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