" in california, the prices of groceries are spiraling upwards" charles mccasland, 6th grade.
In California, living is usually beautiful and calm, but certain changes to the state’s economy have severely impacted prices, making it harder to buy what you need. Specifically, grocery prices have skyrocketed . Chocolate, olive oil, tree nuts, eggs, and many more cost outrageous amounts of money to buy.
“I think that almost everything is slowly going up in price,” said 6th grade Lit Arts student Violet Hirsch. And Carla McCasland said that “I’ve noticed meats and chicken, plus boxes of cereal [going up in price ]”
First up: eggs. The LA times states that, “in California, price tags are even heftier [than the rest of the US ], where grocery stores are charging up to $9 for a dozen of eggs.” In the rest of the country, prices are only at $4.25 per dozen. Just a decade earlier, and prices were priced at around $2.47. The purchasing power of the dollar went up 31.40%, so this isn’t just inflation. Something else is going on. The culprit, you ask? The avian flu. There have been 166,000,000 cases of avian flu found in chickens, according to UNMC. Relief efforts are happening, though, and egg prices should be back to normal soon.
However, other prices don’t have the excuse of a disease, but are victims of tariffs. All the tariffs that Trump is imposing can inflate taxes by around $1,072, according to NPR. As of 2021, Mexico has provided the US with two thirds of all their imported vegetables. About 30-40% of all US vegetables are imported. Plus, Mexico also supplies us with half of all our tree nut imports.
Here are the top three products that Americans might see increasing in cost, from least to most expensive: nut, chocolate, and olive oil. Nut imports are mostly from Vietnam (46% of imported tree nuts), the Ivory Coast (21% of tree imported nuts), Brazil (10% of imported tree nuts), and Thailand (36% of imported tree nuts). Chocolate imports are mostly from the Ivory Coast (21%), and Ecuador (10%). Olive oil imports are mainly from the European Union (20%), particularly Spain, Italy, and Greece. For the next four years, we might not be living in as much luxury as we are accustomed to, in terms of groceries.
“I think that almost everything is slowly going up in price,” said 6th grade Lit Arts student Violet Hirsch. And Carla McCasland said that “I’ve noticed meats and chicken, plus boxes of cereal [going up in price ]”
First up: eggs. The LA times states that, “in California, price tags are even heftier [than the rest of the US ], where grocery stores are charging up to $9 for a dozen of eggs.” In the rest of the country, prices are only at $4.25 per dozen. Just a decade earlier, and prices were priced at around $2.47. The purchasing power of the dollar went up 31.40%, so this isn’t just inflation. Something else is going on. The culprit, you ask? The avian flu. There have been 166,000,000 cases of avian flu found in chickens, according to UNMC. Relief efforts are happening, though, and egg prices should be back to normal soon.
However, other prices don’t have the excuse of a disease, but are victims of tariffs. All the tariffs that Trump is imposing can inflate taxes by around $1,072, according to NPR. As of 2021, Mexico has provided the US with two thirds of all their imported vegetables. About 30-40% of all US vegetables are imported. Plus, Mexico also supplies us with half of all our tree nut imports.
Here are the top three products that Americans might see increasing in cost, from least to most expensive: nut, chocolate, and olive oil. Nut imports are mostly from Vietnam (46% of imported tree nuts), the Ivory Coast (21% of tree imported nuts), Brazil (10% of imported tree nuts), and Thailand (36% of imported tree nuts). Chocolate imports are mostly from the Ivory Coast (21%), and Ecuador (10%). Olive oil imports are mainly from the European Union (20%), particularly Spain, Italy, and Greece. For the next four years, we might not be living in as much luxury as we are accustomed to, in terms of groceries.
