USDA: Highest grocery price inflation since 1974

Grocery prices will rise an average of 11 percent this year, the largest year-on-year increase since 1974, when prices soared by a torrid 14.9 percent, said the USDA. The monthly Food Price Outlook said grocery inflation would ebb to a near-normal 2.5 percent in 2023. USDA economists said prices for beef, seafood and fresh fruit… » Read More

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