While inflation is down to 4% year-over-year, we鈥檙e not seeing a lot of relief at the grocery store check out line.
On average, prices at the grocery store are still hovering just below 6%, more than they were last year, but many staples are still seeing high inflation.
鈥淲e have two girls, my husband and I, we probably pay almost $200 in groceries a week,鈥� Sarah Beightol told 草莓传媒.
She was pushing her two young daughters and groceries at the Giant on Wisconsin Avenue, near the Washington National Cathedral.
鈥淭he giant berries are pretty good. But Trader Joe’s eggs are good. So I shop a lot of different places now for different things. I’ve started making my own bread, because it’s so expensive,鈥� she said.
shows bread and grain prices are up 10% over last year.
Other baking essentials like margarine rose 22.5%. Sugar rose 11.1%.
Frozen foods also are still seeing big jumps. Frozen fruit vegetables are up 12.9%.
Other things that you may think of as cheap options are still seeing dramatic price differences. Kathy, who was walking home after her Giant run, saw lettuce was up 9%.
鈥淚鈥檓 clearly going to have to start growing it,鈥� she said.
Other hot items are sauces and condiments, which are seeing price increases of 11.8% and 15.7%, respectively.
Prices aren鈥檛 the only frustrating thing with modern grocery prices.
鈥淭he shelves are always empty, and they don’t seem to restart fast enough. Or at all,鈥� said another shopper.
While the sticker shock at the grocery store is frustrating enough, eating out at restaurants is still more expensive, up 8.3% over last year.
