Food prices just had their highest month-to-month jump in years (opens in new tab)

Food prices jumped 0.68% in April compared with the previous month — the largest month-to-month inflation bump since August 2022, according to the Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. Food inflation has been growing since the COVID-19 pandemic, which shocked supply chains, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which affected oil prices, in early 2022. […] The post appeared first on .