Food price increases hit the egg category the hardest between December 2021 and December 2024 in the United States. The price of eggs increased by **** percent in 2024.
When surveyed in March 2024, some ** percent of respondents in the U.S. stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. This figure peaked at ** percent in April 2024.
According to a survey carried out in the United States in 2025, ** percent of respondents aged 55 and older stated that they experience higher prices when buying dairy products at the grocery store. For those aged between 18 and 34, ** percent stated experiencing a price hike in those typed of products.
Actively buying discounted and sorted out items was the leading measure Japanese consumers took against food price inflation, according to a survey conducted in February 2025. Almost ** percent of respondents changed the brand of food products amid price hikes.
In the United States, online grocery prices hit a **** year peak in September 2022, when they registered a **** percent year-over-year increase. In the country, the prices of grocery products available online has increased continuously, only lowering by **** percent as of March 2025, marking an unprecedented period of inflation.
When surveyed in January 2025, some ** percent of respondents in Brazil stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. The month in which the largest number of consumers expected food prices to rise was April 2022, with ** percent of respondents.
When surveyed in October 2024, some ** percent of respondents in the United Kingdom stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. This figure initially increased from the start of the survey period in September 2021 and peaked at ** percent in June and October 2022.
When surveyed in March 2025, some ** percent of respondents in Italy stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. This figure has decreased from the peak of ** percent in June 2022. The lowest figure was recorded in September 2021, when about half of the respondents expected an increase in food prices.
According to a survey carried out between October and November 2024, consumers in ******* were the most likely to be expecting food prices to increase. Some ** percent of South African survey respondents stated they expected the cost of their food shopping to increase in the coming six months. In comparison, **************** respondents said the same.
According to a survey conducted in Canada in 2023, close to 52 percent of respondents from Nova Scotia believed grocery chain price gouging to be the main reason food prices have been rising in Canada. Conversely, close to 22 percent of those from Quebec believed the same.
When surveyed in *************, some ** percent of respondents in Canada stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. This figure has increased since the start of the survey period in ************** and first peaked at ** percent in ********.
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 124.9 points in January 2025, down 2.1 points from December 2024. The highest value for the index in the past 23 years was reached in March 2022. However, the rate of food price increases has been decreasing since.
Food prices worldwide The annual FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) by category shows that the price of vegetable oils grew by a particularly large margin. One of the factors that influenced the spike in oil prices worldwide during 2020 and 2021 were the supply-chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, after the war in Ukraine, shipping costs and grain prices also had a noticeable impact on global food prices. Global food prices are calculated to have increased by 3.68 percent, due to changes in shipping costs and grain prices. The European Union (EU) has experienced a particularly high increase in the annual consumer prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, as compared to other selected countries worldwide. Inflation in Europe
The inflation rate for food in the EU grew from 0.2 percent in May 2021 to 19.2 percent in March 2023, as compared to the same month in the previous year. In the following months, the food inflation started decreasing again, reaching 1.86 percent in April 2024. The overall inflation rate in the Euro area reached its peak in December 2022 at 9.2 percent. The rate has since fallen to 2.4 percent in December 2024. As measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), inflation rates in Europe were highest in Turkey, North Macedonia, and Romania as of December 2024.
In the year to March 2025, price increases were recorded across all grocery product categories in Australia, except for dairy and related products. Fruit and vegetables saw an annual increase of 6.6 percent. Meat and seafood products saw an annual growth of above four percent.
Food price inflation has affected the spending habits on edibles of the majority of Japanese consumers, according to a survey in May 2025. ************ respondents switched to less expensive products from the same genre, whereas ***** percent would often stop buying the food items affected by price hikes.
In January 2025, the 12-month inflation rate for food items in the United States was at 2.5 percent. That month, egg prices increased by over 50 percent compared to January 2024. Inflation for sugar and sweets saw an increase at 4.3 percent.
In the U.S., the consumer price index (CPI) of food increased across many categories from 2022 to 2023. Cereal and bakery products saw the most drastic change between 2022 and 2023, when the CPI for this category increased by *** percent. While eggs had the highest inflation acroos all food categories in 2024.
On averagethe proportion of consumers who expect food prices to rise has decreased slightly in the past two years. As of February 2024, ** percent of Americans are expecting price increase over the next 12 months.
This statistic shows the results of a 2017 survey in which consumers in the United States were asked if they would continue to shop at their local grocery store if the prices increased by a given percentage. According to the report, only ** percent of respondents would continue to shop at their local supermarket if the prices increased by ** percent.
When surveyed in November 2022, some ** percent of respondents in France stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. This figure has increased since the start of the survey period in September 2021 and peaked at ** percent in October 2022.
When surveyed in November 2022, some ** percent of respondents in Norway stated that they expected grocery prices to increase. This figure has increased since the start of the survey period in September 2021 and peaked at ** percent in September 2022.
Food price increases hit the egg category the hardest between December 2021 and December 2024 in the United States. The price of eggs increased by **** percent in 2024.