annemarie kuhns

Food price inflation was negative in 2017, and 2018 is trending in the same direction, with food and grocery stores in January rising half a percent compared to December.    "This is the largest monthly increase at the grocery store since May of 2014, when prices rose .6%."  ...

During the past two years, we saw the national average for food prices drop just slightly.   "But in 2018 we can expect to pay 1 to 2-percent more for groceries overall than we did in 2017."   Ag Department economist Annemarie Kuhns said even with the slight hike, we're still paying less than we did back in 2015.  Kuhns said t...

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