How to lower your grocery costs in Minnesota when prices are soaring

Even with high inflation, there are plenty of ways to save money on your next trip to the grocer

Feb 08, 20220

Shari L. Gross | Star Tribune count

Haley Nelson, a food blogger in St. Paul, says it's not the time to wing it in the grocery store. Food prices rose 6.5% last year, far above the 1.5% average of the last 10 years.

Grocery runs have gotten more expensive.

Anyone who has taken a look at their receipts in the last few months can tell that prices have gone up on nearly everything from chicken wings to milk as inflation levels reached heights we haven't seen in decades.

The cost of food that people eat at home rose 6.5% in December compared to the same month the year before. That's well above what people were used to. Over the last 20 years, the cost of supermarket purchases rose about 2% a year on average.

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