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Grocery prices rose 1.4% in February and 8.6% in past year

03/10/22 10:24 AM By Steve Davies

The price consumers paid for groceries jumped 1.4% in February, helping to drive an overall increase in the Consumer Price Index of 7.9% over the past 12 months, the largest in 40 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday.

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