Grocery Snapshot March: In like a lamb, but it’ll be out like a lion

Monday, March 9, 2026

March came in like a lamb with my first grocery shopping trip of the month, but all signs point to it going out a like a lion. Economy disruptions caused by the war in Iran, which are already being seen, will likely have a big impact in the weeks to come. Add to that continuing tariff craziness and just plain old changing of seasons, and things are poised to get crazier, price-wise.

It’s Your Money Grocery Snapshot for February: One year later, yeah, prices are up

Friday, February 6, 2026

Thursday marked one year since my first Grocery Snapshot shopping trip. It came right after President Trump announced his plan for across-the-board tariffs. I made a handful of purchases of things I usually bought that I thought could be affected by tariffs, as well as some that may not be, and figured we’d track them for a year to see how, or if, the prices changed.

Grocery Snapshot: January prices are up, but pasta is saved [for now]

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So, that means a lot of price increases this month for those store brands that dropped in December. In fact, 11 of the 26 items on the grocery snapshot list cost more than they did last month.

October Grocery Snapshot: The dreaded chocolate price hike is here

Thursday, October 16, 2025

It’s here, people. Hershey’s told us in July that this fall the price of its chocolate products would increase by double digits. They weren’t kidding.