Tiffany Doerr Guerzon Shares 7 Grocery-Cutting Tactics as Food Prices Rise 27.14% Since 2020
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Updated · Seattle's Child · May 28
Tiffany Doerr Guerzon Shares 7 Grocery-Cutting Tactics as Food Prices Rise 27.14% Since 2020
1 articles · Updated · Seattle's Child · May 28
Food prices rose 27.14% from 2020 to 2025, turning a $600 monthly grocery bill into $762.84, and USDA forecasts another 3.1% increase in 2026.
Tiffany Doerr Guerzon says families can blunt that pressure by shopping pantry stock first, using cheaper stores, meal-planning around sales, sticking to lists and switching to store brands.
Store brands can run 20%-25% below name brands; she cited Kroger cream of mushroom soup at $1.89 versus Campbell’s at $3.49.
Meat-saving tactics include buying bulk ground beef at $6.66 a pound instead of $7.99, stretching recipes with less meat and using Costco’s $5 rotisserie chicken for nearly 3 pounds of meat.
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