The Modern Dispatch

Food Prices

3 articles

A family at Disneyland looking concerned at a menu board displaying increased food prices, highlighting the impact on visitor budgets.
Food & Drink

Disneyland hikes food prices, impacting visitor budgets

The Wedge Salad at Disneyland's Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta now costs 23% more, adding $2.

Camila Roque·July 19, 2026
Coachella festival-goer holding a receipt with a high food price, surrounded by the festival's vibrant atmosphere and crowd.
Food & Drink

Coachella attendees share shocking food and drink prices online

At Coachella, a simple meal of two pizza slices and a can of Coke set one attendee back $41, igniting a firestorm over the festival's soaring costs.

Camila Roque·April 13, 2026
A diverse group of people looking concerned at sparse food, with a blurred map of conflict zones in the background, symbolizing the global impact of war on food prices and supply.
Food & Drink

The High Price of Conflict: Why Rising Food Costs Are a Moral Failure

Global food prices are soaring due to geopolitical conflicts, revealing a broken system where distant wars impact dinner tables worldwide. This crisis highlights a profound moral failure in our interconnected food supply.

Camila Roque·April 4, 2026