Grocery prices are rising in America again. Here’s what got more expensive | CNN

 Overall, grocery prices were 5.8% more expensive in May than they were a year ago. Menu prices have risen 8.3% over the past year. Together, food prices jumped 6.7% throughout the year, once again outpacing overall annual inflation, which came in at 4%.

Certain food items got quite a bit more expensive over the course of the year.

Grocery prices are rising in America again. Here’s what got more expensive 

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN

Updated 10:56 AM EDT, Tue June 13, 2023

• Margarine spiked 22.5%,
•  flour jumped 17.1%, 
• bread spiked 12.5% and 
• sugar rose 11.1%. 
• Meanwhile, juice and other nonalcoholic drinks popped 9.9%, 
• lettuce went up 9.4%, 
• ham grew 8.2% and 
• — brace yourself — ice cream went up 8%.

Some items have notched smaller increases over the past 12 months: 

• Cheese grew 3.6%, 
• chicken went up 0.9% and 
• fresh fruits and vegetables have risen 0.6%. 
• Uncooked beef roasts stayed flat.

A variety of factors have caused food prices to rise. Extreme weather, the war in Ukraine, avian flu and higher costs along the supply chain have all led to higher prices. Plus, food sellers have used the disruptions as cover to raise prices. And with food sales up — even though consumers are buying fewer items — those prices are likely to remain elevated.

Still, there has been some relief since last year. Bacon fell 9.8%, citrus fruit dropped 5.3%, fresh whole milk dropped 3.4%, pork chops fell 2.2%, and fish and seafood fell 1.1% over the course of the year.

• Even though grocery prices ticked up overall from April to May, a number of individual items got cheaper — notably, eggs.The item, which was soaring earlier this year, dropped 13.8% last month — the largest single-month price decline since January 1951.
• rice and pasta dipped 1.2%. Butter dropped 1%.

But several items got more expensive, as well.

In the meat aisle, uncooked ground beef jumped 2%, fresh whole chickens rose 1.9% and ham got 1.6% pricier.

Elsewhere, lettuce jumped 5.3%, margarine went up 2.1% and apples got 1.9% more expensive. Sugar rose 0.5%, and bread ticked up 0.4%.

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