“Grocery shopping is not just wildly expensive these days — the Consumer Price Index in July was up 2.7% year-over-year, with the price of some foods reaching record levels — but also filled with uncertainty,” food editor Gretchen McKay writes.
“Just when you think the price of a box of Honey Nut Cheerios couldn’t be higher (seriously folks, $7?) we have to worry about how big a hole President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs will burn in our pockets going forward,” McKay writes.
“As someone who grocery shops several times a week — always within a set budget — I feel your pain. I’ve probably been caught on a security camera more times than I can count cussing the price of a single tomato or a pint of orange juice while checking out at the register. And I’ve got plenty of company: About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a “major” source of stress, according to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.”
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