2022 drove the sharpest jump, with food prices rising 9.9%, followed by 5.8% in 2023; increases then cooled to 2.3% in 2024 and 2.9% in 2025.
321 versus 239.4 shows grocery prices—"food at home"—rose 34.1% over the decade, while restaurant and prepared-food prices—"food away from home"—climbed 50.6% to 394.7 from 262.1.
The figures come in a fact check of a claim that U.S. food prices doubled in 10 years; federal agencies do not publish Maine-specific food price data.