Grocery prices fall for first time in a year

(The Hill) -- Grocery prices fell on the whole in April for the first time in 12 months, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department.Prices for food at home fell 0.2 percent in April, according to the Labor Department's consumer price index (CPI), the closely watched inflation gauge. It was the first time food at home prices fell since April 2023 and followed several months of plateauing.
After rising quickly for most of the past three years due to supply chain constraints and t