Grocery prices fell in April as overall inflation cooled. Milk prices dropped 0.8% while egg prices declined 7.3%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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Meat prices have risen 13% since 2021. Prices are still going up, even though not at eye-popping rates any more. Stu Forster/Getty Images hide caption
There are steps you can take to reduce food waste while prepping, shopping and cooking. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Alysa MacClellan, 47, prepares to send volunteers to their designated drop offs at a food distribution site in Washington, D.C. Mary Yang/NPR hide caption
A driver pumps gas at a Gulf gas station in Lynnfield, Mass., on July 19. Gasoline prices are dropping, which is helping bring down inflation. But the cost of many other things are still climbing. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Inflation is cooling thanks to gas prices, but many things still cost a lot more
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"All food prices are now predicted to increase between 4.5 and 5.5%," the USDA's Economic Research Service explained in the March report. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Grocery prices have fallen in recent months but are still 4.6% higher than at this time last year. Here, a woman stock shelves in a deli in June at a Washington, D.C., supermarket. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images hide caption