‘Don’t be scared of beans’: how readers are handling US grocery inflation

Food prices have increased 22% in last four years and people are feeling the pinch. Readers share their strategies to cope

Back in 2019, $100 worth of groceries may have lasted a week for a household of two. Today, that same $100 will probably only buy enough groceries to stretch for a couple of days.

In the last four years, food prices have increased a whopping 22%, and consumers are feeling the pinch.