Main point
Almost 90% of American adults say they are stressed by the cost of groceries, according to a new survey published Monday, while food prices rise and products such as chicken, ground meat and eggs record the highest price increases.
Key data
More than half of the Americans (53%) see the prices of grocers as an important source of stress, and another 33% considers it a smaller source of stress, according to a new survey of the AP-NORC Public Affairs Research Center.
More people were concerned about the prices of grocers than for any other financial concern mentioned in the survey, although more than half of the respondents also said they were at least somewhat stressed by their salaries, the cost of housing, the amount of money they have saved, their credit card debt and the cost of medical care.
The consumer price index shows that the price of food has risen 3% in the last 12 months: the groceries rose 2.4%, while eating outside is 3.8% more expensive than a year ago.
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From June 2024 to June 2025, the groceries were more expensive in all categories monitored by the Office of Labor Statistics: meats, birds, fish and eggs rose 5.6% (only eggs increased by 27.3%); Non -alcoholic beverages are 4.4% more expensive; Fruits and vegetables rose 0.7%; And both cereals and bakery products and dairy products increased 0.9%.
With 3%, the cost of food is increasing faster than the general inflation rate, measured by the consumer price index, which is 2.7%.
After the groceries, the price of housing had the second largest number of people who reported it as an important source of stress in Monday’s survey (47%), followed by the amount of money saved (43%), salary (43%) and the cost of medical care (42%).
Outstanding figure
81 cents. This is what increased the price per pound from the chicken breast between July 2024 and July 2025, according to NBC News, being the greatest increase between the six basic products tracked by the middle. The cost of ground meat increased 67 cents per pound, while the eggs took 64 cents per dozen.
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Did the prices of the groceries upload more this year than in previous years?
Although food prices continue to rise despite the campaign promise of President Donald Trump to “lower prices immediately”, 3% are far from the two -digit increases in the early decade. Food inflation was 10.4% in 2022 and 6.3% in 2021. This year, the increase is slightly higher but is in line with the increases of 2023 (2.7%) and 2024 (2.5%).
Will tariffs make groceries more expensive?
Probably. Yale Budget Lab estimates that tariff price increases will cause food costs to rise around another 3%. Fresh products could increase almost 7% initially before stabilizing in the long term with an increase of 3.6%, and processed rice is expected to increase 10.2% in the long term. Other products that are expected to rise in price include drinks, cereals and grains, sugar, meat and dairy products, according to Yale. Edible products imported from other countries, such as bananas, beer, wine and cheese, will face additional tariffs. In 2024, USA Trump agreed to Pausar for 90 days the highest tariffs for Mexico and established a 15% tariff on EU products. The White House reported that Canada will face a 35% rate-an increase since the previous 25%-for products not covered by the T-MEC agreement. Trump has threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Brazil due to the ongoing criminal process against his ally and former president of that country, Jair Bolsonaro, and the average tariff on Chinese exports is currently 55%.
This note was originally posted in Forbes USA.
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