Grocery prices in the four years since the COVID pandemic began are up nearly 25 percent, but didn’t move much over the last month. That’s according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. WRCR market analyst Ken Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management in Chestnut Ridge says the high costs are the result of a combination of culprits…
Don’t think you’re going to save if you dine out either, statistics show those costs growing at a higher pace thanks to labor inflation and higher commodities costs, among other reasons. Since COVID, the price of dining out has increased 25.6 percent.