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A 16-item basket of groceries made up of staples like eggs, bread, and meat — no truffle cheese in our cart — rang in nearly 43% higher in March compared to the same month in 2019.
A few key categories are behind the rise: Coffee prices have more than doubled since the pandemic, while beef prices have soared more recently. Egg prices have dropped from 2025’s levels — but are still about $0.80 more by the dozen compared to March 2019.
Snacks are especially expensive. A one-pound bag of potato chips these days costs almost $7, a more than $2 hike from pre-pandemic levels.
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A few key categories are behind the rise: Coffee prices have more than doubled since the pandemic, while beef prices have soared more recently. Egg prices have dropped from 2025’s levels — but are still about $0.80 more by the dozen compared to March 2019.
Snacks are especially expensive. A one-pound bag of potato chips these days costs almost $7, a more than $2 hike from pre-pandemic levels.
Housing hardships
The single-biggest monthly expense for most people is housing. Whether you rent or own, you’re probably paying more now. Rental costs and home prices vary widely depending on location — generally, they’re higher on the coasts and lower in the Midwest and the Southeast — but median rent in the US is $1,895, a 41% jump from $1,343 in 2019.From coffee to home prices, costs are up everywhere
Though overall inflation is somewhat tame at an annual rate of 2.4% — with average hourly earnings growth so far outpacing that increase — Americans continue to reel from prices that soared during the pandemic, never came back to earth, and keep ticking higher.
