Grocery prices Coverage

Where can I find the best prices on grocery staples this week?

Each week, we'll post a new weekly table of prices for 11 staple grocery items to help you compare across multiple Triangle area stores.

WRAL Investigates who is profiting from inflation

Costs have increased for cereals, bakery items, dairy products, non-alcoholic beverages, meat and eggs.

'We're paying for them': WRAL Investigates companies getting fat on your shrinking food budget

Chills at the checkout. We all know the fear as your grocery bills seem to add up faster than Mega Millions jackpot these days.

Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter

Tracking egg prices at grocery stores in Raleigh, Cary

With egg costs soaring, here's a look at how prices have changed in recent weeks.

Jessica Patrick, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

There's some good news about holiday grocery shopping

Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households. Grocery prices remain a trouble spot. They surged 0.5% from October to November and are up 12% compared with a year ago.

Inflation eases some, but grocery prices continue to put pressure on the household budget

Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households. Grocery prices remain a trouble spot. They surged 0.5% from October to November and are up 12% compared with a year ago.

Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter

Hurricane Ian's impact: Damage from storm impacting grocery prices

Last month, Hurricane Ian devastated Florida's citrus crops. While the sunshine state pushes forward with recovery efforts, farming experts say citrus and other agricultural industries in Florida won't be as lucky.

Are you getting a good deal on your groceries? Five On Your Side tests 5 stores

Do you think you're getting a good deal on your groceries? Where you shop could mean the difference between saving big or spending unnecessarily.

Keely Arthur, WRAL consumer reporter

Food prices are still soaring -- here's what's getting more expensive

Inflation may be slowing, but food prices are still through the roof.

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business

How to find the best grocery prices before you head to the store

With the rising cost of food in the last few years, finding the best price from nearby stores and reconsidering where you shop are both excellent ways to keep the sticker shock to a minimum at the register.

Tips for eating healthy as groceries costs rise

Food price hikes at levels not seen since the inflation-soaked 1970s, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, but experts say there are still ways to eat healthy without breaking the bank.

Federal Reserve mulls interest rate hike, Duke professor explains potential effects

Duke University Practice of Economics professor Connel Fullenkamp discussed how the Federal Reserve is considering raising interest rates. The Fed is expected to take action this week.

'We are only working to survive': Durham mom speaks about rising prices, higher cost of living and possible raise in interest rates

The last time the Fed hiked rates by three-quarters of a percentage point was in the Alan Greenspan era: November 1994.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter

Cut your grocery bill right now with these 12 techniques

As grocery prices continue to increase, now is the time to implement these effective techniques for cutting your grocery bills.

Faye Prosser, WRAL Smart Shopper

Inflation costing US households more than $400 more per month

The cost of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, pushing inflation to a four-decade high and offering Americans no respite.

Keely Arthur, WRAL consumer reporter, and Christopher Rigaber, AP economics writer

Lidl slashes prices on 100 grocery items in North Carolina stores

Lidl announced it will begin dropping prices on more than 100 items in all North Carolina stores.

Nia Harden, WRAL reporter

Facing Higher Grocery Prices, Shoppers Change Habits

Susan Pollack, a property manager who was shopping one afternoon last week at a Costco in Marina del Rey, California, said she was startled that the price of a bulk pack of toilet paper had surged from $17 to $25.

Maria Cramer, Christine Hauser and Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times

Egg shortages, price increases driven by bird flu outbreak

The wholesale price for eggs is nearly three times as much as it was last year.

Families grappling with higher prices at the grocery store

If you've spent even a few minutes in a grocery store, you've seen the high prices there as well. That has a growing number of families struggling, looking for ways to cut back and make ends meet

Sticker shock at the supermarket is about to get worse

The USDA says grocery price increases outpaced overall inflation -- skyrocketing 8.6 percent in February year over year.

Grocery store prices climb amid inflation, supply chain issues

Americans are taking a hit at the grocery store. Inflation, supply chain issues and the impact of the omicron COVID-19 variant are driving up the cost of food.

Prices, shortages hit Thanksgiving dinner

DAYTON, Ohio -- The cost of turkey is climbing and supplies of Thanksgiving staples are spotty as the holiday nears.

Kaitlin Schroeder, Cox Newspapers

Inflation worries? Good news for Raleigh: Grocery competition keeps prices in check

As inflation concerns have increased, so has the rhetoric indicating that grocery prices are through the roof. This is simply not the case here in the Triangle. WRAL Smart Shopper found excellent grocery buys valid this week that are just as competitive as those we have enjoyed for many years.

Faye Prosser, WRAL Smart Shopper

NCSU supply chain expert warns price of diapers, paper towels, other products on the rise

Families, beware! The cost of diapers, paper towels and other related products is about to climb.

Rick Armstrong, WRAL photojournalist

Why are grocery store items getting more expensive?

The price you pay for beef is now up more than 20%, and eggs are 10% more expensive.