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Economy
Ranked: U.S. Cities With the Highest Cost of Groceries
2025-08-23
    [Visual Capitalist] Key Takeaways

  • Honolulu, HI has the most expensive grocery costs in the nation, with prices more than 20% higher than in New York City as of mid-year 2025.

  • San Francisco, CA ranks in second, hovering just above New York, NY.

    • Grocery bills vary dramatically across the U.S., and some cities are feeling the pinch more than others.

    Adding to the strain are record meat prices, driving up up food price inflation 3% compared to June of last year. Meanwhile, vegetable prices are spiking as farmers struggle with labor shortages amid rising deportations.

    This visualization ranks the top 20 American cities with the highest cost of groceries, based on data from Numbeo.


Posted by:Besoeker

#8  Magpie is right. Alaska winter produce prices are insane.
Posted by: Woodrow   2025-08-23 21:25  

#7  Just bought a pork loin for $1.79 per pound and packaged into a roast, chops and stir fry meat.
Posted by: Glenmore    2025-08-23 20:24  

#6  I think the problem in San Francisco might be, ahem, inventory shrinkage in the grocery stores.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-08-23 14:45  

#5  Corn dogs at the local QuikStop are now 2/$5.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-08-23 09:48  

#4  How bizarre! Out of 404 entries on the list there are no, Zero, repeat no listings of any cities in Alaska. IIRC there are no listings of Russian cities above the Arctic circle either ...cost of living is brutal when you have to import everything up north.
Posted by: magpie   2025-08-23 09:32  

#3  Unrelated but interesting. Yesterday, I had an occasion to take someone to the local Wells Fargo bank near my home. I waited in the parking lot for him to finish his transaction inside. Appeared to be a very busy Friday. Within 5 minutes I had identified the predominate ethnic clientele of Wells Fargo bank in this Georgia town.

BTW, this region is experiencing a yuge boom in rental residences and apartments.

Perhaps this is all part of a much larger plan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-08-23 07:17  

#2  With shrinkflation

Imagine if retiree COLAS's were based on actual cost per item, or ounce? Thus taking into account whole picture of shrinkflation (Size & Price).

Or like some EU nations that require product vendors to clearly state size/content changes. Not the USA "NEW & IMPROVE" or the "BIG SIZE" sales dodges now commonly used to hide increases.
Posted by: NN2N1   2025-08-23 06:26  

#1  Honolulu, HI makes sense as everything (almost) has to be shipped by water or air
Posted by: Frank G   2025-08-23 05:56  

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