Grocery bill climbing? These graphs show how the price of staple pantry items has risen

With inflation across the U.S. hovering around 8%, the old advice to save money by eating at home may be more difficult than ever.

Many are feeling the pinch at the grocery store, where prices have risen steadily in recent months.

The “food at home” consumer price index rose 11.9% in the last year, “the largest 12-month increase since the period ending April 1979,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“The food categories with the largest increase in prices are cereal, meat, eggs and dairy,” said Alison Gustafson, Ph.D. and associate professor with the University of Kentucky’s Department of Nutrition and Food Science. “Given that the rise in corn has been very high and much of that corn goes to feed livestock, there has been a significant increase in meat and poultry.”

A number of factors are contributing to the increase in consumer groceries, Gustafson noted. That includes supply chain disruptions and lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic, worker shortages, environmental conditions, the war in Ukraine and “to a lesser extent inflation.” It’s all led to prices at the store jumping between 14% and 16% from the prior year.

Kentucky is still in “relatively good shape compared to other states,” Gustafson wrote in an email to the Herald-Leader, but it’s time for consumers to be mindful of purchases.

“Given that Kentucky depends on other states for certain products and as mentioned there continues to be supply chain issues with certain food items, this is a critical time to change what and where we purchase our food,” she said.

Shopping from local producers and choosing in-season fruits and vegetables can help Kentucky’s farmers and perhaps ease the strain on shoppers’ wallets.

Still, consumers shouldn’t expect relief at the grocery store and will likely continue to shell out more for the remainder of the year, Gustafson said.

What happened to the power of the American vote?

Oh look, Yahoo brought back the comment section. I bet it's all Sharon Cherries-type people allowed to speak. I will still refuse to look at Yahoo ever again. Warn your friends.

I'm seeing 30% to 40% increases across the board in the grocery stores.

It's horrific. FJB!

I miss the good old days with President Trump. MAGA II !!!

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"These graphs show..."

No graphs at link.

Was just going to state the same.

This Bidenflation makes me rethink my 'need' to consoooom cheap Chinese crap when I'm out. I'm more rational now, thinking 'is this a want or a need' when I'm shopping and I don't purchase unnecessary items (like at the store 2 days ago, I had the chance to reach out and grab some Queso while walking up the chip aisle and when I saw the price on the Tostito's and the little can of queso that goes very well with Frito's, I walked on by...the 'cheap' can that my hand used to find and just toss in w/out thinking, was $4.39...I was like, um, not gonna impulse buy this today...).

Now, I do spend $...I buy 91 gasoline from Stewart's Shops in NY because that's the ONLY gas station in NY that doesn't offer shitty corn-mafia and government-grifted ethanol fuel. It 'costs' more at the pump, but I get 5 extra miles per gallon in fuel efficiency, so I'll pay for it. Thank you, Stewart's...the only bright spot about living in the woke Marxist state of NY.

It never existed.

From Italy-----go hunt wild boar and have a great BBQ! Idiot!

Cook your meals at home (Youtube shows you how)
and stop eating out until the prices come down!

Brain misfiring much this morning... ?

I'm from KY too. Lexington is a nice place if you can get past the UK trash.

A whole uncooked Chicken was 4 dollars a few years ago. They are like 8 or 9 now in the midwest.

I notice the Mean Tweets index has dropped to zero, just before civilization collapses.

:t5a:

Hungover badly on Sunday morning.
And not very bright when Saturday began either.

News Flash!!! The prices never come down and the wages never raise far enough to make up for the difference.

Think on this. Back in the day the silver dollar used to be made of silver which is worth about $16.80 today. And during that same time the minimum wage was $1.15 cents. Meaning they were getting paid close to $19.32 if you were to calculate their pay according to the cost of silver today.

Now let me ask you are minimum wage recipients getting paid close to $20 an hour today? Umm hell no.

We are being ripped off and nobody notices it because its been happening over years but the unskilled laborers in the 60's were doing far better than we are today.

we havent noticed a difference... shrug

I just don't get the govt calculations for inflation ...
Here tins of heinz beans Rose like 50% in a week.
The 8%/9% rates in our countries are so far off the reality its a joke now.
In the UK, fuel up 50% on this time last Yr, gas n electric up 54% and more to come this year, food is 30% plus. Earnings Tax up, local council tax up, insurances up etc etc.

Just HOW they still get 8%/9% relatively is beyond me!
They fudge the real figures cos if they were truthful people would panic and the economy would nearly stop... ie, new vehicles and houses etc... where the govt makes a shitload in taxes...

I am sick of being misled by govt when we all KNOW the reality on ghe ground, yet NO-ONE on the msm talks about this??? Instead we get interviews with rich cunts telling us to stop asking for pay rises to stop it rising while none of these issues will EVER affect them.... urgh... pisses me right off but we have no voice ever really, just rich cunts telling us what to do n how to live etc

LOL.

Thread: ALL of this is being done to MOCK the USA and its traditions. Democrats HATE the USA.

This nothing but clickbait, link goes to yeehaw’s main page with a gazillion ads and no content of what OP suggests.

Hellmans mayonnaise is $5.00 a jar. Went up two dollars in one year.

Not just the USA mate, western culture maybe?

Shop smarter
Waste less
Eat less is the endgame

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This is what we have done. We're eating better for it too. Youtube has been great for me as well, andI'm looking at the frugal channels and the cooking ones.

I'm not a great cook, but I'm getting better. I don't think I want to go back to eating out much again. Not just the price, but it's better food at home and I know what's in everything.

Now we are talking!

Great visual... so how are we at 8% (USA) or 9% (UK)?

They bs us daily and will never admit the real numbers cos the econonmy would collapse imo. That said... people know it is way worse yet so long as the news says it aint that bad then they will carry on as normal and maybe buy the less expensive butter than the nice one???.... nuts mate

meh

maybe the fatty boombahs will finally lose some weight

it's not expensive to consume the calories/nutrients you need to get through a day

Everytime I hear the MSM talk about our 8% inflation rate I LOL. Obviously they don't pump gas or go grocery shopping. Try 100+% inflation guys!!

Stupidest thing the .gov ever did was remove food and fuel from the inflation rate. It's TWO things people cannot live without! Food, water, fuel/energy, clothing and shelter should always be included in inflation figures! You can't live without those things!