Grocery Prices on the Rise

This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.

Shopping Cart

Have you noticed that grocery prices are on the rise? I have certainly seen the prices climbing for coffee, beef and cheese.

In the August issue of All You magazine I read that overall people are paying about 4% more on their grocery bill. Some products like meat are up to 8% more expensive this year over last year.

What does this mean? Well, try to save where you can. Here are some ideas:

  • Stretch the meat in your recipes.
  • Stockup when you see prices at their rock bottom price.
  • Use coupons on other items. My feeling is that if you save on other items you can put that money towards the more expensive items that don’t have coupons.
  • Cook in season.

Remember that you can still score an exclusive deal on All You magazine– just $1.33 an issue!

Have you noticed the prices at the grocery store going up?

Photo Credit Foster

The following two tabs change content below.
Renae is a married working mom of two handsome boys. She works as a registered dental hygienist by day and blogs here at How to Have it All by night. She enjoys cooking from scratch, working in her vegetable garden and functional training.

Latest posts by Renae Chiovaro (see all)

Comments

  1. Yes! With just me and my husband we use to be able to get by with $60 worth of groceries if need be. Now, not so much. On average we are spending $150 a week on just the 2 of us. :(

    • Hi Sam,
      That is a large jump for you I am sure!Hopefully you are able to save on non-food items like health and beauty products. If you don’t know how to work the drug store deals, I would love to help you with that!

  2. Absolutely!! My husband and I were talking about this last night! There are items that I used to buy on sale regularly that I haven’t because the sale price has been above what I typically pay. Unfortunately, it looks like I’m going to have to change my price points a bit on some items!
    Heather @ Spectacular Savings recently posted..More Matchups…….Target, CVS, Family DollarMy Profile

    • Hi Heather,
      Yes, I need to adjust my price points too! I have noticed prices for meat are getting no where near what I paid last summer.

  3. Bacon! I love bacon (especially on BLT’s), but the price of bacon is crazy! I have also seen an increase in cheese.

    The only thing I have seen decrease is the price of half gallon of Horizon organic milk at Food Lion. It is $2.99 now. This may be due to a recent study that stated Horizon may not be organic after all!

    • Hi Sara,
      Yes, I have noticed the price of bacon going up plus there seems to be a lack of coupons! A couple of years ago bacon coupons were plentiful- not any longer.

      A BLT sounds so good right now with my homegrown tomatoes! Yummy!