Meat and seafood pull food prices higher

Americans will see the second year in a row of larger-than-usual food price increases, with food inflation now forecast at 3.5 percent this year, following the pandemic-driven 3.4 percent increase of 2020, said USDA economists on Thursday. Meat and seafood were the leading factors in the increase in the all-food forecast, previously 3 percent. The… » Read More

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