It suggests the equivalent of five million households used credit cards, overdrafts or savings to buy food.
And despite slower economic growth predicted for Chile, people will continue to buy food.
They buy food as finished products, so changes in price are less noticeable to them.
Households can buy food with the money they save on kerosene, reducing hunger in communities.
"Instead of spending money on those, I use it to buy food, " Lopez said.
In Kenya, Save The Children is giving people vouchers to buy food in local markets.
Rescue workers arrived by boat and ferried them to shops to buy food and medicines.
There have also been accounts of teachers using their own money to buy food for pupils.
With the money he earned, he was able to pay rent for his room and buy food.
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The site, which goes live this month, lets restaurant owners buy food and supplies, find workers, plan menus.
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He and his wife recently sold their gold wedding rings to buy food.
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Copyrights that ensure songwriters can pay rent, buy food, and cover medical bills.
Some employers have assistance programs that can help buy food or pay bills as you get back on your feet.
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It enabled Iraq to sell oil as long as the proceeds were used to buy food, medicines and other humanitarian supplies.
In Europe, consumers now buy food in the way they purchase clothes: going downmarket for basics and splurging on the odd treat.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee created a Facebook page urging people to buy food at the chain during the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.
"Everybody has to buy food sooner or later, so you define the market as food, therefore, everybody is in the market, " he said.
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Seoul and Pyongyang are also trying to work out a new arrangement in which the North gets a loan to buy food from South.
Every time we turn on a tap or buy food we are responsible for a small element of the much larger water management cycle.
So if you don't have money to buy food, you're not worried about the European future of the country -- you are worried about your survival.
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"It is my sister's 21st birthday and I went out to buy food and decorations for a party that my family is arranging for her, " he said.
Instead of welfare or unemployment checks, a government could give out cash cards that can be used only to buy food or pay rent and utility bills.
Also, some 43% of the 1, 000 people surveyed said they were more likely to buy food traceable from UK farms in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.
Next to the bank's entrance there is a small store where people can use their green bills to buy food or cleaning materials at very low prices.
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For it to work, a person must use a micro-payment network to buy food, which allows their purchases to be monitored and compared against their health records.
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At least there, she said, she won't have to pay rent and buy food, as she does here in Savar, an industrial center north of the capital, Dhaka.
Thanks to you and those who served before you, the people of Kosovo are able to buy food and find shelter, go to school and get medical help.
This is the time when they make their money for their families so they can pay their house payments, they can buy food, they can make their car payments.
They were given an allowance and taken shopping, the only restriction being that they had to buy food with clearly marked nutritional content so the researchers could properly measure it.
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