Important Takeaways:
- How much do groceries cost in YOUR state? Fascinating study shows average US household spends $1,080 per month on their essentials – but costs vary by $304 across the country
- The average American household now spends $1,080 per month at the grocery store as two years of rampant inflation takes its toll on household budgets.
- But fresh analysis of US Census data shows shopping costs vary by as much as $304 per month state-by-state.
- The findings, from HelpAdvisor, show grocery spending is highest in California where the average household splashes out $297.72 per week – or around $1,190 per month.
- It was followed by Nevada, Mississippi and Washington where weekly spending amounts to $294.76, $290.64 and $287.67 respectively.
- By contrast, households in Wisconsin spend the least on groceries, with their weekly shop totaling $221.46 – or $885.84 per month.
- The cost of food-at-home specifically has risen 2.6 percent in the last 12 months.
- Recent research by Goldman Sachs suggested that rising prices was the driving factor behind the US population’s general pessimism about the economy.
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Important Takeaways:
- Startling new report finds hormone-warping chemicals in 99 PERCENT of food sold in American stores – which may raise risk of cancer, autism and infertility
- ‘Forever chemicals’ linked to cancer are found in virtually every food product sold in American stores, a shocking report suggests.
- The watchdog Consumer Reports tested 85 everyday items for the presence of phthalates and bisphenols, two types of PFAS chemicals used to make plastics.
- The researchers tried to make their sample size as broad as possible – testing water, soda, cereal, bread, meat, fish, condiments, desserts and even baby food.
- All but one product tested positive for the substances, which have been dubbed ‘forever chemicals’ because they are virtually impossible to break down in the body where they cause untold health problems.
- It comes amid growing fears about the massive amounts of chemicals being ingested by Americans every year. A study earlier this week found water bottled contain a quarter of a million pieces of microscopic plastics.
- The product with the highest amount of phthalates per serving in nanograms was Annie’s canned organic cheesy ravioli, which contained 53,580 nanograms of phthalates per serving.
- Exposure to phthalates has been linked to asthma, ADHD, breast cancer, obesity and type II diabetes.
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Revelations 18:23:’For the merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.’
Important Takeaways:
- “The food index increased 10.9 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending May 1979,” BLS said.
- Some grocery store items have seen prices rise even faster, though.
- “The food at home index rose 13.1 percent over the last 12 months, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending March 1979” BLS said. “The index for other food at home rose 15.8 percent and the index for cereals and bakery products increased 15.0 percent over the year. The remaining major grocery store food groups posted increases ranging from 9.3 percent (fruits and vegetables) to 14.9 percent (dairy and related products).”
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