Ouch To Your Bank Account: 5 Foods Costing More This Summer
A Safeway customer browses in the fruit and vegetable section. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
If your grocery bill is bigger than usual, you aren’t alone.
According to NBC News, a “side effect” of the pandemic is price hikes for the third straight month in June as demand outweighs supply.
Based on the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, here are 5 foods that have spiked in price compared to last year at this time.
Bacon — up 15.6%
Whole milk — up 11.2%
Eggs — up 5.7%
Ground coffee — up 1.9%
Bananas — up 1.2%
On the flip side, flour and potato prices have actually dropped since last summer.
What other things have you noticed are costing more recently?
Ransom Garcia is the music director and afternoon host on 1079 Coyote Country. He’s been with the station since 2017, but he’s been on the Las Vegas airwaves since 2003. Although he's Vegas Born AND Raised, Ransom also has on-air duties on sister station Kiss 95.1 in Charlotte, NC. He is also set to be inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame in September of 2024. Ransom writes articles about pop culture, human interests, technology, video games and anything affecting Las Vegas.
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