"I don't really shop for groceries as often as I used to," said Jasmine Reed, 32, outside a store in northern Virginia, as she explained the impact of higher food prices on her shopping habits.
Consumer inflation data published Thursday showed that food prices rose by 2.2 percent in the 12 months to April masking some sharp differences between items.
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