Families celebrating the Fourth of July holiday continue to find high prices at the grocery store, based on the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual market basket survey. An Independence Day cookout for ten people will cost $70.92. That’s down only 30 cents from last year’s record-high cost. At $7.09 per person, that will be the second-highest cost since Farm Bureau began the survey in 2013. “Inflation and lower availability of some food items continue to keep prices stubbornly high for America’s families,” said Farm Bureau Associate Economist Samantha Ayoub (aye-OOB). The survey shows an increase in the cost of beef, potato salad, and canned pork and beans. There are drops in the cost of pork chops, chips, and hamburger buns. For example, the retail price for two pounds of ground beef rose 4.4 percent to $13.33. A three-pound package of pork chops fell 8.8 percent from last year to $14.13.
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