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The Price Of Grocery Store Chicken In 2000 Vs 2025

Regarding grocery prices, it's hard not to recall one of Howard Beale's speeches from the 1976 film "Network": "I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everyone knows things are bad." The food inflation crisis has been going strong for years now. According to the Pew Research Center , every single food the government monitors has increased in price since 2020. This includes traditionally cheap meats like chicken.

Let's take a look at how chicken prices today compare to 2000. Roughly a quarter of a century ago, chicken was about $1.07 a pound at the grocery store. Thanks to inflation, it's about twice as much today at $2.08 a pound. While this might seem like a relatively modest (and expected) increase for a 25 year time gap

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