date:Aug 26, 2014
ry stores and in restaurants - will be 2.5 to 3.5 percent in 2014, in line with historical norms, and is expected to be slightly lower at 2 to 3 percent in 2015, the USDA said.
Since 1990, U.S. grocery store prices have risen by an average of 2.8 percent annually.
The agency said that although food-at-home prices increased more in the first half of 2014 than in the whole of 2013, the lower prices outlook for commodities such as corn and soybeans, as well as rising animal inventories, should pr