The price of food, especially fruits and vegetables, has risen dramatically
Grocery store bills rose 0.7% in April—the biggest one-month jump in grocery prices in nearly four years, according to the BLS—and 2.9% over the past year.
Fresh fruits and vegetables drove the largest increase among food products, soaring 6.1 percent in April from a year earlier.
This increase can be traced, in part, to the Trump Administration’s massive tariff regime affecting every country in the world— especially Mexico, where much of the fresh produce imported by the U.S. is grown.
The Trump Administration levied tariffs of about 17% on fresh tomatoes, for example, from Mexico starting in July 2025, and 90% of all imported tomatoes come from the U.S.’ southern neighbor.
The April report shows that tomato prices have risen 40% year over year.
Other products like coffee— which jumped 18.5% from last year and rose 2% from the previous month—and beef have risen sharply in the last year, but these products have increased for reasons beyond the Iran War.
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