No Relief in the Grocery Aisle for 2015

Those in Rabun County saw an overall increase of 2.4% in grocery store prices in 2014, and Agricultural Department Economist Anne Marie Kuhns says 2015 could be the same…

“In 2015, we’re expecting grocery prices to rise 2 to 3 percent.”

Kuhns says a lot of the same products will increase again this year…

“There’s gonna be a lot of the items around the perimeter of the store, some of the meats, produce, that will see slightly higher than average inflation, then a lot of the goods in the center aisle.”

Beef, already up 19% from this time last year looks to continue to rise…

“We are forecasting beef and veal prices to rise 5 to 6 percent.”

Both pork and dairy are expected to not rise as much as originally projected for 2015.