Americans are once again dealing with high grocery costs.
According to The Labor Department, the prices of groceries were 5.8% higher in May than they were a year prior.
Among the types of groceries that rose in cost over the course of a year are:
- Margarine rising by 22.5%
- Flour rising by 17.1%
- Bread rising by 12.5%
- Sugar rising by 11.1%
- Non-alcoholic drinks rising by 9.9%
- Lettuce rising by 9.4%
- Ham rising by 8.2%
- Ice cream rising by 8%
Meanwhile, eggs — which saw price spikes earlier in the year — dropped 13.8% last month.
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