Low meat prices to hold down grocery costs in 2017

Grocery prices will virtually stand still in 2017, the second year in a row of unusually low food-price inflation with lower beef and pork prices a factor, says the government. Retail food prices are estimated to rise 1 percent in the new year after falling 0.75 percent this year; typically grocery prices rise 2.5 percent… » Read More

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