sticky inflation data
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Interest rate: Investors may dump equity market, say analysts: Analysts have stated that the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee to raise the benchmark ...
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Interest rate: Investors may dump equity market, say analysts
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Dollar Tree Is Raising Its Price Cap to $7: 'The Macro Environment Has Gotten in Our Way'
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Dollar Tree Is Raising Its Price Cap to $7: 'The Macro Environment ...
Quick Glance: Dollar Tree Increases Max Price to $7, Attracts Higher Income Shoppers
  • Dollar Tree plans to raise the price cap in its stores to $7 as announced in a quarterly report in March.

  • The demographics of Dollar Tree customers trend towards higher income brackets, with an increasing proportion of individuals earning over $125,000 per year.

  • The company intends to close approximately 600 locations under the Family Dollar brand this year, as well as an additional 400 locations over the coming years.

  • Dollar Tree opened 641 new stores in the previous fiscal year and currently operates 16,774 stores across 48 states and five Canadian provinces.
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Trader Joe’s upped the price of its bananas for the first time in decades. Here’s why
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Trader Joe’s upped the price of its bananas for the first time in decades ...
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Stock Markets Today: Fed rates, US stocks, French unemployment, UK homes, BOJ: Get up to speed with what the markets are monitoring
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Stock Markets Today: Fed rates, US stocks, French unemployment, UK homes ...
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Price increases in store for consumers from Monday: Inflation in Ireland has fallen significantly in recent months, but a number of cost increases will weigh on ...
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Price increases in store for consumers from Monday
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How do specialty food brands make it in times of inflation?: Food is a fickle business. Who gets to win?
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How do specialty food brands make it in times of inflation?
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Inflation: Fed director sees no reason to rush to cut rates: The central banker Christopher Waller sees the possibility of keeping interest rates at their ...
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Inflation: Fed director sees no reason to rush to cut rates
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Navigating challenges, strategies in Indonesia’s rice market - Academia - The Jakarta Post
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Navigating challenges, strategies in Indonesia’s rice market - Academia - ...
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Consumer Sentiment Stable as Economy Maintains Momentum: Several reports out Thursday show the economy remains in good shape heading toward the second quarter of ...
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Consumer Sentiment Stable as Economy Maintains Momentum
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Trader Joe’s raises the price of a banana after more than 2 decades at 19 cents: In contrast to other foods more heavily impacted by inflation ...
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Trader Joe’s raises the price of a banana after more than 2 decades at 19 ...
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Australia News Today: Export Gloom, Inflation, Wine Tariffs: Good morning everyone, it’s Ben here on a cool Canberra morning. Here’s what’s making news today ...
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Australia News Today: Export Gloom, Inflation, Wine Tariffs