JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri shoppers paid one cent more this spring for several staple food items than they did during the winter, while spending $1.52 more over the last year, according to the Marketbasket survey of the American Farm Bureau.
Overall, Missourians spent $48.97 on these staple items this year, less than the national average of $53.28.
“There were several price shifts, but the bottom line mirrored the previous quarter,” said Diane Olson, Missouri Farm Bureau Director of Promotion and Education Programs, said in a statement.
The Marketbasket survey looks at how much Americans spend on 16 items at the market. In Missouri, seven of the items surveyed saw a price drop while the other nine increased.
Prices for eggs, milk, potatoes, orange juice, flour, ground chuck and sirloin tip roast dropped in Missouri while the cost of bacon, deli ham, chicken breasts, shredded cheese, apples, salad mix, cereal, bread and vegetable oil increased.
Nationally, prices for six of the items increased over the past year, including apples which increased 12 percent to $1.64 per pound.
Prices for bagged salad mix dropped the most, down 11 percent to $2.20 per pound nationally.
