And beginning to come down
USDA ERS - Summary Findings
ERS research and reporting of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food contributes to an understanding of which food categories experience substantial price changes, how consumers spend their incomes on food, and how and why prices change.
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Inflation is cooling. So why are food prices, from steak to fast-food meals, still rising?
Higher food prices partly caused the hotter-than-expected inflation report. Getting pinched at the grocery store is souring Americans on the economy.
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I mean, seems the consensus of other websites disagree the White House on the situation of grocery prices.