Who's to blame for rising food prices?

疯狂的通货膨胀

Money Talks from The Economist

2026-08-21

40 分钟
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American grocery prices have risen by around a quarter since 2020. So are shoppers getting ripped off? And, if so, is anyone cashing in? Money Talks goes on the trail of sky-high shopping bills. Guests and hosts: Aaron Lehman, president of Iowa Farmers UnionNik Modi, retail analyst at RBC Capital MarketsAlice Fulwood, co-host of “Money Talks”Ethan Wu, co-host of “Money Talks”Josh Roberts, co-host of “Money Talks” Topics covered: Food pricesGrocery storesFarming Transcripts of our podcasts are available via economist.com/podcasts.
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  • The Economist.

  • It's hard to take a trip to the supermarket these days

  • without feeling like it's a total rip-off.

  • You may have noticed your grocery bill climbing since 2020.

  • Experts say food prices have jumped about 25%.

  • Are Americans paying too much for their groceries?

  • I decided to conduct a little experiment to find out.

  • Alice is calling.

  • Alice.

  • Josh.

  • Are you at Waitrose?

  • I'm in Waitrose.

  • I have made it to Whole Foods.

  • I have a bunch of organic bananas, currently from Colombia.

  • There are six in here.

  • Let me put them on the scale.

  • Sorry, this is extremely complicated.

  • I used to have to tell how people do this.

  • I have 2.4 pounds of bananas.

  • They are apparently 60 cents a pound.