2020 Food Prices Were Above 20 Year Average, COVID-19 to Blame

By RFD-TV

The final food price inflation figures are in for 2020, and they show the sharpest increase in nearly a decade.

Food prices at the supermarket last year jumped by an average 3.5 percent, 75 percent above the 20 year historical level of inflation. A USDA economist says that the pandemic is to blame.