by Hannah Knudsen
Breitbart.com
This Fourth of July is the most expensive on record in terms of the grocery bill, according to data from the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) annual marketbasket survey.
The analysis looked at a grocery bill covering a cookout for ten guests, which it estimated to be $71.52. The price is up five percent from 2023 and 30 percent higher than it was five years ago, under former President Donald Trump’s leadership.
“A $7.12 per-person cost represents a record high since AFBF began the survey in 2013. The cookout favorites include cheeseburgers, chicken breasts, pork chops, homemade potato salad, strawberries and ice cream, among other products,” the American Farm Bureau’s analysis reported.