Grocery and Restaurant Prices Post Biggest Jump Since 2022
Key takeaways
- The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 stocks and Kraft Heinz wasn t one of them.
- Grocery prices jumped 0.5% in April and restaurant menu prices climbed 0.7%, the biggest monthly moves in either category since late 2025.
- The April CPI report, released Tuesday by the BLS, showed headline inflation running at 3.8% year over year, up from 3.3% in March, the highest reading since 2023.
Grocery and Restaurant Prices Post Biggest Jump Since 2022 Don Lair Thu, May 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM GMT+7 2 min read KHC WMT NVDA WHR MCD Quick Read Kraft Heinz (KHC) CEO cited lower-income shoppers “literally running out of money,” while Mc Donald’s (MCD) expects sustained pricing pressures and Walmart (WMT) gained 4.6% U.S. comp sales growth with a 18.48% year-to-date stock gain as consumers trade down to discount grocers.
Energy costs driven by Iran tensions and Strait of Hormuz disruptions pushed grocery prices up 0.5% and restaurant menu prices up 0.7% in April, the largest monthly increases since late 2025, compressing margins across food and dining while consumer sentiment hit its lowest point since 1952.
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