USDA raises forecast of grocery inflation in 2023

Grocery prices will rise 3.5 percent in the new year, nearly double the long-term average but a dramatic slowdown from this year’s 11.5 percent, said the Agriculture Department Thursday in its Food Price Outlook. It was the second time in two months that the USDA has raised its estimate of grocery inflation in 2023. USDA… » Read More

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