Sunshine State Sticker Shock
Florida’s Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area ranks second with grocery prices up 4.3% overall. Protein costs whack especially hard here, with eggs, meat, poultry, and fish jumping 7.8% in just one year. Cereals and bakery products also saw very big increases at 5.3%, while dairy prices rose 5.0%. Interestingly, fruits and vegetables barely increased (0.2%), indicating Florida’s agricultural production may help stabilize produce prices.
